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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

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jsteinle's review

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emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

3.0

Cute, quick, and complicated in some ways. The characters felt a bit less fleshed out than Abby’s other books. A great closer to the Part of Your World series - I’m glad I read them in order as I initially thought about reading this as a stand-alone, which you can totally do but I found that the Easter eggs in this book were part of the fun.

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seastheday's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This was so deep and emotional. It’s learning trauma, living through past patterns that you’ve never broken as well as absolute heartbreak. Justin was an amazing empathetic and caring character. He only ever wanted the best for everyone. I disliked Maddie at first & understood Amber throughout the book. There was one major part where I didn’t understand her

which was how she kept Emma from her ENTIRE BIRTH FAMILY AND MADE HER STRUGGLE & be abused by Amber & her foster families

. I ended up loving Maddie for knowing exactly where to meet Emma emotionally. But I wish we got her POV a couple of times, too. Justin & Neal were almost too perfect. That was the only part that felt impractical. The entire book was like, oh the men have no flaws & have fixed themselves!
All in all, it was a good listen. I finished it but if I wasn’t deep cleaning my house I don’t think I would’ve finished it.

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jilley28's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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mahreen18's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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mboutlaw'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

4.75

Y’all are gonna catch me recommending this book to anyone who will listen.

This was so cute and funny! I’m a sucker for a book with good banter, always. I also related to the FMC in several ways, so in a crazy way this book felt therapeutic to me because of the events near the end. I’m not usually a huge fan of fade to black/closed door romance but I’ll make an exception here, I’ll only take off a quarter star.

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ecleve11's review

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funny lighthearted fast-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

4.25

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maningrey's review

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challenging emotional hopeful tense 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

the metaphors in this book are quite heavy-handed, and some of the references can get repetitive—but the author makes these aspects work well enough within the story. I love how well Emma & her mother contrast against one another, something that is eventually made very evident as the plot progresses.

also, I had trouble adding this in, but major content warning for descriptions of trauma. the heavy subject matter is all handled rather well, and you can tell there was a lot of thought put into its portrayal.

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kristenisreading's review

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emotional lighthearted

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

3.0

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catieshabbs's review

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emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-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

3.75

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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4.5

“The love stories sold us the wrong thing. The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life. It’s not grand gestures that show how you feel, it’s all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about. Taking the end piece of the bread at breakfast so she can have the last middle piece for her sandwich when you pack her lunch. Making sure her car always has gas so she never has to stop at the pump. Telling her you’re not cold and to take your jacket when you are in fact, very, very cold. It’s watching TV on a rainy Sunday while you’re doing laundry and turning her light off when she’s fallen asleep reading. Sharing pizza crusts and laughing about something the kids did and taking care of each other when you’re sick. It isn’t glamorous, it isn’t all butterflies and stars in your eyes. It’s real. This is the kind of love that forever is made of. Because if it’s this good when life is draining and mundane and hard, think of how wonderful it will be when the love songs are playing and the moon is out.”

This book was actually so, so good. It was my favorite out of the Part of Your World series. Is this the conclusion? Because it feels like it. This book started off super cute and funny and then dived into a lot of heavier topics that was actually really well done. Unlike Part of Your World and Yours Truly, I actually felt really emotional during the third act conflict, because it made sense. It made sense why the characters acted the way that they did. The communication that Emma and Justin had throughout the novel was so good, and the third act conflict was one that was not because of miscommunication, but where our characters were in the story. Like Part of Your World, Emma and Justin are at completely different points in their lives,

and I was actually dreading the third act conflict because I thought they would separate for good. I felt THAT sure that their lives couldn't mix. Unlike Alexis and Daniel, who I felt like they would be able to work past their age gap and the whole 'I'm not a good fit for your world' kind of thing - this time, I didn't feel that. What I did feel was two characters that deeply loved each other but couldn't be together because of where they were in their lives. Both of them had healing and growing to do.

Also, Justin is the best character in this book fr. I loved him so much in this book, and the dynamic, and the banter that he had with Emma was so cute to read. He just really fell in love with her and you could tell.

Also, I didn't realize that Amber was the same Amber as in Part of Your World, so the way that Emma was related to Daniel was something that I didn't see coming. And Amber really made me mad. And not to mention Neil was in this book as well! Neil was actually good in this book?? Which was surprising lol. Things happened in this book that I just was NOT expecting at all.

I'm glad I read this book after Part of Your World and Yours Truly. Seeing everything tie together, all the cameos from the characters, it really enhanced the book for me.

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