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sefrahudman's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
3.75
This was a really sweet albeit spicy at times coming of age love story. It had the summer vibes and was a sweet book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, and Vomit
pageafter_paige's review
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This books was very addicted! I read it as an audio book and I really enjoyed the narrator. I love all the flash backs and found myself looking forward to learning about their past’s together! It gave me slight normal people vibes like childhood friends to lovers. Charlie is hot lol. I find the FMC very relatable and the MMC super charming! I love a lake house!!! Perfect summer read
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Mental illness
marioosa517's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Terminal illness
Minor: Body shaming, Excrement, and Drug use
rachelmerrie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I don’t typically enjoy books about people finding their way back to each other. I don’t believe in revisiting past relationships, especially from high school or younger, but this book made me believe in what individual growth can bring to a past relationship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
cady_sass's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I was halfway thru this when someone told me it’s basically copy/paste of Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren, which I own but haven’t read yet. So I will hold my thoughts and review until after I read that one
Edited to add: I’ve now read love and other words and can confirm it’s dangerously close in a lot of aspects. That being said, tropes are tropes for a reason and there aren’t very many wholly unique ideas in the genre. I will say that I like the bulk of this story better than love & other words, it’s just done better. But the ending here was not good, and it leaves you feeling like one of the characters deserves better and the twist ending is just a little too icky. This could’ve been 4-4.5 if not for the finale, in my opinion.
Edited to add: I’ve now read love and other words and can confirm it’s dangerously close in a lot of aspects. That being said, tropes are tropes for a reason and there aren’t very many wholly unique ideas in the genre. I will say that I like the bulk of this story better than love & other words, it’s just done better. But the ending here was not good, and it leaves you feeling like one of the characters deserves better and the twist ending is just a little too icky. This could’ve been 4-4.5 if not for the finale, in my opinion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Infidelity
frenandjen's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Infidelity, Alcohol, Vomit, Cancer, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders
thebookishnurseescape's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cursing, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
kelly_e's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Title: Every Summer After
Author: Carley Fortune
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4.75
Pub Date: May 10, 2022
T H R E E • W O R D S
Nostalgic • Messy • Tender
📖 S Y N O P S I S
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of spending summers in cottage country, on the glittering lakeshore of her childhood, she stays in a stylish apartment in Toronto, keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.
Until Percy receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.
For six summers during their youth, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm nights working in his family’s restaurant, Percy and Sam had been inseparable. And when Percy returns to the lake, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until she can confront the decisions she made, they’ll never know whether their love is bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Carley Fortune's debut novel Every Summer After was all over Bookstagram, and one of the summer's hottest recommendations. It was hard to avoid the hype and spoilers, yet I knew I wanted to save it for my disconnected time away at the cottage, which just felt like the perfect place to read it.
Told over six summers in the past and one weekend in the present, this coming-of-age, friends to lovers, second chance romance is tender and passionate. The alternating timelines allows for a slow burn, messy and realistic relationship. The characters are deeply flawed. They make mistakes. They weren't brought to life. Given Sam and Percy are teenagers when they first meet, it does read young - the angst and longing are certainly real.
It was the setting that truly made this a winner for me. I absolutely loved the idyllic cottage country setting. And as I mentioned above, I saved reading this until I was able to read it on a dock in Ontario's cottage country. Sometimes there is just a time and a place for certain books and this was it for me with this one. I might have even treated myself to some Kawartha ice cream to enhance the experience. Doing all of this really made the vibe of the story come to life. I loved all of the little sprinkles of Canadian cottage country.
Somewhat surprisingly, this second-chance romance worked on so many levels for me. What I really loved was the theme of finding the person that gets you unlike anyone else, the one that makes you feel seen and safe. It was the perfect example of the choices that change the entire trajectory of our lives. Every Summer After introduces a fresh, new voice into the Canadian romance realm, and I will be eagerly awaiting the release of her next novel Meet Me At the Lake next year.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• readers looking for a summer read
• second chance romance trope lovers
• K.A. Tucker fans
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Betrayals don't cancel each other out. They just hurt more."
"And not for the first time it feels like someone stole the whole script to my life story and wrote it all wrong."
"I can only keep trying to breathe."
Author: Carley Fortune
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4.75
Pub Date: May 10, 2022
T H R E E • W O R D S
Nostalgic • Messy • Tender
📖 S Y N O P S I S
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of spending summers in cottage country, on the glittering lakeshore of her childhood, she stays in a stylish apartment in Toronto, keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.
Until Percy receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.
For six summers during their youth, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm nights working in his family’s restaurant, Percy and Sam had been inseparable. And when Percy returns to the lake, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until she can confront the decisions she made, they’ll never know whether their love is bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Carley Fortune's debut novel Every Summer After was all over Bookstagram, and one of the summer's hottest recommendations. It was hard to avoid the hype and spoilers, yet I knew I wanted to save it for my disconnected time away at the cottage, which just felt like the perfect place to read it.
Told over six summers in the past and one weekend in the present, this coming-of-age, friends to lovers, second chance romance is tender and passionate. The alternating timelines allows for a slow burn, messy and realistic relationship. The characters are deeply flawed. They make mistakes. They weren't brought to life. Given Sam and Percy are teenagers when they first meet, it does read young - the angst and longing are certainly real.
It was the setting that truly made this a winner for me. I absolutely loved the idyllic cottage country setting. And as I mentioned above, I saved reading this until I was able to read it on a dock in Ontario's cottage country. Sometimes there is just a time and a place for certain books and this was it for me with this one. I might have even treated myself to some Kawartha ice cream to enhance the experience. Doing all of this really made the vibe of the story come to life. I loved all of the little sprinkles of Canadian cottage country.
Somewhat surprisingly, this second-chance romance worked on so many levels for me. What I really loved was the theme of finding the person that gets you unlike anyone else, the one that makes you feel seen and safe. It was the perfect example of the choices that change the entire trajectory of our lives. Every Summer After introduces a fresh, new voice into the Canadian romance realm, and I will be eagerly awaiting the release of her next novel Meet Me At the Lake next year.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• readers looking for a summer read
• second chance romance trope lovers
• K.A. Tucker fans
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Betrayals don't cancel each other out. They just hurt more."
"And not for the first time it feels like someone stole the whole script to my life story and wrote it all wrong."
"I can only keep trying to breathe."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Terminal illness, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Cancer
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Bullying, and Vomit
saraavowlerr's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Percy had a lot of internalized misogyny I feel like and she was just so hard to like
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
jillkaarlela's review
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I will also not be putting taylor swift songs for this. Ok this feels almost like an exact copy of “Love and other words” by Christina Lauren mixed with a little bit of “the summer I turned pretty” by Jenny Han. If you liked those, you would like this because it is basically the exact same, but at a lake in Canada, but I did not like it. Im sorry, but what she did, I would not forgive that. I just could not find myself rooting for the characters to be together at all. I hate when romances think they have to end up together even if they did horrible unforgivable things to each other, like no you don’t not have to end up together, please dump her right now. Love does not conquer all, if one of them purposefully hurt the other in that malicious way. Their problems seemed a little past getting over it to be honest. I just cannot get over it, it really ruined it for me. This is not a Romcom, definitely not, it’s more sad contemporary romance. Not my cup of tea. I really just did not enjoy that at all. I do not recommend, unless the sad and toxic romance is your thing.
I also found the writing quite boring and since I hated the main female character it made it so frustrating to hear her point of view only.
Age rating: 15+, a few steamy scenes
I also found the writing quite boring and since I hated the main female character it made it so frustrating to hear her point of view only.
Age rating: 15+, a few steamy scenes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content