It wasn't until Molly started pushing her boundaries and questioning their insular relationship that the cracks began to show. An exclusive club of two where they thought alike, acted alike and kept others at arms length. Molly and Patrick were childhood friends and then first loves. I never felt stuck or cut off or like there was other stuff I’d rather be doing, never felt like there was anyplace else I’d rather be. Molly was instantly persona non grata and no one was shy about letting her know it. Suddenly Molly's private life was everywhere, including a People magazine spread that gleefully revealed how the book's events were based on the author's own daughter. What should have been a private matter became shockingly public when her own mother used the events as fodder for her next best selling novel. The reason for the ill will? A one-time transgression with her ex-boyfriend's brother. She fled the gossip and the taunting last year but is now back to spend the summer before heading to college.
Molly has returned to her small hometown after spending her senior year at boarding school.
Thankfully, I seem to be in the minority with this one because I genuinely enjoyed 99 Days. With an average GoodReads rating of only 3.54 (ouch) and reviews decrying the element of cheating and the unredeemable characters, I knew this would probably be a love it or hate it kind of read.
