ARC: All I Never Needed by Katie Klein

My Rating: 5 stars

Synopsis from GR:

When seventeen-year-old Harley Belle Thorpe is rushed to her father’s house on the opposite side of the country, she’s only expecting to stay a week at most—just until things settle down. She doesn’t expect her ex-boyfriend to violate the restraining order against him, or for her trip to be extended indefinitely, and she certainly isn’t expecting River Havencroft, her stepmother’s nephew.

River’s summer is unfolding exactly as anticipated—working alongside his twin sister with their two young cousins and attempting to reconcile the future he’s envisioned for himself with the one his family has already planned for him—until Harley, that is.

Everything about his uncle’s daughter works against their world of country clubs, prep schools, and trust funds, but the more time they spend together the less River can imagine this world—and his own—without her in it. She is everything he didn’t know he needed.

But as the sun sets on summer, Harley’s ex-boyfriend will make a dangerous play to lure her back to him, leaving River desperate to keep her safe. The only question that remains: how far is he willing to go?

All I Never Needed is the first book I read of this author but it won't be the last!

I really liked how the story takes its time and how, in the meantime, the reader can really get to know the various characters. While the focus it's obviously on River and Harley, the story it's told by their alternating point of view, a lot of other characters played an important role in it.
As a matter of fact, I think that one of the things that made the book so realistic and interesting was indeed all their interactions with River and Harley. Each character affected the other in one way or another and in the end it made for one fluid book's universe and a really good story to read.

The 'mystery' or the 'romance' part of the book took sometimes a background role in the story but I didn't perceive it as a bad thing. As I said, the book takes its time to unfold and the reader should be prepared to enjoy the ride without any rush to get to the end.
I enjoyed it very much!

At last, I'd like to thank the author Katie Klein for the chance to read her book for free through BookSirens and I hope she appreciates my honest review