Review: Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn

Title: Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend

Author: Katie Finn

Series: Broken Hearts & Revenge #1

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Release Date: May 13, 2014

Source: Purchased

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Hot sun. Blue waves. New romances. Old secrets.

Gemma had her summer all planned out, but it takes a sharp turn when she gets dumped and finds herself back in the Hamptons after a five-year absence.

Being there puts her at risk of bumping into Hallie, her former best friends (that is, before Gemma ruined her life). But people don't hold grudges forever. Do they?

Gemma intends on making amends, but a small case of mistaken identity causes the people she knew years ago—including Hallie and her dreamy brother, Josh—to believe she's someone else. As though the summer wasn't complicated enough already.

Filled with summer sun, boys, and friendships gone sour, Katie Finn's first novel in the Broken Hearts and Revenge series sizzles and delights.

My thoughts: 

Another Katie Finn/Morgan Matson book to start the summer off sounds like a pretty great way to get my summer of reading going. I was so excited when I found out that Morgan Matson was writing a series under the pseudonym Katie Finn and it just sounded like something that would be really fun to read and something that I would just fly through.

100 page evaluation: I think Hallie knows who Gemma really is and isn't falling for this Sophie act. And I think Hallie is having her revenge on her. Hallie is not stupid. This books reminds me a lot of Second Chance Summer by the same author. It’s a cute and run read so far. I know I’d love it since I love Morgan Matson so much.

It’s not a surprise that I love anything that Morgan Matson writes or in this case, Katie Finn. She always writes the perfect books to read during the summer. Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend is about a girl named Gemma who is visiting the Hamptons for the summer after being away for about five years. She hasn't been back since then because five years ago she did some pretty abhorrent things and hurt a lot of people including her best friend at the time Hallie. But since Gemma doesn't have a choice but to spend the summer with her dad in the Hamptons, she goes but under the guise of “Sophie” and tries to make amends with Hallie. Suddenly all these bad things start happening and she just hopes Hallie will forgive her for all the hurt she caused all those years ago.

Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend is a pretty fun read and I enjoyed all the little pranks that were being played on Gemma. It was pretty predictable and the only thing that took me for a loop was the whole thing with Gemma’s ex-boyfriend. I totally did not see that one coming.

I’m excited for the rest of the series because it seems like it’s going to be really fun and because it’s Morgan Matson…..oh wait, I mean Katie Finn. Same person, awesome books!