The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

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?

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4 STARS

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I don't really understand why this is people's least favorite Morgan Matson book. I liked this one a lot better than Since You've Been Gone. The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson was such a feel-good contemporary (which I really needed after this awful week) with adorable characters, antics, and relationships. Of course though, I did have problems with aspects such as the pacing and some obvious character/plot decisions. But, nonetheless, I enjoyed the underlying meanings of the importance of family and friendship.

This group of best friends truly was honestly just so much fun to read about. All of them were just so hilarious and quirky together. Their summer activities were so much fun to read about whether it be a super cool scavenger hunt or chilling by the pool. All of these friends were just so tight-knit and it was a blast because it felt like you as the reader were also included in these events.

The main character was someone who wasn't really that dimensional of a character. But, I wouldn't go as far as to say that she's boring. I liked the fact that she genuinely tried to fix her problems instead of just complaining about everything. She took initiative of her life and got a job and made sure she was happy with how her summer was going. I feel like the only decision of hers that I didn't like was one that was in the end when consulting a friend. It was just such an obvious bad contemporary novel cliche. But, I still do support a lot of her decisions and truly admire her for being sensible and looking at the silver linings rather than moping around all day.

Andi's relationship with Clark was honestly so freaking cute.First of all, Clark is a nerdy author so that is 29380 levels of awesome. Then, these two characters really do talk a lot and learn about each other before really starting their relationship. Like, wow that first date was something else. >.> And, they both just compliment each other so well. When Andi needs support, Clark is for sure to be there. Their little story they make in their freetime, dog walking, stealing of keys, and everything aRE JUST SO GOSH DARN CUTE. 

The beginning was really slow for me, to a point where I was skimming pages. I really started getting interested in the book at around pages 80 - 100. From there on out, I was devouring all of the fun summer-y vibes and scenes. Then, near the end, I did have some more problems. It wasn't that it was slow, but the writing took a pretty obvious and cliched turn. I was just not interested in reading about some aspects of what was going on because I knew how they were going to end. I did end up skimming those parts too.

In conclusion, I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants a cute summer-y read. Everything from the characters to the events of the novel were just super cute. Though I did have some issues with pacing and cliches, I feel like those are minor problems. If you enjoyed Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell then I feel like you would also enjoy this novel. I know I related to Andi in some of her traits like how I related to Cath. Also, nerdy characters that write? Heck yeah.

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