Summer Unplugged (Summer Unplugged #1) by Amy Sparling
Released March 5, 2013
Spoiler Free Review by Krystal
Bayleigh is addicted to her cell phone and her mom has had enough. After catching her sending a less than lady-like photo to a boy who barely knows her, Bayleigh's mom sends her away to her grandparent's house for the summer--sans cell phone, laptop and Ipod. Bayleigh thinks the summer will be torture without social media...that is until she meets the boy next door.
I won an audio book of The Summer Unplugged Series books 1-4.
Bayleigh, is addicted to her cell phone, and with her mouth and defiant ways, her mother is tired of. When she catches Bayleigh sending half naked pictures to her "sorta boyfriend" Ian, she takes her cell phone away and sends her to stay with her grandparents for the summer...whom have no internet and no cable. Unfortunately, Bayleigh is whiny and very childish, I guess as we would suspect from a young girl, so I'm not giving any lower stars for that reason. But to a point, it was a little too much... that is what made me go down a rating.
In comes Jase, this super hott motor-cross "star" who is by far more appealing and more deserving of any girl's interest. He basically helps Bayliegh to realize she's worth far more than what she settles for with her crush and I was beyond relief when she finally got it together. I'm happy she found happiness with the right kind of guy for her. Someone that will most definitely treat her right.
I enjoyed Summer Unplugged. I took me a month to finally continue listening to the book past the first few chapters. Yes it was a short story that I felt would've connected me more to the characters had there been more length, but it was still interesting nonetheless. I mean, how many of us can disconnect ourselves from our cell phones or computer? This story is a good representation of how attached teenagers are to technology and how naive some girls can be with unhealthy relationships. I do not feel like she learned anything by being grounded. Yes she went to stay with her grandparents in the middle of nowhere with no technology, but she still found time to hang out with a boy. And now, instead of being hung up on Ian, she is hung up on Jace, and I didn't really see any character development.
Overall, it was a cute, fast-paced and enjoyable story. I would recommend reading the entire series before forming an opinion and not going any further. I don't want to give away spoilers, but you're going to want to read ASAP! If you're into YA contemporary with sweet romances you'll enjoy this one.
Purchase: Amazon (Book 1-4)
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