Amy had a strained relationship with her mother. But when her mother died, it affected Amy deeply. She was in college at the time and developed anxiety about taking tests. She also became unnaturally attached to her roommate and became unreasonably jealous when her roommate got a boyfriend. That did not end well, but I won't spoil it by revealing what happened.
Amy ends up working at a yacht club as a maid for the summer. She doesn't like the other maid, Roula, who she feels is overly critical. She starts spying on her landlord, stealing his mail and reading it. The landlord, Gary, is dating a women he met overseas, Irina, a Ukrainian woman. He found her on a dating website. And he wants to marry her. He asks Amy for some advice and she becomes involved with him, but not romantically. That is until he breaks up with Irina and takes Amy as his date to his boss's wedding. He and Amy make out and Amy decides they will get married and raise a family, based on one make-out session. Of course, when she tells Gary this, he quickly sets her straight.
After his misunderstanding with Amy, landlord Gary kicks her out. Meanwhile, her job at the club is coming to an end, as the season comes to an end. So now Amy has no job, no home and virtually no money. So she sneaks onto a cruise ship.
At first, the story is a bit of a puzzle. Amy hints at her past problems but it takes quite a distance into the story for it to reveal her background a bit better. Still, I found the story captured my interest and it turned out to be a pretty quick read. Amy is different and, as you get to know her a bit better, you wish she could get her life together, but that never happens in the story, sadly. Amy is very smart but she is unable to use her intelligence to better herself.
A review by Kirkus.
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