The summer Job
by Lizzie Dent

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From the publisher

Beach Read meets Sweetbitter in this laugh-out-loud and ultimately heartwarming debut of a good friend’s very bad decision and the summer job that stands to ruin or make her life.

What if you could be someone else? Just for the summer…

Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she’s run into is her best friend Heather’s. The only problem is, she hasn’t told Heather.

The summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for the first man she’s ever actually liked, but who thinks she’s someone else?

One good friend’s very bad decision is at the heart of this laugh-out-loud love story and unexpected tale of a woman finally finding herself in the strangest of places.

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My Review

If I were any of the characters in this book, I don’t know if I could forgive the FMC for half the shit she pulls. Honestly. Given the setup, I can totally see how she got herself in way too deep in this lie, but she could have pulled out at any point. This book takes the idea of mistaken identity to the absolute extreme. It straight up stressed me out.

I have read other Lizzie Dent books that I’ve liked a hell of a lot more. Just One Taste is absolutely excellent. Pick that one up instead. This one is skippable.

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