The beginning of junior year seems to be the loneliest time in Nan Whitman's life. Her boyfriend, Mac, has just left New York for college, and Nan has to start at a new school, where she doesn't know anyone. If only there were a way to make some girlfriends while Mac's gone.
Nan comes up with a surefire plan; she'll join a few clubs. But her idea backfires—instead of girls, Nan only meets boys. And the more clubs she joins, the more boys call to ask her out.
Nancy knows that Mac is the only one she can ever love—and she's promised not to date while he's away. But with so many boys after her, how long can she hold out?
I did not like the premise of this book. Nan is a bit foolish in her selection of clubs. Does she really think girls will be members of the shop club? What a fool!
Once I got past the stupid part of the book, I found the story to be enjoyable. The second half of the book is very good.
Kari Langtree is afraid to give her heart away; it seems that every time she loves someone, she has to say goodbye. Her father died two years ago, and now her favorite sister has gotten married. The pain of another goodbye is more than Kari can stand.
So when she meets Noah Walters on a cruise to the Caribbean, Kari's careful not to risk falling
in love. After all, the trip is only a week long; she doesn't want to end up with a broken heart when Noah goes home with this family.
But little by little, Kari feels her defenses weakening. She can't resist Noah's warm smile or the way he lightens even her darkest moods. She knows she's setting herself up for heartache, but maybe this time it will be different.
A character's name struck me as in bad taste, and I would not have thought anything of it a few years ago. It was sometime in the last year or so that I was reading an old series book and wondered why all the porters on the train were called "George." According to History.com, "[m]any passengers called porters 'boy' or 'George,' after George Pullman, regardless of their real names. This was an uncomfortable throwback to slavery, when slaves were named after their owners."
In this book, the Langtrees' steward is described as "dark-skinned" and from Jamaica. On page 29, the reader learns that his name is George. Ugh! I thought of the Pullman porters, and it made me cringe.
I love the way this story flows. It is just a nice story about a trip on a cruise. If all of the Sweet Dreams books read just like this one, I would read every single book all the way through. This book is excellent.
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