“(…) she didn’t think she could do either on her own, couldn’t rise to those challenges, despite the fact that she desperately wanted to. But maybe the only thing stopping her were the limits she put on herself.” – 3.5/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: pink polo shirts, the Head Girl pin, love letters, war, cute kittens, young entrepreneurs, honeysuckles, Home Sweet Home, friendship, pink Cadillacs and delicious scoops of ice cream.

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…

Maybe I should keep my expectations low after reading the synopsis. I was ready to claim this as one of the cutest and sweetest books ever… but that didn’t happen. It’s not that I didn’t have a good time reading it, but I was a little disappointed with the turn of events.

I fell in love with the entire book concept as soon as I read the synopsis and I was ready to be amazed – but in the end, it just fell flat for me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a nice and fun book and I still enjoyed it but, I wish the plot was done differently. The toxic “friendship” and the rushed romance ruined it for me… oh, how good this book could have been.

Other than that, it was a fun read! If you’re a fan of ice cream, this is the perfect book for you. Throughout the book I had crazy ice cream cravings (especially Ben & Jerry’s, my favorite) – you have been warned!

This is great for a summer read. Grab yourself an ice cream cone, this book and head up to the beach… you’re in for a sweet treat (yes, I just said that).