Book Review: My Life Next Door

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Hardcover Edition, Borrowed from Library
2 Lily Pads!
Number of Pages-394
Possible Spoilers!


I am back with a new review, yay! Today I will be reviewing "My Life Next Door" by Huntley Fitzpatrick. I will start this review by telling you, I didn't like this book that much. I didn't even finish it, but I thought I would still review it. It was okay, I just decided to put this book down because I didn't want to read it anymore. It wasn't terrible, it's just some things bothered me about this book, which made me not want to read it anymore. Anyway, read on to see why I didn't like this book. 

Plot:

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, messy, affectionate. And every day from her rooftop perch, Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs up next to her and changes everything.

As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through the awkwardness and awesomeness of first love, Jase's family embraces Samantha - even as she keeps him a secret from her own. Then something unthinkable happens, and the bottom drops out of Samantha's world. She's suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?

A transporting debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another.

My Opinion:

So, like I said before, I didn't love this book. This book had so much potential. The plot sounded so good and I've been wanting to read this book for a long time. I thought the book was going to be a cute, contemporary romance, that I was in the mood for. Sadly, my expectations were too high. This book has such good reviews. I borrowed this book from my library recently because I am a member of the Chick Lits bookclub on goodreads. This book was the monthly read for May. I didn't finish the book, but I will still watch the liveshow. Anyway, sorry for the rambling. 

So I liked this book in the beginning. It was going to be 5 lily pads, and I'll tell you why I liked the book at first.
I liked the main character, Samantha in the beginning. She was a nice, good girl that was very lonely. Since her sister was always gone, she would stay by herself. For years she used to sit on her roof and watch the family next door. She always liked the family but her mom doesn't approve of them. The Garretts are so different from Sam's family, that's why her mom hates them. They were messy, loud people, Sam's family is different. They are perfectionists. Her mom is a state senator, and is a neat freak. They are also rich. Even though I liked Sam in the beginning, she bothered me because she was too perfect. She was described as perfect. She was a good girl; really pretty, has blond hair, has the perfect body, she is a straight-A student in school, and is an athlete. To me, she was too perfect. I like reading books when the main character has flaws. Anyway, one of the boys next door, Jase comes up her roof one day. They start to talk to each other and soon they fall in love. First off, let me say I really liked Jase. He was such a nice guy. There are times in the book when he asked Sam to babysit his little siblings. I loved that part, because I love his family. They are so nice. I liked how Sam gave advice to Jase's younger sister too. What got me to dislike the book is the romance between Sam and Jase. I knew they were going to be together, but I didn't know it was going to happen the way it did. I didn't like it. I felt their relationship was cute at first, when they were friends. All a sudden, they just hooked up. They didn't even tell each other they had feelings for each other. They just randomly started kissing. Halfway through the book when they were "together" they didn't even go on a date. How can you date someone, when you didn't even go out once? Another thing that bothered me was they were so obsessed with each other too quickly. Not even halfway through the book, they told each other they "loved" each other. Gag. It was too fast. If you guys know me, I really hate insta-love. I liked them better as friends. They didn't have to date. I felt like at first the author wanted the romance to develop slowly, and then after awhile she wanted them to be together already, so all a sudden they were together. Like I said they were "in love" way too fast. I sort of thought Jase was too good for Samantha. Also before I said I hated how they first hooked up. So here's the story. They were at the beach together all a sudden Sam says, "You have to kiss me" and then Jase says "Yeah, I do". After that they had a steamy make-out session. I was like "What?" I didn't even know Jase liked her. Isn't that the lamest way to get together, forcing a guy to kiss you. Ugh!! Like I said they never even went on a date, and they even had sex. What? It just happened way too fast for me which is why I didn't enjoy their romance. It only bothered me, everyone else loved the romance. I like the traditional way when, the guy asks the girl out, and then they go on a date. That didn't even happen in the book, they just got together and hooked up. Like I said before, they loved each other too fast. Honestly, they didn't know each other that well. This book frustrated me. I heard there's some drama that happens later in the book but, I didn't care anymore. I don't know what happened. Another reason why I put down the book is because, halfway through, I didn't like Sam anymore. She went from being a likable character to someone I didn't like. She was annoying and always complained about her mother. She was also selfish at times. I just didn't like her anymore. Her mom was really annoying too. The only characters I liked were Jase and his family. Yep, so this book annoyed me. I was disappointed because I wanted to read this book for a long time. I thought I would like it because everyone else did. :( That's why I gave the book 2 Lily Pads. If I finished the book, I would've given it a 3. Even though I didn't like this book, I still recommend other people to read it. If you like reading about a perfect character and a rushed relationship, you should read this book. I will still read Huntley's other books. I think this book is worth a rent or borrow it from the library. I thought I was getting into a reading slump because I haven't been loving books lately. But the other day I picked up "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green and I loved it! I read TFIOS in two days! It usually takes me a week to finish a book. Anyway, stay tuned for a review for TFIOS soon, and watch my video review on my youtube channel. The review started off long, but I took out all the spoilers so the review is short. Please check out my booktube channel. Thanks for reading this long review, see you later. :) Happy Reading!