Save The Date Quick Book Review

Genres: Young Adult Contemporary

Author: Morgan Matson

Publication Year: June 5th 2018

Reading from: Hardcover

Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Rating: 4.5 STARS

Summary from Goodreads:

Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can’t wait—for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend, before the house is sold and everything changes. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster—all that can wait. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect.

The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster.

There’s the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, house alarm that won’t stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge.

There are the relatives who aren’t speaking, the (awful) girl her favorite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo.

Not to mention the neighbor who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that is bent on drenching everything. The justice of the peace is missing. The band will only play covers. The guests are all crazy. And the wedding planner’s nephew is unexpectedly, distractingly…cute.

Over the course of three ridiculously chaotic days, Charlie will learn more than she ever expected about the family she thought she knew by heart. And she’ll realize that sometimes, trying to keep everything like it was in the past means missing out on the future

My Thoughts

This is basically a comedy movie, I could totally see myself going to see it out in theaters.

This is very few books that I have read that focus on family, and I loved Save the Date for that. All the dynamics were absolutely perfect, and written extremely well.

While most relationships between siblings always seem to over the top and unbelievable nut this felt real they had inside jokes, they loved each other even if the y did argue, they cared for each other. However, there was one sibling that didn’t fit into all of that: Mike, and well his plotline felt real, I understood all of his actions.

I don’t want to spoil anything but this book doesn’t focus on romance as its about accepting change and moving up and just growing up.