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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

802 reviews

graciesbooks2007's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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juperson's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

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daniekvdn's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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graciesimons18's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I genuinely enjoyed this book! It’s filled with friendship, childhood trauma, and romance. It dives into what going into a relationship with an unresolved traumatic past encompasses and how that can tarnish the things you love. This book leans heavily into mental illness and how we need to first take care of ourselves before we can take care of others. When we don’t it can not only affect yourself, but also your children and those around you.

I would not call this a lighthearted read, but it was a beautiful story. Abby handles mental illness respectfully and appropriately. She included all that I would have wanted and handled intense emotional trauma really well. I would recommend and definitely plan to read the rest of her books!

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katy_heath's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It took me a while to get into, the exposition by text message at the start felt a bit too blunt, but once the characters were in the same location, it got much better.
FWIW I don’t know that I’d call this a classic romance as the conventions don’t match up to your expectations, but everything is there by the end of the book. It just takes you on a journey to get there.

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thecourtofnovels's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Insta-love done RIGHT!!!

Usually that is hands down my least favorite trope but Justin and Emma have so many challenges to overcome and SO much yearning despite the romance being immediate. I was so so impressed with the way Abby kept me so invested despite the two of them falling in love basically at first sight.

I dearly loved ✨Justin✨ who I am ranking up there with the best of romance book boyfriends like Gus Everett and Iwan. He is so refreshingly self aware and open to change! Loved him!!

I will say my favorite thing about this book was our MFC Emma and her journey to healing after a very traumatic childhood in the foster care system and time with her (awful) mother. My heart ached for her the WHOLE book and then just when I thought she couldn’t be a more sympathetic character, somehow her world imploded even further. I lovedddd that her healing journey did NOT rely on the romance, that she got real help and spent real time on herself. I hate when everything is fixed with a kiss and a hug, when that is not real.

Justin and Emma felt real!! 👏👏

I was so excited to read this book that I definitely didn’t realize that it was third in a series 🫠 But that’s okay! Intertwined standalone is how I would describe it and I don’t think I really missed out on anything without that prior knowledge! I definitely plan on going back to read the first two books!!

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jassari's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kate_ak's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If I took a shot every time someone said a phrase with “getting small” in reference to mental health and retreating in on yourself I’d be black out drunk.

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