Twelve and a Half Summers
Ria Charya
Author’s Blurb:
Some people have one chance to fall in love. Tara Sharma had an entire childhood.
The summer she was ten, Eli Ableman moved next door.
The summer she was twelve, he was her best friend.
The summer she was sixteen, she fell in love with him.
And the summer she was seventeen, he broke her heart into a million pieces.
Five years later, she’s ready to move on—with a plan to join a baking show, save her mom’s café, and never, ever fall in love again. It’s the perfect plan.
Or so she believes.
A chance encounter with Eli convinces her to partner with him on the show, and as producers mistake them for a couple, Tara’s memories come flooding back: the feel of Eli’s skin next to hers, their long summer days in their backyard sanctuary, and the truth behind the six inch scar on her wrist.
Tara remembers who she used to be, and she is faced with the biggest choice of her life- keep nursing her unspoken wounds, or revive her hope in the potential of an all consuming love.
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3 reasons we think you should read this book:
Young love is such a hard thing to move past, and this book is bound to provide us with plenty of angst.
I love cooking shows, and this book is absolutely going to make us hungry.
I bet this story turns out to be full of sweetness and character growth as these two people move from young idiots to adults capable of communication.
Our Favorite Quote:
“Maybe some connections never truly break; they just stretch across time and space, waiting for the moment when two people find their way back to each other.”
