Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Romance
Source: Harper Collins ( Netgalley )

Goodreads: This rom-com debut has the fierce girl energy of the movie  Booksmart,  blended with the awkwardness of Kelly Quindlen’s  Late to the Party,  topped with a thrilling international meet-cute a la  Love and Gelato. Olivia Schwartz has a plan. It’s even color-coded. And the plan is a perfect SAT score, a prestigious college, and a straight path towards her dream of becoming a doctor. The last thing she wants to do—the summer before her senior year of high school, no less—is go on a cruise. Especially with her parents, younger brothers, and all the unspoken things between them since her older brother’s death so many years ago. Then Olivia meets Sebastian. He’s everything she’s charming, exciting, willing to take risks and run with them. For the first time, Olivia feels like she can have  fun… But there’s a lot bubbling up under the surface on this cruise, and when past secrets begin to come to light, Olivia must face all the truths that she’s ignored for so about herself, Sebastian, her brother, the past she  thought  she understood, and the future she’s always planned.

Ope’s Opinion: If you know a high student who enjoys reading this might be a good book to pass along to them. It does deal with loss and grief, but also deals with the normal coming of age things a senior in high school has to deal with.

I was disappointed the author did not make the main character a stronger person. She probably made her more realistic, but when I read these stories I like to see someone stand up to the peer pressure and rise above, instead of trying to fit in.