Tack & Jibe

Ugh... I wish I wrote it.

Willa is twenty-two years old girl who lives in one of those islands where everybody knows everybody and there is nothing to do if not being miserable. And she's like this. She lives a simple life with a job, a best friend and a very popular instagram account ( with some partnerships too ). She made herself and by this I mean that she did her best to create a pleasurable and admirable version of herself at other people eyes; because of this she found herself struck in a sailing competition and meeting the cold heart Lane, new in Porter Island, where she does her best to mantain her job in family business and forget her past "mistakes" or what her family made her thinks of.
This is not a book about a love story that develop around a boat race. It's about two sides of the same medals who before being able to love each other they have to learn how to love themselves for who they truly are.
"Tack&Jibe" is a story about find a way to being independent from others expectations.
The realism of this book almost annoys me because I can totally see myself in Willa and where is difficult to me to reflect on Lane it's not to understand her because they're in the same situations: if the first had to wore another skin, the second was forced to wear that by other people projections.
The author send a message really important not only for the youngers out there but also whose are older and think that it's too late to start all over again– stop being scared and go out to explore the world and do whatever you like and however you like!

A deep and healthy message beneath the quick-reading mask and real and loveable characters.
I'm not going to shut up about this book like... ever.

This book was the sweetest! Such a wholesome romance with a lovely setting too. I'd recommend this to anyone who's looking for a lively, hilarious at times romance to get them through the craziness going on in the world right now. Also, the cover's aesthetic is perfect and fits the book's mood so well.