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emmascr's review against another edition
4.0
This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book via Netgalley.
Emily has returned to her hometown after she turned down her boyfriends proposal. When she starts working at Water's Edge Inn she meets the owner Charles Peterson. Charles is having a hard time getting the permission he needs to complete his projects, so Emily helps Charles to learn the local ways. The two have such chemistry its obvious something is going to happen between them. When Emily finds out his project is to destroy her childhood home she's devastated and does everything she can to try to save it.
Jenny does such a good job of weaving in the subplots that Emily's family are involved in. They are relateable. The problems they go through are the ones that everyone has been through.
Emily's niece is adorable and I always have a lot of love for dogs so Flash was also a favourite of mine.
I adore Jenny's summer books. Actually I love all of Jenny's books. I love her writing style, I love her characters and I love her locations. Chesapeake Bay is a stunning location that has beautiful beaches and glittering seas.
I can't wait to dive into the next book from Jenny because I know 'm going to be taken to the most beautiful location.
Emily has returned to her hometown after she turned down her boyfriends proposal. When she starts working at Water's Edge Inn she meets the owner Charles Peterson. Charles is having a hard time getting the permission he needs to complete his projects, so Emily helps Charles to learn the local ways. The two have such chemistry its obvious something is going to happen between them. When Emily finds out his project is to destroy her childhood home she's devastated and does everything she can to try to save it.
Jenny does such a good job of weaving in the subplots that Emily's family are involved in. They are relateable. The problems they go through are the ones that everyone has been through.
Emily's niece is adorable and I always have a lot of love for dogs so Flash was also a favourite of mine.
I adore Jenny's summer books. Actually I love all of Jenny's books. I love her writing style, I love her characters and I love her locations. Chesapeake Bay is a stunning location that has beautiful beaches and glittering seas.
I can't wait to dive into the next book from Jenny because I know 'm going to be taken to the most beautiful location.
nannyf's review against another edition
4.0
I love this time of year because there is an influx of easy to read books which are perfect for snuggling up with of an evening, or indeed on holiday in the sun. This book is one of those.
This book, however, isn't the simple boy meets girl and falls in love story. The author has written a book with a decent storyline throughout, she stays true to the characters and all the characters are extremely well written.
I fell in love with Emily's Gram straight away. Regardless of the fact that a decision she has made dictates the way the whole story goes, she did it for the best possible reasons at the time. She has always had the best of intentions where her granddaughters are concerned.
I love how the story turns out, it gave me an immediate awwww moment. I'd recommend this story to anyone who wants a nice easy read, but one with backbone.
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book, however, isn't the simple boy meets girl and falls in love story. The author has written a book with a decent storyline throughout, she stays true to the characters and all the characters are extremely well written.
I fell in love with Emily's Gram straight away. Regardless of the fact that a decision she has made dictates the way the whole story goes, she did it for the best possible reasons at the time. She has always had the best of intentions where her granddaughters are concerned.
I love how the story turns out, it gave me an immediate awwww moment. I'd recommend this story to anyone who wants a nice easy read, but one with backbone.
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.
syapotter's review against another edition
4.0
I love how heart-warming this book is! Right from the start, I was pulled into the world of Emily who had just got back to her hometown to start a new job and when I met Charlie, I was smitten. Adding Gram to the mix, I fell in love whole-heartedly in the world that Jenny Hale had created.
All the characters were very delightful to know and I just love how they progressed throughout the story. I especially have a soft spot for Charlie because he started out as a typical bachelor businessman who is serious and have no other room in his life except for work, but thanks to Emily and her family, he slowly relaxed and began to look at the other aspect of life. It's somehow cliche, but I just love that progression, especially towards the end.
I also love how the theme of living your life in the moment is very prominent throughout the book as that is a great message to get across. In the book we were shown how Emily was so adamant on not giving away the family land to the inn expansion because of the many memories that they created there, but when Gram said that live is for living, that really struck a chord with me and I really love Gram for that. Some of the memories that Emily have had with her Papa was also too beautiful not to mention and I have to admit that there was a part that I got a bit teary-eyed.
This book is written beautifully and the pace is good, not too fast but not too slow either, just enough to make me feel interested to know what is coming next. It's quite an easy read as I read it in just over a day. One of the things that I love about the writing is the description of the places that are just enough to make me imagine and feel as if I am right there together with Emily and Charlie.
I would definitely recommend this to those who would love a sweet, heart-warming summer romance story that is easy to read.
I received the ARC from Bookouture via Netgalley in exchange of honest reviews. All opinions are mine.
All the characters were very delightful to know and I just love how they progressed throughout the story. I especially have a soft spot for Charlie because he started out as a typical bachelor businessman who is serious and have no other room in his life except for work, but thanks to Emily and her family, he slowly relaxed and began to look at the other aspect of life. It's somehow cliche, but I just love that progression, especially towards the end.
I also love how the theme of living your life in the moment is very prominent throughout the book as that is a great message to get across. In the book we were shown how Emily was so adamant on not giving away the family land to the inn expansion because of the many memories that they created there, but when Gram said that live is for living, that really struck a chord with me and I really love Gram for that. Some of the memories that Emily have had with her Papa was also too beautiful not to mention and I have to admit that there was a part that I got a bit teary-eyed.
This book is written beautifully and the pace is good, not too fast but not too slow either, just enough to make me feel interested to know what is coming next. It's quite an easy read as I read it in just over a day. One of the things that I love about the writing is the description of the places that are just enough to make me imagine and feel as if I am right there together with Emily and Charlie.
I would definitely recommend this to those who would love a sweet, heart-warming summer romance story that is easy to read.
I received the ARC from Bookouture via Netgalley in exchange of honest reviews. All opinions are mine.
thejoyfulbookblogger's review against another edition
4.0
You can always count on Jenny Hale to write a heart-warming novel filled with love, laughter and happily ever after. Although the story-line was a bit predictable, the novel held my attention from beginning to end and was thoroughly enjoyable.
Summer at Oyster Bay is a story about a woman named Emily that just moved back home to Clearwater -a small coastal town near Chesapeake Bay- after turning town a marriage proposal from her now ex-boyfriend. Emily left it all behind three years ago to move to Richmond with her boyfriend Brad but over time she realized big city life wasn’t for her, and now she’s back to her small town roots and back to square one.
Temporarily living with her grandmother on the family farm in Oyster Bay brings back old history and countless memories for Emily. She just took a job as an event coordinator at Water’s Edge Inn, which has a new owner from New York named Charles Peterson who purchased the Inn as an investment. He happens to be single and very attractive and has absolutely no plans to stick around past the re-modeling of his investment.
I enjoyed Hale’s writing and loved the main theme of the novel of family, life and love mixed with a combination of holding on to old memories and making new ones. Family and loved ones are the most important things in life and it’s important to be there and support one another through anything that comes their way. Home is wherever you make it, but sometimes when a place has so much history it’s hard to let go and move on.
Summer at Oyster Bay is a story about a woman named Emily that just moved back home to Clearwater -a small coastal town near Chesapeake Bay- after turning town a marriage proposal from her now ex-boyfriend. Emily left it all behind three years ago to move to Richmond with her boyfriend Brad but over time she realized big city life wasn’t for her, and now she’s back to her small town roots and back to square one.
Temporarily living with her grandmother on the family farm in Oyster Bay brings back old history and countless memories for Emily. She just took a job as an event coordinator at Water’s Edge Inn, which has a new owner from New York named Charles Peterson who purchased the Inn as an investment. He happens to be single and very attractive and has absolutely no plans to stick around past the re-modeling of his investment.
I enjoyed Hale’s writing and loved the main theme of the novel of family, life and love mixed with a combination of holding on to old memories and making new ones. Family and loved ones are the most important things in life and it’s important to be there and support one another through anything that comes their way. Home is wherever you make it, but sometimes when a place has so much history it’s hard to let go and move on.
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