South Beach Book

The incredibly cheesy cover does not exactly draw one in. And yet, I read this in one sitting, and it was honestly pretty good. I mean, there are cheesy bits and they're drunk like, the entire time, but I actually found it to be very lively and the characters to actually be somewhat endearing and relatable.

I think the thing I liked most about it was the overall conceit of the plot, which is that these two girls were friends in grade school, but then the one girl became really popular and dropped the other. Now they're on this trip together, and I found seeing how they negotiate their status -- that they used to be extremely close, but recently are not so -- very believable and again, very relatable. Some of the stuff they do is a bit madcap and can be very fun. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by it, though I will say again, the cover is dead cheesy and I wouldn't characterize myself as like, proud that I've read it!