Waiting on Wednesday (3)

This week's WoW is a departure from what my usual choices will be. My favorite genre, at least right now, is definitely fantasy fiction, with some science fiction thrown in for fun/dystopias. Anyway, this week, the book I am craving, and have been for a while now actually, is realistic, contemporary fiction. I'm not sure what it is about My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick, but I want to read it so much. Partly, I think it's the perfection of the cover. I've also heard amazing things about it from the bloggers who have snagged a copy.

My Life Next Door

Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
Expected Publication Date: June 14, 2012
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers

Synopsis from Goodreads:
A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another

"One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time."

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?

A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.