Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty, 3

Book description: Is the real world ready for Jessica Darling?

At first it seems she’s living the New York City dream. She’s subletting an apartment with her best friend, working for a magazine that actually cares about her psychology degree, and still deeply in love with the charismatic Marcus Flutie.

But reality is more complicated than dreamy clichés.

When Marcus proposes—giving her only one week to answer—Jessica must decide if she’s ready to give up a world of late-night literary soirees, art openings, and downtown drunken karaoke to move back to New Jersey and be with the one man who’s gripped her heart for years. Jessica ponders this and other life choices with her signature snark and hyper-intense insight, making it the most tumultuous and memorable week of her twenty-something life.

Review: Fourth Comings is the fourth book in the Jessica Darling series. The first two books in this series are two of my all time favorite YA books. Unfortunately, this book and the third book, Charmed Thirds, have done nothing more than prove to me that I do not want to read about beloved YA characters once they become adults. Charmed Thirds turned Jessica into someone completely unlikable. She regains some of her likeability in this installment but the choice she has to make is depressing as hell. I did enjoy catching up with side characters from past books and Jessica’s wit made me laugh on more than one occasion. However, these things did not make up for the major bummer of a plot this book had. I’ll be reading the fifth book, Perfect Fifths, because I’ve come so far with these characters and I want to see how their story ends. Hopefully it is on a happier note.

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