This is my first #MeganMcCafferty book and it was spectacular. I am not the target audience given that I am definitely not in the YA age group. However, this book is a wonderful story about relationships and maturity and friendship set in a NJ mall job setting during the summer following high school graduation. I for one, have that exact experience, with my first real job being set in a NJ mall and then several subsequent jobs after starting college. I am very familiar with the mall worker's life. In fact, one summer between college semesters, I worked two mall jobs that were opposite of each other and loved both of them. Having the references to this era (hard to call something I lived through this but here goes...) and coupled with the mall setting made for a fun and fast paced read.
I have to say, I laughed out loud at the reference to the cheese store employee who was trying to hand out free samples...this was my first mall job! I don't think this even exists now as a thing, but wow, it brought me back to high school and college!
This is a story with all the setting and background centered around two girls from the recently graduated class of the local high school who start to work together after drifting apart since middle school. They embark on a secret, treasure hunt within the mall. They search for clues and through this experience, they reignite their friendship. There is a lot of varied characters who each bring something to the story and it is a fun time.
Highly recommend.

Thanks for the early copy for review.
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