Sophie & Carter by Chelsea Fine
YA Fiction/Romance, Published 2011
Read: August 2011, 128 pp.
5/5
Book Blurb:
While other high school seniors are dreaming about their futures, Sophie and Carter are just trying to make it through each day. Carter is overwhelmed by issues at home as he struggles to support his mother. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Sophie is left to care for her three younger siblings in place of their absent and troubled mother. All that holds these two best friends together is each other, and knowing that each night they’ll sit together on Sophie’s front porch swing and escape from reality, if just for awhile. But as their relationship reaches a turning point and high school graduation nears, will their friendship become something more?
First Impressions (Out of all the books I have to read, why this one?):
I found this gem on the Amazon kindle ebooks listing, on sale for 0.99, so I checked out the preview and really enjoyed it. I wanted to find out more of Sophie and Carter’s stories…so I bought it! Not a fan of the paperback cover. For the kindle, the cover is just their names, which I like better than the ugly jeans and feet.
Thoughts:
This was a pretty quick read and I finished it in one sitting (on a work night, no less). I was hooked from the very beginning! Sophie and Carter have been next door neighbors since the third grade. Their houses are really close together so they know what really happens behind closed doors. The chapters switch back and forth between Sophie and Carter’s point of views. At school, they are aloof, flirty and act like normal teens, but at home, they are completely different people. That is when reality sets in. The depth and hardships for both characters was truly heartbreaking and I just wanted to HAD TO! find out how they were going to cope.
This is a debut novel for Chelsea and according to her blog, she is already at work on a second book, unrelated to S&C, a paranormal romance and then she says there WILL BE a S&C sequel! I can’t wait to see what happens.
I’m in love with Sophie and Carter and this new author! I love their guts! 
Read-a-likes:
Perfect Chemistry trilogy by Simone Elkeles (Check out my review for Book #1)
UPDATES:
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I’m so happy you enjoyed Sophie & Carter.
