This holds especially true if the idea of cheating is hard for you to get past. Gabe's character often points this several times to try and make Molly feel like she isn't alone and wasn't the only person who did Patrick wrong.I think some readers will have a hard time getting through 99 Days. In our society, when a relationship goes awry because one partner has been unfaithful, the blame, typically gets directed toward the female. It's this particular reaction that the author does a great job of focusing on in this book. Except, when you weigh out which of the two is getting the most heat from their situation, it's clearly Molly. They knowingly, without signs of remorse, put themselves into situations that make you feel like they deserve all of the negativity that is crashing down on them. Molly and Gabe's characters are no different.

Her main characters are flawed and go down paths that make you cringe. Now, she has to endure 99 days back in her home town before she packs up and leaves for college.There's just something about Katie Cotugno's books that make them so captivating that I never want to put them down. To top it all off, Molly's own mother weaved the tale of this infidelity into a best-selling book, which lead to her self-imposed exile. Her ex-boyfrend, Patrick, cannot stand the sight of her because she betrayed him by sleeping with his brother, Gabe. Her friends have turned on her, making her life a living hell. Molly Barlow fled Star Lake a year ago to get away from everything that was wrong in her life.

My Patrick, who's never going to forgive me. My Patrick, who's supposed to be clear across the country. I think he's about to kiss me-and that's when I see Patrick.

'For what it's worth, Molly Barlow,' he says, 'I'm really glad you're back.'ĭay 12: Gabe wouldn't quit till he got me to come to this party, and I'm surprised to find I'm actually having fun. I'm expecting a fight when someone taps me on the shoulder, but it's just Gabe, home from college and actually happy to see me. Now I'm serving out my summer like a jail sentence: Just ninety-nine days till I can leave for college and be done.ĭay 4: A nasty note on my windshield makes it clear Julia isn't finished. She has every right to hate me, of course: I broke Patrick Donnelly's heart the night everything happened with his brother, Gabe. Molly Barlow is facing one long, hot summer-99 days-with the boy whose heart she broke and the boy she broke it for.his brother.ĭay 1: Julia Donnelly eggs my house my first night back in Star Lake, and that's how I know everyone still remembers everything. From the acclaimed author of How to Love comes another stunning contemporary novel, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen.

99 days by katie cotugno