California Summer by Anita Hughes . . . I initially was quite excited to read this book, when I first opened it approximately three years ago. I never finished this book, and after three years and a number of headaches, I ultimately threw it in the garbage. Overall rating is one-point-five stars with my sincerest condolences to Josh.
This book, while the loose plot is interesting enough, and the love interest, Josh, is formed enough to take slight interest in, Rosie is simply annoying. She is obsessed with her cheating ex even after she has kissed another man, opened a shop, seemingly moved on.
Grammatical errors, useless passages, summaries of prior chapters, names and actions used too often after every sentence, and any number of other mistakes, make this a physically painful book to read.
I could only manage a chapter at a time, and finally had to put the book down after yet another angry headache formed.
I annotated my copy until the point I stopped reading (around page 147) and simply put I could not understand how this author had been published a dozen times prior, how this book made it to publication, and how I read as far as I did.
This book, sadly, is largely a waste of your time, money, and energy. Save yourself the headache and pick up a novel by another author. Truthfully, you could read Gone with the Wind easier than this utter piece of purely intolerable garbage.
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