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A review by adamngoodread
Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
4.75
Really good conclusion to the series with tons of easter eggs for full series readers.
If you’ve read Part of Your World then you are almost immediately tense waiting for the shoe to drop. Because of this tension I wish we sat a little longer in the HEA. I know Abby usually wraps her books up right at the end with a short resolution and then a short epilogue. However, - and this option is possibly in large part due to much of mental health issues/childhood trauma shown in the book being themes I experienced in my own life - I really needed a longer resolution. I needed to see them in a calm and HEA longer. It felt like the book brought the tension up so high that as a reader I didn’t get to full come down from it and settle. It was just over and I still felt tense after.
The plot seemed to do a the two wave style, where you hit two distend climaxes with the second being even higher than the first. The come down on the second needed longer. It was like it ended with us having just jumped the cliff. I think this pacing choice left the ending feeling like it lacked closure emotionally even though plot wise all the points were hit for closure to be there.
If you’ve read Part of Your World then you are almost immediately tense waiting for the shoe to drop. Because of this tension I wish we sat a little longer in the HEA. I know Abby usually wraps her books up right at the end with a short resolution and then a short epilogue. However, - and this option is possibly in large part due to much of mental health issues/childhood trauma shown in the book being themes I experienced in my own life - I really needed a longer resolution. I needed to see them in a calm and HEA longer. It felt like the book brought the tension up so high that as a reader I didn’t get to full come down from it and settle. It was just over and I still felt tense after.
The plot seemed to do a the two wave style, where you hit two distend climaxes with the second being even higher than the first. The come down on the second needed longer. It was like it ended with us having just jumped the cliff. I think this pacing choice left the ending feeling like it lacked closure emotionally even though plot wise all the points were hit for closure to be there.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting