Reviews with content warning for Panic attacks/disorders - Every Summer After

Sad but hopeful romance. Bouncing between timelines from teen years to adulthood. Heartbreaking, second chance, filled with forgiveness and understanding. It was really sweet. 🌶️🌶️

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thatsssorachael's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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bethfern04's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

From the first page, I thought this was going to be my first five star of the year. I even finished this in a day! I'm so disappointed that I was wrong. I really enjoyed the angst, the tension, and the visceral longing that radiated from the pages. Had it not been for the ending this would have probably been a five star.

I found Percy very relatable in the first half, and her struggle with anxiety and panic attacks was really well depicted. But any sympathy I felt or relatability she had was completely soured in the last 50 pages.

I hate the cheating trope and I just felt like there was absolutely no excusable reason for either Charlie or Percy to do what they did. As much as Percy was responsible for the cheating, what got me most is that Charlie would do that to his own brother! Charlie was at least twenty when he slept with his younger brother's eighteen-year-old girlfriend!!! Like hello???!!! I'm a little upset that his responsibility for that betrayal was very glossed over at the end, due to Sam already knowing about the cheating. I would have loved to see a few chapters in Sam's perspective, especially eighteen-year-old Sam! I think it would have been really satisfying to see his and their mom's reaction to Charlie's confession.(Cuz I know Mama Sue was probably hopping mad when she found out!)

I mostly really liked Sam! He was a really sweet and thoughtful boyfriend, if a bit immature at times. I do think the immaturity of both him and Percy were pretty on par for two eighteen year old kids, but in the end only one of them cheated on the other! I'm glad they ended up together in the end, but wish we had had more time to see them work through their issues. Because it was such a quick wrap up, it was a little hard to accept that they were both just able to forgive each other and move on.

To be clear it was very obvious that the author was exploring themes of forgiveness and betrayal. And while it definitely wasn't badly written, I just really dislike cheating. I was mad at the characters not the writing, which to me is usually a sign of good writing. I'm definitely willing to give her other books a try, but I'll be checking the trigger warnings a little closer in future.

3.5 ⭐ is my final rating.
As always, reviews are subjective and please love what you love! 😘 XOXO

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anskutiti's review against another edition

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emotional relaxing sad

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

4.5

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linakats20's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is 100% my kind of book - a page turning romance between beautiful, funny, smart characters… it’s so perfect, you can ignore how unrealistic it would be. I quickly fell in love with the dynamic between the characters and truly couldn’t put this book down. Being from Toronto, I didn’t find the descriptions of the city to be very well written. It seemed focused on more “iconic” locations which I didn’t enjoy, almost like the author was name dropping a few places they’ve seen while driving around. Descriptions of

Percy’s panic attacks

were written well (very relatable!), however, I sometimes found Percy’s anxious, negative self-worth thoughts to be overbearing

plus, it seems like she never really developed past this, even when 30 year old Sam continued to say he loved her, she kept thinking/saying “I’m not good enough for you”

, making me feel like her anxiety really defined her… I wish she had more character development. The ending wasn’t great, but overall, I enjoyed getting to follow these characters along their whirlwind love story.

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samrichwhit's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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grace33's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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