Reviews with content warning for Bullying - Every Summer After

Wow. I think this is quite possibly the romance of the summer! Carley Fortune, you’ve got another auto-buy fan in me.

This book is so inherently sweet, like sipping your favorite cold drink in the sun with the lake water at your toes. Or whatever kind of water you prefer—ocean, fresh spring, pool, bath.

In whatever case, this story is laced with summer. Appropriate, considering its title, but not in a cheesy way that feels overdone. Yes, it does have a similar plot to the beloved Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren, and in ways also reminiscent of The Summer I Turned Pretty series, but it very much has its own heart and own set of standout characters. Percy and Sam quickly became one of my favorite fictional friendships, of course blossoming into more. If you’re still unsure if you like the friends-to-lovers trope, I think this novel could be the one to change your mind.

Dual timelines, set over ten years apart. Unresolved past drama and trauma. Pining young lovers, complicated friendships, adult conversations sprinkled between cute and awkward flirtations and annoyances. Deeply romantic moments and unmistakable chemistry. Parts that make you melt, parts that make you wanna yell, parts that make you cry. Parts that make you grin like an idiot because you’re alone in your room reading this incredibly personal summer love story and it’s just fiction, it’s not real!!!

Except it feels real. Even as I was yelling at the pages toward the end, desperate for the truth—I loved every second of reading it.

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kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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

3.75

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lettsreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? No

4.75

I honestly LOVED this book. I loved Percy, and Sam, and Charlie, and Delilah, and Sue, ugh. This book could be described by telling you that it's "Love And Other Words" and "People We Meet On Vacation" all meshed up. Beautiful summers by the lake and the best trope: best friends to lovers to strangers to friends to lovers again. I loved it. And Sam, "I swear on it".

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sarah_thebooknerd's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was so good and I really struggled to put it down. It hooked me from the beginning to the very end. I loved the back and forth with the past to the present day storyline. The second chance romance storyline was so gripping and the entire book you want to know what happened to break them apart.

It showcases mental health- specially panic attacks and I liked how a lot of the characters are flawed and have to overcome their flaws and accept them

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horizonous's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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