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Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

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marioosa517's review against another edition

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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

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rd77's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this book. It was definitely enjoyable to read, especially in the beginning. The author did a great job with the imagery and world building, where you could easily imagine being on the lake. Honestly, it was a really great book, up until

the characters go to college, Sam distances himself from Percy, and Percy and Charlie hook up. It just felt so trite and overdone, with the cheating and miscommunication. Sure, they were teenagers and it happens, but it felt like a cheap and predictable way to end the book.

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jasperw's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.5

I read this book really fast. I totally get why everyone loves it as a fun, summer, beach read. If you read Love and Other Words, and liked the premise (just not the problematic ending), then this book is an easy recommendation. It has the fun summer lake house, and the second chance romance. I did think the book dragged out the big reveal of what happened a bit (though that tends to be true in these kinds of contemporary romances).

I really liked the growth that Percy had in the end (though most of it happened in time we didn't see). I liked the ending message and how the story was wrapped up a lot.

Overall a fun, quick read.

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jilljemmett's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

5.0

Persephone Fraser made the biggest mistake of her life twelve years ago. She no longer spends summers at a cottage in Barry’s Bay, now working as a magazine editor in Toronto. However, when she receives a phone call that her former neighbour passed away, she rushes back to her summer home and back to her former best friend, Sam Florek. Percy and Sam were inseparable for six summers in their teenage years, working together in his family’s restaurant and swimming in the lake. But then something happened to make them not speak for twelve years. Now, Percy has to confront her past and try to fix her big mistake.

This story really tugged at my heartstrings. It was an extremely slow burn romance. I kept wishing Sam and Percy would get together sooner because their chemistry was so strong. The big revelations at the end were heartbreaking. My only critique is that the ending seemed quite short. I would have liked to see more of a happily every after for Percy and Sam because their romance was short lived on the pages.

Every Summer After is the perfect summer romance!

Thank you Tandem Collective and Penguin Random House Canada for sending me a copy of this book!

Content warnings: death of parent, panic attacks, anxiety, alcohol use, cheating

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swiftlyjo's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

no bestie of course we're still friends it's just the way you fucked a guy you hadn't seen for twelve years, in the front seat of your car in the morning of his mom's funeral, that weirded me out

in all seriousness i did enjoy this book a lot and would very much recommend it as a light summery vacation read where everything ends happily! some things were a bit cliché but in general the tropes were executed well and i'm impressed to hear this was the author's debut!!

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theespressoedition's review against another edition

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1.0

Wow, I couldn't have hated this more. 1) it's a complete copy/paste of Love & Other Words which I didn't like either... 2) almost the entire story revolves around infidelity which is irritating af... 3) not a single person in it is likable or redeemable...

Needless to say, I do not recommend this book.

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abooklikeyou's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“I did want you. I do want you. I’ve always wanted you.”

I adore a childhood friends-to-lovers / second chance romance, so there was no question that I was going to love Every Summer After. It also made me feel nostalgic, so this was a win-win-win for me!

It’s hard not to fall in love with Sam & Percy from the get-go. My favorite thing about Percy was her love of horror movies and her desire to become a writer, and my favorite thing about Sam was how sweet and supportive he always was.

There’s definitely some not so great things here - like miscommunication and cheating, which aren’t my favorite. But, I was sold for 90% of this book. I smiled and giggled and felt butterflies in those young, innocent moments between Sam & Percy.

I think the tough part for me is having read Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 4 years ago and really enjoying that one. It was one of the first romances I’ve read, and I still love those characters to this day. So, I did kind of feel like I was reading another version of the same story.

That aside, I did love this book. I think I’m going to rate it 4.5 stars. That feels true to my feelings. It’s also the same rating I gave Love and Other Words… so I’m gonna do the one thing everyone says not to do. I’m reading this books back to back. I’m gonna re-read one of my favorite romances. Let’s do the thing. 😏

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