The Unexpected Everything

By Morgan Matson

4/5

I surprisingly really enjoyed this book. I’ve read two of Morgan Matson’s books before (Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour and Since You’ve Been Gone) and I really didn’t rate them. I found them really boring and I finished them with no intention of picking them up again. As a result, I was very sceptical about buying this book so I bought it in the supermarket (which I don’t usually like to do because I get points when I buy from Waterstones) where it was considerably cheaper. This book was very hyped up on Bookstagram and I was expecting to be disappointed. I wasn’t. While I didn’t love this book, I did really enjoy it.

It was a really fun summer read with cute boys, sunny days, the beach and whole lot of dogs (I’m a cat person but I became a dog person for the duration of this book). I feel as though the characters lacked a little depth; we didn’t really learn that much about them, except for Clark because we were learning about him through Andie due to the first person narrative. I thought Clark was utterly adorable and the perfect boyfriend and I loved the little snippets of his story that popped up every so often. I wasn’t a huge fan of Andie but not so much that she ruined the book for me. I loved the friendship dynamic; I love books with close groups of friends who do really fun and spontaneous things together. I also really liked Andie’s dad as I could see how hard he was trying and I enjoyed watching their relationship develop through the course of the book.

I will definitely be picking this book up again next summer and I recommend it to any fans of Contemporary YA. I also have a question; for those of you who have read The Unexpected Everything, what is your opinion on what Bri did? I would love it if you could leave your opinion in the comments (but please try not to spoil the book for those who haven’t read it) and if you have stumbled across this post from following me on Bookstagram, leave your opinion in my last picture of The Unexpected Everything.