Accidental Love Book Summary

In Gary Soto's book, Accidental Love, Alicia is Marisa's best friend. Alicia ends up in the hospital when her boyfriend at the time, Roberto, crashed his car with her in the passenger seat. She had just found out his cheating lies during their relationship and was left heart broken. Marisa meets a boy named Rene when Roberto brings him with when he goes to visit Alicia in the hospital. In seeing Roberto there, Marisa automatically gets in a fight with him. Among the scuffle, Marisa and Rene get their phones mixed up. They meet up to exchange phones and begin to build a relationship. As time passed and they grew to know each other better, Marisa transferred to Rene's school. Beginning a whole new life, Marisa falls for Rene and they begin dating. Rene's mother, though, is not too found of this idea and she does what she can to break them up. Finally, she wins by finding out information about Marisa that ends up getting her sent her back to her old school. Once Rene finds out, he decided to leave his mom behind and move in with his dad who accepts his choices and lets him transfer with Marisa. Although there is more the Marisa and Rene's story, you will only find out by opening the cover of Accidental Love. 

 Accidental Love is a fantastic read. The story is easy to follow as it flows just right, giving you enough suspension to keep reading. Personally, my favorite genre to read is romance. If this is just like you, then I really recommend reading this book. Among the love story, there is heartache, troubling situations, and hardships. You see the main character, Marisa, overcome a lot to get to where she is in the end of the book. Every chapter kept me wanting to read more. Although some parts were longer and read slower with less interest, the majority of the book was captivating nonetheless. I was definitely glad I found this book and I want to look into other books written by Gary Soto.