BE TRUE TO ME BY Adele Griffin is set in 1976 on Fire Island
and is about two
girls named Jean and Fritz. Both girls are seriously
crushing over the new boy, Gil. Now this makes things
interesting because the two girls don't hate each other.
They don't tear one another down, but they are fiercely
competitive with each other, both on the tennis court and
off. This competitiveness makes for a lot of twists and
turns that makes this a fun heartfelt read.
Griffin
writes all about the heat of summer and the sweetness of
first love and romance. The setting is written so well
that it is picturesque and perfect for a teenage summer
love story. From the first chapter, you know that you are
tossed into a world of young love and its consequences.
Friendship can be challenged when you and your friend like
the same boy.
Both
of the girls have interesting and complex back stories
that make them very likeable. You feel almost like you could
be friends with Jean and
Fritz. I really like how the seventies play a big part of
the plot line and setting. There are a lot of references
and details that could only make sense in that time
period. BE TRUE TO ME is a great beach read or
perfect for a rainy day snuggled in bed. This book reminds
me of Dirty Dancing, not in plot, but feel. Overall, a fun
summer or
vacation read.
Could it be true? Instead of a summer playing handmaiden to
Daphne, was I being delivered something entirely
different--a summer in the spotlight? A summer starring Gil
Burke and me?
Summer flings and sexy romances were Daphne's territory. Not
mine. I was the one you didn't pick.
I swatted off my hope like a bumblebee, knowing it was
already too late. I'd been deliriously stung.
FRITZ:
People always joked about summer romances because they
didn't last. Summer romances were made out of ice cream and
cotton candy, intensely sweet before they melted into
nothing. But I'd never thought of Gil as a summer thing.
Gil was my real love, my real first. We were outsiders
together, we had each other, we didn't care that we didn't
belong.
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