The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (MOBI)

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Andie must learn to embrace the beauty in chaos in this New York Times bestselling novel about friendship, finding yourself, and all the joys in life that happen while you’re busy making other plans.

Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan.

Future? A top-tier medical school.
Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn’t that hard considering he’s a Congressman and he’s never around).
Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby—pretty much the most awesome people on the planet, who needs anyone else?
Relationships? No one’s worth more than three weeks.

So it’s no surprise that Andie has her summer all planned out too.

Until a political scandal costs Andie her summer pre-med internship, and lands both she and Dad back in the same house together for the first time in years. Suddenly she’s doing things that aren’t Andie at all—working as a dog walker, doing an epic scavenger hunt with her dad, and maybe, just maybe, letting the super cute Clark get closer than she expected. Palmer, Bri, and Toby tell her to embrace all the chaos, but can she really let go of her control?

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⭐ If you know me, you know that I’m not the biggest fan of contemporaries. They’re cute and light and fluffy but sometimes I can just get so exasperated with the characters and drama one way or another. But this book? Wow, uh, it really brought out a lot of emotions. The Unexpected Everything made me smile so wide my cheeks hurt, giggle like someone was tickling me, and brought tears to my eyes. I just fell completely in love with the characters and all their antics. Also, yay for the Since You’ve Been Gone cameos!I think the thing that hit closest to home is Andie’s relationship with her father, who is a big shot politician. In the beginning of the book, he’s taking a break from his campaign and we can tell that he’s not a big aspect of Andie’s life. They’re not close, even though she’s always watching what she does so no consequences will befall his political career. I mean, the girl’s heading for a summer program at John Hopkin’s even. Well, those plans fall through and she finds herself, from the unlikeliest of events: dog-walking.The beginning of this book was a little slow as we get to know Andie’s world, including her friends: Bri, Toby, and Palmer as well as the other characters that shape her life. I really can’t get over how realistic their friendship is, and how reminiscent they are of my own life. There’s definitely a butt load of good times, and there are also not-so-good times. We find that people change, and others just drift even though a group has been together for years. And honestly, that’s something that happened not recently to a group of friends in my own circle of acquaintances. I laughed with them, my heart ached for them in all the best ways, and these characters will definitely stick with me for quite a while.As Andie’s father takes a break from his job, they also become closer. And wow, reading about them really pulled at my heartstrings. In the beginning they’re really awkward with each other, but they slowly discover things about each other that they never knew before. All it takes is the time to talk it out sometimes, you know?“You have to take your chances. Go and attempt and see what happens. And even if you fail – especially if you fail – come back with your experience and your hard-won knowledge and a story you can tell.”The romance just filled my heart so much. Clark’s character is really interesting and he’s just so awkward and adorable and ERGH I want one in my own life. He’s extremely compatible with Andie, and they just strengthen each other. It’s also interesting to read about his own struggles as a famous writer in the story. Let’s just say that their relationship gave me all the feels and you’ll have to read the book to fully experience it.Overall, all this contributed to the growth of Andie’s character. I loved reading about the changes happening to her and comparing her actions in the beginning of the book to those in the end. I mean, I liked her character from the beginning, with her controlling Type-A personality and drive to accomplish things. Throughout the story though, she realizes that sometimes you don’t need a plan to get to the final point.“So have adventures. Go exploring. Drive around at midnight. Feel the wind running through your hair. Life is so short, my darling, And there’s no day like today.”Reading this book was like the first bite of sherbet ice cream in the middle of summer – it’s packed with flavor and provides a delicious and refreshing story in the midst of an idle season. The moment I finished reading the last sentence (well, after several times of rereading it to savor the words), I went to preorder it. I recommend this book to all readers, no matter what type of genre you prefer, and can only hope that it touches your heart the way it did mine.

⭐ What can I say about Morgan Matson’s books that I haven’t said before? I was destroyed by Second Chance Summer, enthralled by Since You’ve Been Gone, and wooed by Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour. She’s written herself so high in my list of author’s I love that I don’t think she can get any higher. And then she gives me The Unexpected Everything which made me feel the things I felt in the first 3 books she has written and changes my expectations again. I mean can she do anything wrong? This book was just fantastic.The Unexpected Everything is the story of Andie, the daughter of a congressman that is currently being investigated. Andie has always had a plan. It was the easiest way to live life. If she knew what was coming she didn’t have to figure out what to do. But this summer is anything but typical for Andie. Instead of her plan she finds herself spending the summer in a way she never expected and maybe learning life is sometimes better lived when you don’t know what’s coming.This book put me through a gamut of emotions. I laughed and smiled and cringed and cried. I was angry and upset and excited. I felt everything that was happening much like Andie did. I felt like I was part of Andie’s journey and I loved that. Because really that is what The Unexpected Everything was about, Andie’s journey. She was so certain she could plan and schedule things but life isn’t like that and she needed the summer she had to prove that to herself. She needed everything that happened with her friends to happen. She needed to have real conversations with people. She needed to see that life happens when you are waiting on plans unless you do something and live it. And she really needed Clark.Clark, Clark, Clark. Nerdy and adorable and sweet and unsure. He is everything that is right about swoony book boys and he was the perfect counterpart for Andie. They were complete opposites but there was something magical about them together. And awkward. Man were they awkward at times. Eh, it just made them more endearing. But seriously Clark really helped Andie in her summer of the unknown by actually being part of the unknown. I just loved him. Oh and Andie’s friends. They were such a great unit. They too were real and some of their story arcs just broke my heart (I’m looking at you Morgan. Making me cry at jury duty!).I don’t want to give too much away and take anything from this masterpiece. It was really just perfect. From the characters to a familiar location (!!!!!!!) to some familiar mentions (!!!!!) there wasn’t anything I didn’t love about this story and Andie’s growth. All I can say is if you are new to Morgan Matson, start at the beginning and read them all. If you are a Morgan fan…you are in for a reading treat.

⭐ This book is so good and it made me cry. Okay, I know, I always say that, but I always cry in books whether it’s happy or sad.You have Andie who’s father is a politician and they haven’t really spent time together in about 5 years. Andie’s mom isn’t around but you can read about that in the book. I love Andie’s friends. Palmer, Toby and Bri are all best friends with Andie and yes those are girls. 🙂 They have Tom and Wyatt as the guy friends.Andie has it all planned out for the summer. She’s going to the Young Scholars Program at John Hopkins, but there is a big scandal with her father and she gets turned down. I mean seriously, this had nothing to do with Andie and it isn’t fair but that’s life. And her father wasn’t guilty either but it is what it is right?Now Andie has no idea what she’s going to do, but her friends are happy she’s going to be with them over the summer. Andie decides to at least apply for a job and this happens to be in the form of a dog walker 🙂 Yes, doggers! I love it!One of the dogs she walks is Bertie the Great Pyrenees. She actually meets Bertie and his caretaker, Clark Bruce McCallister, when Bertie got away from him and sort of had a run in with Andie. She wasn’t a dog walker at the time, but when Clark found out she had a job walking dogs she hired the company she was working through.At first Andie is really down that she had to stay home for the summer, but it turns out to be the best summer EVER! Her dad is home now and they got off to a bad start but then it ended up really great for them. I was so happy for them in the book. Andie has a great time with her friends. AND…. there is always the AND… she finds love with wonderful Clark. I love Clark. He’s a teenage fantasy writer (yeah teenage writer!) and he’s dreamy.Watching Andie and Clark slowly get together was so sweet.—>EXCERPT<---I wasn't sure if it was an accident, so I kept my hand stretched down by my side, within easy reach, and what felt like a lifetime later, Clark's hand brushed mine again, sending a spark through me that I felt all the way in my toes. He kept his hand touching mine, and then, moving a millimeter at a time, curved his fingers around so that they were resting against my palm, just brushing it, so lightly. Then he moved up, over the curve of my thumb, and ran his index finger over the inside of my wrist in a slow circle. I could feel my pulse fluttering beneath his fingertips, and I had to remind myself that I knew how to breathe, that I'd been doing it my whole life. And then our palms were touching, perfectly lined up, though I could feel how much bigger his hand was than mine, feel his fingertips curving over the tops of mine, despite what Bri had always called my "weird large tree-frog hands." We stayed that way for just a moment, and then, like we'd talked about it before, like we'd mutually picked the time, our fingers interlocked and we were holding hands.--->END EXCERPT<---OMG, I could be in that moment and then they walked and talked. They at one point FINALLY kissed and it was "ahhhhhhhhhh." Yeah, I'm a little/alot crazy!Even though there were so many fun things that happen in the book, there are the upsetting things. The things brought up about unhappy pasts, things that happen within the group of friends, but we always have to take the bad with the good. Even in a book or if it's too bad you can just throw the book across the room or something.Either way, I loved the book, the characters, the whole story line. I hope Morgan Matson keeps popping these books out. I want more and more! ♥ ⭐ Grade: AThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: My love for The Unexpected Everything was not unexpected. (I'll try to keep the jokes to a minimum, y'all.) I thoroughly loved Morgan's previous two books (reviews to come for both), so this one was an insta-preorder. I'd probably rank this one third out of her four titles, but that's just because I love Since You've Been Gone and Second Chance Summer so much.I did really enjoy the circle of friends; Morgan's previous heroines have started the book either alone or with very few friends. To have Palmer, Toby, and Bri (and technically Tom, too) from the start made Andie a different character. She was also much more driven than Emily and Taylor, which made her stand out. I loved how the friends had distinct personalities, and this summer didn't just change Andie; it changed them (particularly Bri and Toby). I appreciated how everything didn't end perfectly because there are just some things you can't come back from. Andie's relationship with her dad had a good arc, if a bit predictable. I think Andie herself needed to undergo a little more of a character arc, but she did grow and learn.Clark is one of my favorite parts of the book. He is awkward but wonderfully so. And he pushed Andie out of her comfort zone in such wonderful ways. There's a lot of stuff about his career that I don't buy, but this is fiction, so I was willing to suspend disbelief just a little. I also liked that he got a bit of a character arc, through being in Stanwich for the summer and finding friends.The length of Morgan's books has never bothered me. I know some people prefer only fantasy and science fiction to be lengthy tomes, but sometimes a good contemporary needs the space to complete a full story. I don't think there would've been enough summery moments, development for Andie and her dad, and development for Andie if the book had been much shorter.The Verdict: Really, really good. Read Morgan's other books first, just so the cameo appearances in this one make sense, but if you like her first three books, you'll like this one. ⭐ I really love this author because her writing style is captivating and interesting but she makes it easy to put the book down with how she wraps things up every few chapter so you’re not constantly on the edge of your seat. I sometimes like always being on the edge of me seat in books but it’s annoying most times because naturally not everyone has the time to read a whole book in one day. This story was cute and really realistic with the way things played out throughout and at the end of the story! I also love that a few times throughout the book you get to see characters, places and events from her other the books! I don’t know if this author gets any of her inspiration from Sarah Dessen but they’re style is very similar so if you like Dessen you’ll like Morgan Matson! ⭐ First off, if you love Morgan Matson’s past books, you will definitely add The Unexpected Everything to your favorites list. Matson once again creates a contemporary world rattled with familial problems, tested friendships, swoony and smart boys, and summer plans gone awry. The main character, Andie, is not the most likable character, but her development throughout the novel shows great maturity. A lot of characters consume this book, making the story a bit confusing and overpowering with drama, but overall each character brings their own spin and flair to the story, and they all help shape Andie’s unforgettable summer.Andie is the daughter of a widowed congressman; she is organized, ambitious, and always has a plan. She has her summer internship set up and she’s single, so no one can get in the way of her goals. However, after her dad is caught in the middle of an investigated scandal, Andie’s plans get put on the back burner and she has to learn to “go with the flow.” Even though Andie is very high-strung, I love that she takes initiative to make the most of her summer instead of wallowing in self-pity.Throughout the novel, Andie does not have the best communication skills when it comes to talking to her father and her friends, and this always seems to lead to more problems. When communication problems go astray in the book, frustration is ensued. The lack of communication is a huge conflict that is stretched throughout the novel, and it is not just Andie dealing with it. Even one of her friends, who is obsessed with emojis, starts to feel the pressure of how communication is a key factor in making friendships and relationships work. Luckily, Andie meets Clark who is shy, but also has an innate gift of bringing people together through storytelling.In regards to my absolute favorite “rave” of The Unexpected Everything, I can definitely admit that Clark is by far my favorite character in the book. First off, his “geeky” shirts are “punny” and fantastic. And not to give too much away about him, but I love that he is going through a George R.R. Martin writing phase. Clark is smart, awkward, funny, and so adorable (those dimples!!!). He is definitely the perfect person to balance Andie’s strict, planned out life.Additionally, my fellow Matson book-lovers, characters from Since You’ve Been Gone make small cameos in The Unexpected Everything…it’s brief but some of our favorite characters are there and it’s blissful and wonderful (EEEEeee!!!)!Overall, The Unexpected Everything is 528 pages of frustration AND adoration. It definitely has its great moments: Clark, Bertie’s shenanigans, and a big group scavenger hunt, to name a few. This book is unquestionably the perfect read to start off your summer with. So prepare yourself for some teenage angst, leaked secrets, fluffy dogs, and a story about an unanticipated summer filled with humorous surprises.NOTE: Thank you to Simon & Schuster for providing me an e-galley/e-ARC of this book for an honest review. All statements and opinions are mine. ⭐ Andie is the daughter of a politician, who has recently faced a political scandal. This ends up affecting her plans for her summer. Andie has always wanted to go to medical school, so she planned her summer internships accordingly, however after her dad's scandal, her acceptance to her internships are withdrawn. She still needs something that she can use on her college applications, so she ends up taking a job as a dog walker.The book was really cute, but overall it was WAY too long. The first 85% of the book everything is happy and fine, so there's not a lot happening. Andie meets a boy through work named Clark, who was my favorite character in the book. He's sort of nerdy and wears tee-shirts that feature themes from Star Wars, Doctor Who, etc. And he's a fantasy writer, which is so cool, considering he's 19. On top of navigating her feelings and her relationship with Clark, she also spends a lot of time with her group of friends, and is dealing with the emotions she's never dealt with after the death of her mother. There really is nothing additional happening in that 85%. No conflict at all! It was like rainbows and sunshine the entire time! I kept wondering where the book was going, if there'd ever be a plot, and when there'd be some sort of issue (there has to be one, right?!).I have really mixed feelings about it, because part of me was wondering "what's the plot?", I was enjoying it. It was light and fun, and didn't require serious focus or attention on my part. Obviously, being a YA book where the main character lost her mother, she has to deal with her feelings about it and finally open up to her dad, especially considering they don't talk much. She also has to deal with the fact that she never opens up in relationships, but now she's met someone she really has feelings for and has to navigate this unexplored territory. That made the book pretty predictable.The conflict does come toward the end of the book, but it felt like the author wrote 400+ pages and then went "oh crap, I forgot to add problems!" and then threw it in, which I didn't love. I would have rather it happened halfway through the book so I felt like there was something the characters were working toward, or some end goal in sight.Overall, I liked the book but I wished it was shorter. It was a really fluffy summer book, but I found myself getting bored through parts of it because literally nothing was happening. I've heard good things about this author, so I think I'll probably still check out some of her other work. ⭐ 10/5 stars.It's been 12 hours and I STILL NEED MORE!!!This book follows the twisty-turvy summer that Andie Walker has after a scandal breaks out at her Congressman father's office and it leads to some downfalls for Andie as well. Within a few days, both she and her dad are both stuck at home for the summer. Andie somehow manages to get a dog walking gig and meets Clark during that time.Clark is one of the most adorable and dorky LI's you will ever meet. Like holy cow you want to just grab him and hug him and smother him in love. My future boyfriend has a lot to live up to. Semi-spoiler HE WRITES BOOKS, like YA Fantasy Books. And he's an adorable cinnamon roll too good and too pure for this world. At one point i wanted to shove Andie out of the way and take him for my self.Andie's best friends are Palmer, Bri & Toby. They are some of the quirkiest and most kind-hearted people you will ever meet and I love them all to death. As well as Palmer's Long time boyfriend Tom, who is such a special snowflake.So clearly the Characters are amazing and a perfect reason to read the book, but the plot is a great one too. The characters go through growth and life lessons that so perfectly embody late teenagers. This book really grabs you and makes you feel like you are really there in Stanwich walking dogs with Andie or laying by the pool with Clark or in the theater with Palmer & Tom.I would absolutely read this book again and again. It's an absolutely lovely and fabulous read, perfect for the summer.I would recommed this book for EVERYONE, literally everyone. Stop what you're doing and read this book. ⭐ Once I’d read the first page of The Unexpected Everything I knew right away that it was going to be an amazing book. The whole book just has this really good summer feel to it. Morgan Matson definitely knows how to draw you into a story. From the the very beginning I couldn’t wait to see where Andie’s story was going to go. While reading the book, I definitely thought it had a similar feel to Since You’ve Been Gone, so when Emily and Dawn from SYBG actually had a quick little appearance during the book I was absolutely thrilled! One of the things that I loved most about the story was the way Andie’s relationship with her father changed throughout the book. Because of the political scandal, Andie loses her pre-med internship and her dad has to stop working for pretty much all of the summer. In the beginning, it’s very weird and awkward for both of them. They hardly ever see each other, therefore they hardly even know each other. They’re practically being forced to see each other, and although it doesn’t go all that smoothly in the beginning, after a little bit of time they manage to actually get along. By the end of the story, they end up having a very close bond. Another thing that I really loved was how Andie was willing to try stuff that was way out of her comfort zone during the book. She walked dogs as a job and let herself be more open with both her dad and boyfriend. Overall, I think Morgan Matson did a fantastic job at creating a story that was light and happy, but still very realistic. I was really pleased at how she didn’t just make it this super sappy love story drama. Although it did have quite a lot of romance, that wasn’t really the overall picture. The story showed that even though sometimes your life might not always go according to plan, that doesn’t mean you can't still have a great time.eleanor ⭐ I do not normally read contemporary romance books, but this one looked good (and it was) so I gave it a try.Plot: Alexandra (Andie) Walker has her whole summer planned out. Medical program at Johns Hopkins, hanging out with her besties Tobi, Bri, and Palmer, and avoiding her Congressmen dad at all costs. But after her dad gets sucked into a political scandal and her medical program invitation was removed, everything had become unexpected from the way she has planned it. But after she sees a job advertisement, takes it, and runs into a boy in her job, maybe unexpected things aren't so bad after all...Characters: I like how the characters are not perfect; all of the major ones have flaws and those flaws are made evident.Andie: The main focus on Andie is with her relationships with 3 people/groups. 1. Her father. She starts off in a poor relationship with her father who is always busy with politics and his job with no time left over for her and what is going on in her life. After she is out late one night and is grounded, she tells him how she is feeling and the two gradually spend more time with each other and help and protect each other. I liked how this book was not just focused on friends and drama but on this side of things as well showing their reconciliation. 2. Her besties. She has a great relationship with her best friends and has had that for years. They do everything together and get along great. But they tell each other everything, and when one of them, with the help of Andie, attempts to hide something from the rest of them, they blow up. Their friendship was not perfect and you see them work through it. At the end of the book, the whole problem is not resolved completely which I liked. Not everything can be fixed perfectly and immediately, people need time to recover. I liked the focus on her relationship with her friends and her realization that she cannot make everything go according to her plans and perfect. 3. Clark. The boy she met from her job walking dogs who helps her change herself. She realizes that she cannot just go through the motions but she needs to live and do the unexpected things. Find out things about people. Try new things. Don't say the same things over and over like clockwork, but actually get to know people for who they truly are. Their relationship helps them learn new things about eachother and themselves that help each of the characters grow. Clark who has never had a friend group finds one. Andie disvoers that she cannot have everything go by her plans and how she has always done them.Tobi: Tobi had a "curse" as she called it because she never had a boyfriend and wanted to find the "perfect" guy. She was a fun character and had a huge crush. She helps show that friendhsips cannot always go perfectly and their will be highs and lows in them where reconciliation is needed.Bri: Best friends with Tobi, she has always been there for her and vice versa. She helps show that following your heart is important, but being candid is as well.Palmer: Her and her boyfriend Tom are with eachother the entire book. Palmer shows the importance of staying true and loyal to your friends no matter what and helping them stick together even when it seems that they will never make up and be alright again.Writing: The wriitng was very good, no blatant errors or plot holes. I liked how text messeges from the group was included because that gave a uniqueness and interesting addition to the story. I also liked how exceprts from a character's book was included every once in a while that related to the current event of the book. This gave an insight of what was going on in the plot and was interesting. Matson did a great job writing this book.Conclusion: So why only 4 stars and not 5? I am not a huge fan of romance books, so sometimes that kind of wore on me when it got too much although I liked the romance, the characters, and the plot. Recomend this book to girls (boys could read it but this is defitnelty more of a girl book)Parental Guidance: Light language (only d*** 2-3 times), sex/nudity (only mentioned/brougt up) a couple times, characters go to a few parties and some more are mentioned with the police coming, underage characters drinking. My recomendation is 14+ or whataver the parent would advise.

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