Addictive and swoony contemporary first love romance at its very best. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Emily Henry and Colleen Hoover. 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 the trellis to sit by her and changes everything. My Life Next Door is the most emotional romantic read of 2023 and the first in three very collectable YA contemporary romances by Huntley Fitzpatrick. Voted one of the top 100 Young Adult Reads of All Time on the goodreads blog. This is romance at its most immersive.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 464 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Huntley Fitzpatrick has always wanted to be a writer, ever since growing up in a small coastal Connecticut town much like the Stony Bay of her novel My Life Next Door . After college she worked in many fields, including academic publishing and as an editor at Harlequin. Huntley is currently a full-time writer, and mom to six children. She lives in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.