I'm surprised I didn't like this book more, about friendship between very different personalities, maturing, summers on the Vineyard, first love...However, the pacing of the story was odd with some periods meriting excruciating details and others, where I wanted to know more, only receiving a paragraph. Blume also used a really annoying writing style where she allows a paragraph or two in another character's voice that also threw off the pacing, seemed very unnecessary in what it added to the story, and was also very inconsistent. I almost abandoned this novel early on but did find myself curious as to what happened to the girls when they grew up, and I am glad I finished it, but it was definitely unsatisfying.