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A review by rachelsreads_
Night Owls and Summer Skies by Rebecca Sullivan
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.
I had such high hopes for this book! It was entertaining at its core plot but the dialogue and character development left a lot to be desired. Another round of editing could have also heavily improved issues with the book. The tension between Emma and Vivian was just the right amount, enough to make it thrilling to read but not heavy handed where you get annoyed. I enjoyed the daily battles Emma encounters at her time at camp and watching her slowly (and sometimes painfully) progress through her previous camp trauma. This novel would have been great to include an in-depth discussion on mental health. It made attempts to accomplish this but only hit the surface level aspects of how Emma mentally and emotionally deals with things. Overall, it could use a lot of work but the sapphic summer camp romance plot saved it for me.
I had such high hopes for this book! It was entertaining at its core plot but the dialogue and character development left a lot to be desired. Another round of editing could have also heavily improved issues with the book. The tension between Emma and Vivian was just the right amount, enough to make it thrilling to read but not heavy handed where you get annoyed. I enjoyed the daily battles Emma encounters at her time at camp and watching her slowly (and sometimes painfully) progress through her previous camp trauma. This novel would have been great to include an in-depth discussion on mental health. It made attempts to accomplish this but only hit the surface level aspects of how Emma mentally and emotionally deals with things. Overall, it could use a lot of work but the sapphic summer camp romance plot saved it for me.