The title of this book caught my attention: Beach & Quilts. Two of my favorite things. However, I would not recommend this book. The story line is flat and uninteresting. I was almost to the end of the book and still found myself waiting for something significant to happen. The characters were bland and the teenagers were all too easy & cookie cutter. The story line was trite and did not break any new ground.I rarely rate books this low, but this one was just not that good. The Beach Quilt by Holly ChamberlinThis summer novel is about teen girls who've been friends forever. Cordelia and Sarah and they are starting to like boys, dating, etc. One ends up pregnant and it changes all their lives in the small Maine town near the ocean.The story also not only follows their story but one of their mothers. Cordelia's mother, Adelaine owns the local quilt store. Sarah's mother, Cindy works at the quilt store and they are all family friends, outside of work.Sarah becomes pregnant and everybody's lifes are now upside down. Adoption comes up and keeping the baby would mean major adjustments to the family core as Sarah would have to continue going to high school. The women do open up to one another of their past lifes.Reason I wanted to read this book was not only the story line, the beach but the quilt that binds and hold them all together. Love that they all know how to quilt=some like it more than others.Was not prepared for the outcome although the families rally throughout the whole book, in support of one another.I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review
