Once upon a time, Hudson knew exactly what her future looked like. Then betrayal changed her life, and knocked her dreams to the ground. Now she's a girl who doesn't believe in second chances... a girl who stays under the radar by baking cupcakes at her mom's diner and obsessing over what might have been.
So when things start looking up and she has another shot at her dreams, Hudson is equal parts hopeful and terrified. Of course, this is also the moment a cute, sweet guy walks into her life... and starts serving up some seriously mixed signals. She's got a lot on her plate, and for a girl who's been burned before, risking it all is easier said than done.
It's time for Hudson to ask herself what she really wants, and how much she's willing to sacrifice to get it. Because in a place where opportunities are fleeting, she knows this chance may very well be her last...
My Review:
4 out of 5 Stars
In this novel by Sarah Ockler, Hudson Avery is a seventeen
year old girl struggling to help out her family after her parent's divorce
tears it apart. She bakes creative
cupcakes for her mother's diner and helps out as often as she can but she can't
help thinking about everything that she has left behind in her old life...
Before her father cheated on her mother and walked out.
Hudson used to know exactly where she was going. She was going to be a professional figure
skater that would be able to travel all over the world and enjoy her dreams,
but now she is stuck in her small town taking care of a diner she never wanted
to have to be in charge of.
One day she crashes into the hockey team's captain, Josh Blackthorn,
while practicing ice-skating and things begin to take a turn. She is tempted by starting over and having a
second chance at her long remembered dream but as she struggles to find time,
she begins to split herself too thin and risks losing people along the way.
Hudson is a delightful main character whose sense of humor
makes the novel. She has hilarious
alternate realities in her brain and her creative cupcakes are so charming and inspired. I really loved her as a main character and
found her easy to relate to, even when she was doing things that I didn't
approve of.
Out of the other characters that are introduced in this
novel, I think that Hudson's little brother, Bug, is probably my favorite. He is adorably cute and I love his take on
the world. Him and Hudson are presented
as this great team and I love their interactions.
Overall, I really enjoyed this novel and could easily relate
to Hudson and the problems she was having and thought her friends and family
were treating her a little harsh throughout the novel. But I really understood the confusion Hudson
was having over what to do and could easily relate to her problems.
I'm giving Bittersweet
4 stars because I flew through it and was completely absorbed in the story but
towards the end I was starting to get frustrated with everyone's lack of
communication and didn't really see a point to a large amount of the
conflict. But overall, I really enjoyed
it and wouldn't mind reading it again in the future. I enjoyed how the ending turned out, but for
awhile I didn't think it was going to end in a good way so I was nervous for
the last couple chapters of the book.
