Every Other Weekend, written by Abigail Johnson, is a young adult romance novel published by Inkyard Press. Released on January 7, 2020, this novel is a beautiful tale of two teenagers whose worlds are turned upside down when their parents are separated.
Synopsis
What if your safe place…is a person?
Adam Moynihan’s life used to be awesome. Straight As, close friends and a home life so perfect that it could have been a TV show straight out of the 50s. Then his oldest brother died. Now his fun-loving mom cries constantly, he and his remaining brother can’t talk without fighting, and the father he always admired proved himself a coward by moving out when they needed him most.
Jolene Timber’s life is nothing like the movies she loves—not the happy ones anyway. As an aspiring director, she should know, because she’s been reimagining her life as a film ever since she was a kid. With her divorced parents at each other’s throats and using her as a pawn, no amount of mental reediting will give her the love she’s starving for.
Forced to spend every other weekend in the same apartment building, the boy who thinks forgiveness makes him weak and the girl who thinks love is for fools begin an unlikely friendship. The weekends he dreaded and she endured soon become the best part of their lives. But when one’s life begins to mend while the other’s spirals out of control, they realize that falling in love while surrounded by its demise means nothing is ever guaranteed.
- Author: Abigail Johnson
- Publisher: Inkyard Press
- Publication date: January 7, 2020
- Book Length: 512
- Genre: YA Romance, Contemporary
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Review
Adam’s world had been wrecked two years ago, the day his oldest brother Greg died. Everyone in his family copes with the loss in their own way, breaking this loving family apart. His father leaves, and Adam cannot forgive him. As for Jolene, her parents had started tearing each other apart after her father left with Shelly, a girl young enough to be her sister, who used to be her father’s fitness trainer. During the divorce, Jolene’s parents end up lawyering up and fighting more about money and less and less about her. Between an absent father and a greedy mother, she is forced to spend every other weekend with Shelly.
Both Adam and Jolene find solace every other weekend in the time they spend together. From a favor to an unlikely friendship, love blossoms. Unfortunately, love is not everything, especially when one life mends while one deters.
With this book, I laughed, swooned, and cried. The story is beautifully written, and the main characters are truly lovable, even if they are flawed. Jolene is a passionate individual with a sense of humor, and I absolutely adored her. Her life broke my heart and, as a mother, I cannot even begin to understand her parents. Though there is no denying that some people are not meant to be parents, it is still heartbreaking to witness such behavior. Her environment is unhealthy, but Adam brings light to her life.
As for Adam, the tragic accident had left him raw and unforgiving. I find it heart-warming how Adam cares for and loves his mother. Jolene and Adam both confide in each other’s lives, which helps them to heal in some ways. They complement each other perfectly—she is the spark he needs, and he shows her what love should look like while grounding her.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
About the author: Abigail Johnson
Abigail was born in Pennsylvania. When she was twelve, her family traded in snow storms for year round summers, and moved to Arizona. Abigail chronicled the entire cross-country road trip (in a purple spiral bound notebook that she still has) and has been writing ever since. She became a tetraplegic after breaking her neck in a car accident when she was seventeen, but hasn’t let that stop her from bodysurfing in Mexico, writing and directing a high school production of Cinderella, and becoming a published author.
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