The Breakup Vacation
An MTV Beach House Novel
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
It’s the summer before senior year of college, and Grace is about to make the worst decision of her life in this “sexy, sun-drenched cocktail of chaotic good fun and heartfelt hilarity” (Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series) that captures the messiness of your early twenties, while highlighting the necessity of girlfriends at any—and every—age.
How far would you go to win back an ex?
If Grace is being honest, she knows her choices skate past questionable and probably into destructive. But her heart is broken and the guy who broke it—her ex Josh—keeps hinting at a reunion. So when her best friends, Tiff and Camille, suggest they take a girls trip to help her get over her heartache, Grace doesn’t hesitate to recommend Cancún. She just doesn’t mention that Josh also happens to be there.
But juggling her friends, Josh, and the increasing number of lies she’s telling is a lot harder than she expected. And things only get more complicated when she clicks with a hot local guy, Daniel, who turns out to be half Taiwanese too. As the days unfold, Grace starts to think maybe she’ll get away with it. But will her past decisions and her need for closure come back to ruin the relationships that matter most to her?
“Full of true friendship, deep self-discovery, and all the swoons,” (Courtney Kae, author of In the Event of Love), The Breakup Vacation captures the hilarious chaos of being twenty-one, when love is still new, when adulthood feels so close and yet so far away, and when friends are everything.
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A spontaneous girls trip to Cancun is at the center of this sexy if simplistic summer romance from Gracia (Boys I Know). With senior year of college approaching, theater major Grace is looking forward to a trip to L.A. with Josh, her boyfriend of six months—but then Josh dumps Grace and starts dating her theater class nemesis instead. Brokenhearted Grace relies on her friends Tiff and Camille for emotional support, and the besties agree to take a rejuvenating trip to Mexico. Unbeknownst to Tiff and Camille, however, Josh will also be in Cancun for the summer, and Grace is on a secret mission to get him back. Things heat up further when Grace meets Daniel, a soccer player from Hawaii who distracts her from her original plan. Daniel is easygoing, caring, and interested in Grace's needs—everything Josh wasn't. With Daniel in the mix, Grace's summer of heartbreak turns into a season of friendship, romance, and finding herself. The setting is lush and the conceit is fun, if somewhat familiar. Unfortunately, the characters feel one-note, and while the physical chemistry in Grace's relationships comes through, the love triangle lacks emotional depth. Still, as easy beach reading, this will do in a pinch.
