I picked Nantucket Red up as an ARC (advanced reader copy) at the Public Library Conference last spring in Indianapolis. Looking back, I was so excited to finally have the sequel for Nantucket Blue but once I got home it was lost on my bookshelves until now. This titled kicked off my 2015 summer reading list and it definitely did not disappoint. In fact, I liked the sequel better than the first but then again it has been two years and I had forgot some of the plot of Nantucket Blue.
Not going to lie. I still read teen books even though it is no longer my job. We all know I'm sucker too for summer books and anything that takes place on Nantucket - hence why I love Elin Hildebrand's books so much. This is basically a Hildebrand book for a younger audience.
When Nantucket Blue ended Cricket had hooked up with her best friend's brother leaving an awkward void between the once unbreakable bond of friendship. Nantucket Red opens with Cricket preparing for her senior year at her private girls academy in Providence, Rhode Island. Her plans for the year include getting involved with every extracurricular activity, excelling as a player and co-captain of the lacrosse team and preparing college applications, specifically for Brown University. The only problem is that Jules, Cricket's best friend, is still not speaking to her after the events of the summer on Nantucket and together, Cricket and Zach (Jules' brother) have decided to take a pause in their relationship.
As the year progresses, the relationship between former best friends is on the mend. Cricket is accepted at Brown and prepares for a summer working in a local restaurant and training for the Brown lacrosse team. When she finds out that her scholarship will only cover tuition not dorms, meal plan or student fees, she realizes she will have to continue to live at home in order to fulfill her dream of attending an Ivy League university. An unlikely source offers to match Cricket's summer earnings to provide her with the opportunity to have the full college experience and Cricket is up for the challenge even if it means returning to Nantucket as a waitress at the famous beachfront club where Jules and Zach are now members.
Then one night everything changes. Cricket makes a mistake. Something that is unknown territory to her and she does not know how to handle the aftermath but Jules and Liz, Cricket's former coworker on Nantucket and now roommate come to the rescue.
Head to the library this week and check out this teen series. Find out if Cricket and Jules stay best friends, if Cricket and Zach end up ending the pause and if Cricket learns from her mistakes and attends Brown. Fans of Jenny Han's Summer I Turned Pretty will enjoy this series. It's a quick read but a perfect book to throw in the beach bag and read poolside. The review I wrote for my teens of the first in the series is below.
Nantucket Blue is the perfect summer romance book. At the beginning of the book, Cricket is finishing up her junior year of high school. She and her friend Jules have grand plans for a summer on Nantucket at Jules' family summer house. In Cricket's mind, the summer will be even better because Cricket's crush, Jay, will also be spending the summer on the island. After a terrible thing happens to Jules' family, Cricket is faced with reality. She will not be spending the summer on Nantucket with her best friend and crush. However, she is still determined to be there for her friend and find some summer love herself. Cricket finds a job and goes anyway to Nantucket but the summer does not begin or end like any of them intended. Read Nantucket Blue to find out if Cricket and Jules have a fabulous summer together, if Cricket finally ends up going out with Jay and to experience the other adventures of a summer spent on a beautiful island. Fans of the Jenny Han series will love Nantucket Blue.
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