Molly Barlow (Book Character)

***May Contain Spoilers!***

## Molly Barlow

**Molly Barlow** is the main narrator and protagonist of The 99 Day Duology written by Katie Cotugno.

You see, two years ago her boyfriend, Patrick, broke up with her, and because she was upset and wanted someone to comfort her she ended up sleeping with his older brother, Gabe. Regretting it straight away, she begged Patrick to get back together with her, and the truth only came out after her mother, a bestselling author, decided to sell the story of her sex life.
Molly moved across country to boarding school and has been avoiding her home town and all of her mistakes for the past year, but she has to return home over the summer before she goes to college, which is where the 99 days begin.

She is a young teenage girl who returns to her home town, Star Lake, over the summer break before she goes to college. Two years prior, her boyfriend, Patrick broke up with her, and because she was upset and wanted someone to comfort her she ended up sleeping with his older brother, Gabe. Regretting it straight away, she begged Patrick to get back together with her, and the truth only came out after her mother, a bestselling author, decided to sell the story of her sex life. Since then, Molly had moved across country to boarding school and avoided her home town and all of her mistakes for the past year, but all that resurfaces when the 99 days begin.

Throughout the series, she is in an intense love triangle between Patrick, Gabe and eventually Ian, trying to determine which boy she is meant to be with.

**NOTE**: This page contains spoilers for the duology!

## 99 Days

In the pilot book of the duology, Molly arrives at Star Lake for 99 days. Upon arrival, she was avoided and ignored by all of her old friends and even got her car keyed by Patrick and Gabe's sister, Julia, and was the victim of a lot of slut-shaming. Molly has officially become the slut of Star Lake, since she had slept with Patrick's older brother Gabe. It becomes clear the second Molly arrives that Gabe didn't receive any backlash for his part in their sleeping together.

A few months later, she starts things with a boy named Ian, who she eventually goes off to Europe with.

## 9 Days and 9 Night

In the summer finale, two years have passed since the ending of the previous novel and Molly is going well in her ongoing relationship with Ian. Things seem to be going perfect for the two of them - until the past catches up to her in the form of Gabe, her ex, traveling on his own parallel vacation with new girlfriend Sadie. Molly is horrified when discovering this and spends days 9 days and 9 nights trying to hide her past from her new beau.

## Relationships

Molly had always been seen by Gabe as "his little brother's girlfriend" before they slept together. However, when Molly returns home for the summer, he begins to develop newfound feelings from her, while Patrick also seeks her attention. This resulting in the intense love triangle the three find themselves in that the story is best known for. Despite receiving sudden attention from other boys, she only develops real feelings for Gabe and Patrick, often struggles with her feelings for both boys, before meeting Ian.

### Patrick Donnelly

*Main article: Molly and Patrick (Book Series)*

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— Molly in *99 Days*
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### Gabe Donnelly

*Main article: Molly and Gabe (Book Series)*
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### Ian

*Main article: Molly and Ian (Book Series)*
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