Trusting You & Other Lies

 Trusting You & Other Lies
Author: Nicole Williams
Series: Standalone
Pages: 304 pages
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: June 20th,2017

Summary:

Phoenix can't imagine anything worse than being shipped off to family summer camp. Her parents have been fighting for the past two years—do they seriously think being crammed in a cabin with Phoenix and her little brother, Harry, will make things better? 

On top of that, Phoenix is stuck training with Callum—the head counselor who is seriously cute but a complete know-it-all. His hot-cold attitude means he's impossible to figure out—and even harder to rely on. But despite her better judgment, Phoenix is attracted to Callum. And he's promising Phoenix a summer she'll never forget. Can she trust him? Or is this just another lie?

First off can we talk about how gorgeous this cover is?!  It is absolutely fitting to the story and so pleasing to the eye. I am absolutely in love with it!

Phoenix would rather spend her summer on the beach with her friends. Instead her parents have other plans…family summer camp. Her parents have been fighting since her dad lost his job two years again and Phoenix could not be any more disappointed and aggravated with their decision. The only redeeming quality of her family is her beloved little brother Harry. She is determined to be the best big sister she can be and to escape her parental units at the same time. With this being said, she happily signs up to be a camp counselor. This is where she meets her trainer, Callum, who she can’t quite figure out. One second Callum is cold towards her and the next he is flirting and laughing with her. Can she ever figure him out and if she does will it last?

Let’s dive right in shall we. I was so intrigued by this novel and it seemed like such a cute, fun summer read. Not that we are in summer yet l-o-l. I begin reading and after about ten chapters in I was wondering if anything was ever going to happen in this book. It was very, very slow. I became worried because, at this point in the novel, the character development and the chemistry that Phenoix and Callum were supposed to have, just was not there. I kept reading hoping this would not become on of those DNF novels and that things would pick up. Let me just say, I am so happy that I continued reading because it eventually picked up and the ending was super cute.

Going back on the point I made about the characters! So while I was reading I knew that eventually Phoenix and Callum were obviously going to have a thing for each other, but I am not sure if it was the dialect or maybe it was me not quite connecting fully with this book, but It just wasn’t there the first half of the book. I wish there would have been more bickering back and forth or something of that context to really increase the chemistry between them. I will say that this was one of my main issues with this novel, but like I mentioned before it did get better! It felt so refreshing when I got to the part were I felt the chemistry between them. I was waiting for it for so long and I literally screamed inside when it finally started to click. Other than that I will say I was pretty impressed with this novel! I read it in less than a day and it’s always nice to have a fun super short read.

I would recommend this book to someone who is looking for a fun, light summer read. Just be patient with the pace of the book and you will love it <3