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9 Days and 9 Nights by Katie Cotugno
Series: 99 Days #2
Published by Balzer + Bray on 5/1/18
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 272
Format: Ebook
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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Molly Barlow isn’t that girl anymore. A business major at her college in Boston, she’s reinvented herself after everything that went down a year ago… After all the people she hurt and the family she tore apart.

Slowly, life is getting back to normal. Molly has just said I love you to her new boyfriend, Ian, and they are off on a romantic European vacation together, starting with scenic London. But there on a tube platform, the past catches up to her in the form of Gabe, her ex, traveling on his own parallel vacation with new girlfriend Sadie.

After comparing itineraries, Ian ends up extending an invite for Gabe and Sadie to join them on the next leg of their trip, to Ireland. And Molly and Gabe can’t bring themselves to tell the truth about who they once were to each other to their new significant others.

Now Molly has to spend 9 days and 9 nights with the boy she once loved, the boy whose heart she shredded, without Ian knowing. Will she make it through as new and improved Molly, or will everything that happened between her and Gabe come rushing back?

Short and Sweet Review

I knew what I was doing to myself when I decided to read this sequel to 99 Days, but I still did it. Why? Because its only a duology and it’s the end to the 99 Days series, and I just wanted to read it and be done with it. Moving on I will give you guys the synopsis and tell you why I didn’t like this book. Molly Barlow is in college now, she has a new boyfriend, Ian, and they’re on a vacation around Europe. Funny thing is Molly’s ex-boyfriend, Gabe, is also vacationing in Europe with his new girlfriend, Sadie. So after bumping into each other and comparing travel plans, Ian extends an invitation to Gabe and Sadie to join them on their way to Ireland. Now Molly and Gabe have to make it 9 days with each other. Alright lets get into it. So after everything that happened in Star Lake, Molly tried to reinvent herself while she was in college and apparently that means she won’t cheat on anyone anymore or I don’t exactly know but that’s a huge thing with her, trying not to make the same mistakes. I was okay with that like you go girl. The only problem is that Ian doesn’t know anything about her life at Star Lake and she keeps it a big secret and at a point in the book they get in argument because he was keeping something from her and I felt like she was being a hypocrite because she’s keeping things from him to. Not only does she not talk about her life back home but Ian doesn’t even know that Gabe is her ex, he just thinks that she dated Gabe’s brother, same thing with Sadie she has no clue about their history. We get to see Imogen in Ireland because she got into an art program and I honestly thought that she was the only likable character. Molly and Gabe make this book hard to read they obviously still like each other but they’re dating other people and I had no time for it. Molly is envious when Gabe holds Sadies hand and it’s like that’s his girlfriend! It was just a hot mess and I don’t think I’ve disliked a main character as much as I dislike Molly. Anyway you would think this would be an enjoyable book with all the traveling but its miserable its so bad I didn’t want to finish this book but I pushed through. I’m glad that there’s only two books in this series and I don’t have to read them again. If you want any recommendations on books with decent love triangles or maybe books with travel I can recommend some but this series is not it.

I received this book for free from Reviewer Purchase in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

99 Days by Katie Cotugno
Series: 99 Days #1
Published by Balzer + Bray on 4/21/15
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 384
Format: Ebook
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Molly Barlow is facing one long, hot summer—99 days—with the boy whose heart she broke and the boy she broke it for . . . his brother.

Day 1: Julia Donnelly eggs my house my first night back in Star Lake, and that's how I know everyone still remembers everything. She has every right to hate me, of course: I broke Patrick Donnelly's heart the night everything happened with his brother, Gabe. Now I'm serving out my summer like a jail sentence: Just ninety-nine days till I can leave for college and be done.

Day 4: A nasty note on my windshield makes it clear Julia isn't finished. I'm expecting a fight when someone taps me on the shoulder, but it's just Gabe, home from college and actually happy to see me. "For what it's worth, Molly Barlow," he says, "I'm really glad you're back."

Day 12: Gabe wouldn't quit till he got me to come to this party, and I'm surprised to find I'm actually having fun. I think he's about to kiss me—and that's when I see Patrick. MyPatrick, who's supposed to be clear across the country. My Patrick, who's never going to forgive me.

Short and Sweet Review

Molly Barlow is back in Star Lake for 99 days, and all she has to do is survive the 99 days. Molly left town after her mother’s book revealed that Molly cheated on her boyfriend Patrick with his older brother Gabe. Here’s the thing everyone basically hates Molly and its one of those things where everyone hates the girl but the guys seem faultless… it takes two to tango (or in this case cheat.) Anyway, I felt bad for Molly like I said everyone hates her, her best friend doesn’t want to talk to her, and on her first night back her house was egged. As the book progressed I started to hate Molly too, at first, I felt bad for her and then I realized that she’s selfish and indecisive and likes to make the same mistakes. Molly’s ex Patrick has moved on and is dating a girl named Tess who so happens to be Molly’s coworker and you would think that Molly would move on at this point but she still likes to think of Patrick as hers even though she’s dating his brother Gabe at this point! What’s even worse is that there was no chemistry between her and Patrick or her and Gabe it was boring, it was like she wanted both brothers at the same time and if she couldn’t then it wasn’t worth it to her. I think the worst thing about this book is that she’s now dating Gabe and then she cheats on him with Patrick it’s ridiculous and like a never-ending cycle, you would think she would have learned her lesson. I liked how short the chapters were but Molly as a character I could do without. The book was okay it could have been better. I plan on reading the next book in this duology just to get it over with and to say I read it.