Title: Stay Sweet
Author: Siobhan Vivian
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Contemporary
Pages: 368 (Paperback)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date: April 24th, 2018
Synopsis from Stay Sweet's Goodreads page
A summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.
Summer in Sand Lake isn’t complete without a trip to Meade Creamery—the local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to cheer up her lovesick girlfriends while all the boys were away at war. Since then, the stand has been owned and managed exclusively by local girls, who inevitably become the best of friends. Seventeen-year-old Amelia and her best friend Cate have worked at the stand every summer for the past three years, and Amelia is “Head Girl” at the stand this summer. When Molly passes away before Amelia even has her first day in charge, Amelia isn’t sure that the stand can go on. That is, until Molly’s grandnephew Grady arrives and asks Amelia to stay on to help continue the business…but Grady’s got some changes in mind…
Synopsis from Stay Sweet's Goodreads page
A summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.
Summer in Sand Lake isn’t complete without a trip to Meade Creamery—the local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to cheer up her lovesick girlfriends while all the boys were away at war. Since then, the stand has been owned and managed exclusively by local girls, who inevitably become the best of friends. Seventeen-year-old Amelia and her best friend Cate have worked at the stand every summer for the past three years, and Amelia is “Head Girl” at the stand this summer. When Molly passes away before Amelia even has her first day in charge, Amelia isn’t sure that the stand can go on. That is, until Molly’s grandnephew Grady arrives and asks Amelia to stay on to help continue the business…but Grady’s got some changes in mind…
THOUGHTS
I received an ARC of this book from Simon & Schuster in exchange for an honest review - Thank you so much Simon & Schuster!
I've been in a super summery reading mode lately, where I want to read contemporaries and just cute beach reads. When I started this, I really enjoyed it from the very beginning. It was super cute, but also very realistic.
I found the characters to be frustrating at times, but also in a way that they are meant to be. They're teenagers who are graduating high school, so they have a lot of pointless teenage drama, and I absolutely loved it. I loved the drama, the pointless fights, and especially the fights over boys.
Besides that, the characters were also very well done. I was able to see myself in each and every one of them, from the stressed out Grady and Amelia to the fun loving Cate, and I adored all of their relationships.
The setting was also wonderful, it took place in a cute old ice cream stand, and it just made me think of all the times during the summer when I go to the beach and I can get an ice cold ice cream, on one of the hottest days of the year. It just brings back memories from everyone's childhood.
I also really enjoyed the backstories in the book. Meade Creamery was originally founded by Molly Mead, and although she does die in the very beginning of the book, it feels like she lives on throughout it, because Amelia is reading things she has written. So, although we don't get to know Molly for who she is, we do get to know who she was, and that's something that I found to be a great addition to the story, and something that if it was missing, the story would be nowhere near as good as it is.
Overall, I found this to be a super cute, beachy read, and I really enjoyed it!
Overall - ★★★★☆
I've been in a super summery reading mode lately, where I want to read contemporaries and just cute beach reads. When I started this, I really enjoyed it from the very beginning. It was super cute, but also very realistic.
I found the characters to be frustrating at times, but also in a way that they are meant to be. They're teenagers who are graduating high school, so they have a lot of pointless teenage drama, and I absolutely loved it. I loved the drama, the pointless fights, and especially the fights over boys.
Besides that, the characters were also very well done. I was able to see myself in each and every one of them, from the stressed out Grady and Amelia to the fun loving Cate, and I adored all of their relationships.
The setting was also wonderful, it took place in a cute old ice cream stand, and it just made me think of all the times during the summer when I go to the beach and I can get an ice cold ice cream, on one of the hottest days of the year. It just brings back memories from everyone's childhood.
I also really enjoyed the backstories in the book. Meade Creamery was originally founded by Molly Mead, and although she does die in the very beginning of the book, it feels like she lives on throughout it, because Amelia is reading things she has written. So, although we don't get to know Molly for who she is, we do get to know who she was, and that's something that I found to be a great addition to the story, and something that if it was missing, the story would be nowhere near as good as it is.
Overall, I found this to be a super cute, beachy read, and I really enjoyed it!
Overall - ★★★★☆
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