This review was originally posted on Andi's ABCs 
 I'm not going to mince words here. I honestly don't know how I felt about Summer Skin. I do know that I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. There were parts of this book that I smiled and laughed at and enjoyed. But there were parts that I didn't like and parts that I didn't quite understand. It was a mixed bag for me and I'm not sure why that is. I don't know if it was the POV it was written in, if something was lost in translation (it's and Australian book), or if I just didn't connect with the story and the characters. 
 What I can tell you is that I liked some of the back and forth with Jess and Mitch. When they were just talking and being snarky that was some of my favorite parts. I also liked when they were sweet to one another. But I struggled with the in between with the two of them. And I struggled a lot with Jess as a person. I never really got a sense of who she was and I hated her generalization of people. That really bugged me. She was judgmental of a whole group of people because of some bad eggs. That didn't fly with me at all (not to mention one scene early in the book that made me feel icky). I get where she was coming from because when a friend is hurt our backs go up, but I didn't understand her entirely. 
 I guess when it comes down to it I didn't click with this book as much as I hoped which made me sad because I loved the author's other book I read. Something just felt off when I was reading it, like we didn't mesh. But like I said I didn't hate it either. What I can tell you is that many others have loved it so I suggest giving it a try and deciding on your own if it is a book for you.