BOOK REVIEW: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
The young adult book genre has come a long way from when I was a teenager. The books were kind of hit or miss for me then. “The Outsiders” by SE Hinton was a good example but many of them were not so I started reading adult fiction early. As an adult, I read both adult and young adult fiction a lot. The young adult genre has improved greatly with some good books written to appeal to readers of all ages. One of those books is “The Cousins” by Karen M. McManus. In it, you meet Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story. They are cousins who barely know each other. Years ago, their very wealthy grandmother disowned their parents with a one-line letter: "You know what you did." Years later, the cousins are surprised when each one of them receives a letter inviting them to work at their grandmother’s island resort for the summer. Their parents saw it as an opportunity to get back into their mother's good graces—and get their share of the Story money. The Storys were like the Kenn...