After always feeling inferior to her thinner richer friend, an incident with Drue in their late teens helps change Daphne’s perspective. Her family is extremely wealthy, yet she never sees her dad and craves his attention-where have we heard that before? (Everywhere.) Daphne’s family comes from more modest means, yet she has all the love in the world…the juxtaposition was nothing new to me and frankly I didn’t have much sympathy for Drue.ĭaphne’s body positivity influencing was a tough one. I felt the emphasis on Drue’s “poor little rich girl” character was a cliche. For some reason it seemed out of left field for Weiner, and turned into a bit of a whodunit. The crime at the novel’s center threw me off. Everything” was one of my favorites of last year), which is why I wanted to review “Big Summer.” But, this one didn’t quite do it for me tbh. Shannon’s Review: I usually love Jennifer Weiner books ( “Mrs. Trigger warnings: infidelity, mean girls, diet culture* When Drue begs and pleads and dangles the prospect of cute single guys, Daphne finds herself powerless as ever to resist her friend's siren song.Ī sparkling novel about the complexities of female relationships, the pitfalls of living out loud and online, and the resilience of the human heart, Big Summer is a witty, moving story about family, friendship, and figuring out what matters most. Letting glamorous, seductive Drue back into her life is risky, but it comes with an invitation to spend a weekend in a waterfront Cape Cod mansion.

She's built a life that she loves, including a growing career as a plus-size Instagram influencer. Meanwhile, Daphne's no longer the same self-effacing sidekick she was back in high school. Daphne hasn't spoken one word to Drue in all this time-she doesn't even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media-so when Drue asks if she will be her maid-of-honor at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless.ĭrue was always the one who had everything-except the ability to hold onto friends. Synopsis: Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask.

Today, we’re doing something a little different - both Shannon and Elizabeth read this new release, and rather than fight over who got to do the review, we decided to do a joint one! ( this isn’t the first time that’s happened, tbh ) We hope you enjoy hearing both of our perspectives of this great summer read!

Good in bed by jennifer weiner