Great book about relationships, family, trust, and love. Charlotte is forced to spend the summer with her dad, whom she’s never met, while her mother heals from cancer. Charlotte is angry and keeps her distance from everyone. When she starts working at a pastry shop, she makes friend with Olivia. Misha visits Olivia a lot and Charlotte wonders what that’s about. As time goes on, Charlotte finds out more about Misha, her dad, and Olivia.
Charlotte,in time, realizes that love, life, and hope are things that one should treasure while she can. Can she allow her heart to open up?

Just For A While is a nice, entertaining beach read, that makes you feel good. It took me about 4 hours to read, because it‘s so fluently written.

Here are some of my thoughts:

Pro

• Flawed characters with relatable problems and conflict of emotions
• Nice development of the romantic relationship between the protagonists
• good and short description of the scenery. Just the right amount to paint a picture but not too much to get bored

Cons

• Some topics are handled too fleetingly, e.g. being bipolar and the effects it has on his surroundings

I give this book 3 solid stars. I really liked the idea of the story and it was nice to see Charlotte opening up and letting herself be vulnerable.
Sometimes the plot feels a little bit rushed, and it seems the story jumps from one event to the other.
The Book focuses heavily on the personal growth of their protagonists and I think this really is the strong suit of the story.
Since this is the debut of the author, I‘m really looking forward to her next books.