Publication: May 3rd 2016 by Simon & Schuster
Source: Purchased
Goodreads description:
Andie had it all planned out.
When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future.
Important internship? Check.
Amazing friends? Check.
Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks).
But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might change her whole life.
Because here’s the thing—if everything’s planned out, you can never find the unexpected.
And where’s the fun in that?
Morgan Matson is one of my favourite YA contemporary authors and after reading all three of her novels in 2015, I had such high expectations for The Unexpected Everything and I was hoping that I wouldn’t be disappointed. Especially after such a long wait for it to be published! I needn’t have worried though because it was exactly what I had been wanting and hoping for from a Morgan Matson book.
I will say that this book focused a lot more on the characters and their relationships and felt like it was much less plot driven than her previous books. That may have been the reason why it took a little bit for me to really get pulled into the book right at the start. I was expecting to just love it immediately and that didn’t happen, but it certainly turned out to be an amazing read.
However, that allowed for a lot more character development and growth throughout the book, which was something that I loved. The main character Andie definitely had some emotional issues that she needed to work through rather than always shutting down and running because she was scared. Andie could be such a frustrating character at times, but by the end of the book she had definitely matured and learned a lot about who she is in the process. I really enjoyed seeing Andie’s personal growth and the change in her at the end.
I also loved the strong emphasis on relationships in this book. Not just romantic relationships between a boyfriend and girlfriend, but also the bond between a parent and child and family relationships. I really liked seeing the change in the family dynamic between Andie and her father throughout the novel. Also, this book featured one of the best female friendship groups I have come across. That’s not to say there wasn’t drama and conflict within the group though, because there definitely was.
And how can I not mention Clark? He’s probably too good to be true in real life, but he was just about the perfect fictional boyfriend. He has a successful career as a fantasy novelist, he’s sweet, respectful and can also charm the parents. What more could you want?
Also, the dogs! They were such a big part of the storyline and I loved that the author took the time to develop their personalities just as she did with the human characters.
The one small issue that I had was that the book had such long chapters accompanied with small font. This is purely just my own personal preference but I don’t like the combination of long chapters with tiny font. It didn’t change how I felt about the story itself, but the formatting just seemed to make the book drag out a little, even though I still read it pretty quickly.
Overall I ended up loving this book and Morgan Matson proves once again why she is the queen of summery YA contemporary romances and why she is one of my auto buy authors. I give it a 5/5 rating and would definitely recommend to read it if you’re a fan of this genre. However I do suggest to read her books in publication order because characters from the previous books appear again in the later ones.
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