Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan.
Future? A top-tier medical school.
Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn’t that hard considering he’s a Congressman and he’s never around).
Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby—pretty much the most awesome people on the planet, who needs anyone else?
Relationships? No one’s worth more than three weeks.
So it’s no surprise that Andie’s got her summer all planned out too.
Until a political scandal costs Andie her summer pre-med internship, and lands both she and Dad back in the same house together for the first time in years. Suddenly she’s doing things that aren’t Andie at all—working as a dog walker, doing an epic scavenger hunt with her dad, and maybe, just maybe, letting the super cute Clark get closer than she expected. Palmer, Bri, and Toby tell her to embrace all the chaos, but can she really let go of her control?
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
Pages: 496
Publish date: May 5th 2016
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471146146
Purchase: Book Depository –Amazon UK –Amazon US –Amazon AU
Pages: 496
Publish date: May 5th 2016
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471146146
Purchase: Book Depository –Amazon UK –Amazon US –Amazon AU
I received an arc of The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson from Simon and Schuster in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book and contains no spoilers.
The Unexpected Everything is the third Morgan Matson book that I’ve read. I am still surprised how she can include so many different topics so flawlessly. The Unexpected Everything deals with family, friendship, love and finding yourself while following protagonist Andie Walker as her life turns into something that she cannot control.
Andie likes control and that has a lot to do with her father, a politician. Her life has been filled with the do's and don'ts of living by a timetable and being in the public eye. When this all disappears; she is almost left with nothing. Andie also likes to be in control of her relationships. She has never been a relationship for over three weeks. When a boy starts to want more from her, she runs. While she likes the idea of being free, she is so used to having her life timetabled that it is hard to let go.
I like books about politicians’ children, I find them interesting. It gives something to the story line that you don’t see often. Andie doesn’t have the best relationship with her father and that is mainly because of his job. At the start of the novel their relationship is quite rocky. The way that she speaks to her father is quite…different and some people may not like it. However, I didn’t mind given the circumstances.
The Unexpected Everything is the third Morgan Matson book that I’ve read. I am still surprised how she can include so many different topics so flawlessly. The Unexpected Everything deals with family, friendship, love and finding yourself while following protagonist Andie Walker as her life turns into something that she cannot control.
Andie likes control and that has a lot to do with her father, a politician. Her life has been filled with the do's and don'ts of living by a timetable and being in the public eye. When this all disappears; she is almost left with nothing. Andie also likes to be in control of her relationships. She has never been a relationship for over three weeks. When a boy starts to want more from her, she runs. While she likes the idea of being free, she is so used to having her life timetabled that it is hard to let go.
I like books about politicians’ children, I find them interesting. It gives something to the story line that you don’t see often. Andie doesn’t have the best relationship with her father and that is mainly because of his job. At the start of the novel their relationship is quite rocky. The way that she speaks to her father is quite…different and some people may not like it. However, I didn’t mind given the circumstances.
I like Andie as a protagonist. She has this innocence about her because of the way she grew up and now that that life is gone, she needs to find herself. At times I wanted to hit her on the head because of how closed off she could be, but in true Morgan Matson style, it all works out. Even though she is hard headed at times, my heart broke for her.
Friendship is one of the major themes of The Unexpected Everything and those scenes shone. The banter between Andie and her friends Toby, Palmer and Bri was great. They're a fun group and I giggled a lot when they were together. But, something The Unexpected Everything shows us is that all friendships don’t work out and that, when you grow older, sometimes the person that you thought was your friend you won’t always continue to click with anymore.
The Unexpected Everything is full of fun , heartbreaking and overall very real moments. The romance was adorable and slow burning. It is enjoyable to see how the couple move forward in their relationship, from someone bumped into, to friends and then into something more. Clark is adorable, can he just be mine? What I loved about him is that he is an author and a pretty big one. It was nice to see an author writing a book in a young adult novel. We do sometimes see it with protagonists, but I loved seeing it in a secondary character.
The only bad thing I would say about the book is that I felt that it may have been too long for a contemporary. Some things did drag on and could have been cut at parts.
Overall, I loved The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson. It is a tale of real friendship, family, love and unexpected adventures . The Unexpected Everything is for every author, book lover and reader alike. Morgan Matson brings together a beautiful contemporary novel that makes you smile, laugh and cry.
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