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It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

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ambercunningham's review

lighthearted fast-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

3.5

This book is a tad overhyped IMO. I just didn’t care for Piper or Brendon much at all. The spice is good and it’s a quick and easy read, but the sequel is 10x better.

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loriklak's review

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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? No

0.5

The male love interest infantalizes the woman lead in word and deed, making the intimacy/ sex scenes disgusting and the character unlikeable for me.

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caitlinemccann's review

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emotional funny 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

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vj_thompson's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

4.25

Cute rom-com book. The characters were lovable. I forgot how much I love Tessa Bailey’s writing!! I thought the relationship moved very fast and the small internal battles were resolved quickly. Overall, a cute summer read 💕

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skyeuqx's review

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funny lighthearted medium-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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mhairi_reads's review

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Tropes: Grumpy x Sunshine, small town romance, guy falls first, enemies-friends-lovers.

POV: Third person

We follow Piper - the “It Girl.’ Known for throwing the most outrageous parties and being a bit of a good time in Los Angeles. She was raised by her Mum and Step-Dad in Bel-Air with more money than sense.

After throwing an impromptu party that ended in her being arrested her Step-Father cuts her off, sending her off to Westport for three months to live in her late Father’s pub and see what life is like for the majority of people. Cue my sexy bearded fisherman.

Sea-Captain and king crab fisherman Brendan is a widowed fisherman who was born and raised in Westport. It’s all he’s ever known and that’s just how he likes it. He is a man who lives a strictly scheduled and routine life - after all strong routine is what keeps his crew and him safe on the water. He is content eating his fish and chips on a Monday night and spending is life out at see. That is until he meets Piper. She is from a different world and completely out of his league. So why is he so damned drawn to her?

I have read a few Tessa Bailey books and I thought she might just not have been for me as an author. Then I read It Happened One Summer and fell in love with this quaint little fishing town.

I didn’t know if I was going to get on with this book because I did take a few chapters to warm to Piper. But after she stripped off the fake exterior she was just a sweet girl who wanted to feel seen.

I can be in a room full of people that I know and still not feel like I belong.

Brendan on the other hand. I absolutely adored Brendan from the get go❤️. Rough round the edges, a real man’s man but a big teddy bear inside. What more could you want?

I fell in love with the characters, the town and all the townies! It was just so wholesome.

But I really want to pick up Hook, Line, and Sinker - RIGHT NOW!! I need Fox and Hannah’s story. Hannah was a sweetheart and I love me a bit of a player being tamed.

⚠️ Content Warnings: Death of parent, death of spouse, death of a child (adult child), drowning.

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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶🌶🌶/5

“Where is home?”
“With me.”

⚓️ Enemies to lovers

⚓️ Forced Proximity

⚓️ He falls first

⚓️ Sunshine grump

⚓️ Nickname 👌🏻

⚓️ Small town vibes

⚓️ Well established secondary characters

⚓️ Personal growth for our MCs 🙌🏻

⚓️ Sea Captain & City Girl

⚠️ Sexism, death of a parent, death of a spouse, alcohol.

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dalmavatai's review

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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? Yes

1.5

This book is super steamy, and that's about the only thing I liked about it. The characters and the relationships are very underdeveloped, the storyline predictable and unoriginal. The romance between Piper and Brendan started off well but then Brendan becomes very possessive and controlling - which we're supposed to find very sexy. The gender essentialism of this book drove me up the walls, the author says 'male' and 'female' before literally every description of the MC and LI and I was just like oh my god, yes we get it, Brendan is very MANLY who's BIG and GRUFF and has a MALE scent and did I mention he's such a MAN??! Some parts were genuinely worrying, like when Brendan doesn't take advantage of Piper when she's drunk which supposedly made him 'amazing', or wanted to go down on Piper which made him 'generous'. Our standards for straight men in relationships are truly so awful that these are noteworthy actions of the male love interest. His possessiveness is also something that's supposed to make us like him, along with the fact that at multiple points he doesn't let Pipet be her own person and wants to 'fix' everything for her - which is not cute and makes him a wannabe male savior in my opinion. The author's repeated emphasis on how Brendan's work as a fisherman makes him a 'real' man is also not great to read especially when standards of masculinity are already very constricting and narrow, I just really don't think we need any more conversation on what a 'real' man is.

Overall - poor writing, dragged out ending, incredibly cheesy plot without much substance, very unoriginal characters and relationships. The sex scenes were amazing and super hot, truly the only redeeming factor of this book.

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xriekex's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

3.5

Good beach read, Sometimes a bit too kitschy for my liking, especially in word choice. Story was fine, nothing too dramatic. I liked the wild-child trope and how the main characters choice of words (even in thoughts) changed as she changed with her environment

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gothmiku's review

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-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

3.5

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