The Matchbreaker Summer (Underlined)

Take me to Camp Starling!Paisley Manning returns to her family’s summer camp, Camp Starling, as a counselor for the first time. Her mom has recently told her this would be her last year and she’s devastated. Hayden, the school troublemaker, has landed a spot as a counselor in the boys cabins and that is just not what Paisley needs. Before long, a plan is made to make sure things stay as they are. Will things go according to plan or will it all go up in smoke?The Match Breaker Summer was adorable! So fun, quick, and wholesome! The MCs are 16 years old and I’d probably recommend to 14 and up. This novel had such a sense of nostalgia with summer camp. It touches on a complex mother/daughter relationship, a first kiss and the importance of friends. Definitely one to pick up!

Fantastic romantic camping read. Love the chemistry between Paisley and Hayden, the friendship between the campers, and the romance between Dave and Ellen and got the biggest kick out of the hijinks the campers pulled while attending Camp Starling. Highly recommend to all camp lovers, romance readers, etc.

Paisley has been helping her mom run Camp Starling since her father passed away. But this summer she was told it would be their last. Her mother has met someone and is wanting to move them to be with his mother. Paisley has set Operation Matchbreaker for the summer, intending to have her mom stay put.This book has themes of change, losing a parent and fresh starts. I love that Paisley is using her voice to express what she wants, but also learns the lesson that there are reasons adults make the decisions. The main character comes across as much younger than sixteen so the romance element threw me off a bit. Overall, I enjoyed the book and would recommend.4 stars

Great summer camp story with believable, relatable characters. I loved how things worked out in the ending! (I listened to the audiobook on my library app)

This was a very cute coming-of-age story!This book follows Paisley, a type A girl who always follows the rules and doesn't understand those who don't. Her father died 4 years ago, and it's been just her and her mom since. They own a summer camp, Starling Camp, where they have teenagers from 12-15 come and experience nature for two weeks to the fullest. This year for the summer camp, Paisley is a camp counselor along with her friends now that they are of age at sixteen. This is a bittersweet time for her since this may be the last time she gets to go to this camp or be with her friends because of her mom planning on moving away since Dave(her mom's boyfriend) entered the picture and started causing all these changes to occur in Paisley's life, including moving out of state. Which is why Hayden, a rebel/bad boy(or is he?) who Paisley would never even think about being around, suggests breaking them up. Thus, starts their tentative partnership and their plan, the Matchbreaker Plan.This was such a cute story! It's a coming of age story, and deals with heartache and grief, it has drama that all teenagers experience in school and within their own family, and first love.I found Paisley to be very relatable for me personally because I actually had to move to a new state when I was her exact age, and it was not easy moving to a new place, and having to find new friends. And so the way she reacts to that news and how she tries to stop it from happening, I get it, I felt the same way and wanted to do that too because that much change is hard. Plus, she was also still dealing with grief from her dad's death, and that's never easy on kids, even teenagers. We all handle it differently, and may take longer for some to move forward. I really appreciate how she learned and grew in this book. Yes, she made mistakes, but how else do we learn but from those mistakes? And learn she did, and in the end gained a lot too.Aside from all the typical drama, I really liked all the side characters, like Nora who is Paisley's best friend, Hayden who I simply adored! And the other camp counselors, along with Dave and Paisley's mom Ellen. They all played key roles in this book, especially for Paisley's growth, first love, and learning about forgiveness and trust.The romance is very cute and very sweet. For being a loner, Hayden had some smooth words. He knows a way to a girl's heart! My favorite quote from him is: "I think you're pretty in a classic, vanilla ice cream kind of way. A lot of people don't realize how great vanilla ice cream is because they're blinded by all the other flashy flavors and toppings. But those people are missing out, in my opinion". *SWOON*! Boy is he good! Plus, I totally agree with that and love that a boy like him who tends to get into trouble and prefers to do art rather than socialize knows the right thing to say, especially to someone like Paisley who really needed to hear something like that.I highly recommend this book if you love super cute coming-of-age books with first loves. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and TBR Beyond Tours for the free digital copy to read.