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A review by eviessreading
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
3.0
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I went into this book wanting to love it and truly thought I would. Just For The Summer opens with a AITA (Am I The Asshole?) post and from this point I was hooked. I love watching these on social media! I was so excited to see where this would go but it really missed the mark.
The romance felt rushed, immature and insta-lovey and I couldn’t feel myself getting invested at all. There needed to be more tension in order for me to have loved this! I felt as though the book focused more on the issues that the characters had rather than the romance itself.
I really couldn’t connect to Emma or Justin and found myself not really rooting for their relationship. But I do have to say, I loved the surveys Justin did before their dates!
There was lot of talk on heavier topics which I really appreciate but please check trigger warnings before reading.
I do also recommend people to read Abby’s other works before this book due to character crossovers. This is a stand-alone but it fell a little short for me as I didn’t understand any of the references.
Overall, I liked this book but I just didn’t love it. I will be picking up some of Abby Jimenez’ other books as I really enjoyed her writing style!
I went into this book wanting to love it and truly thought I would. Just For The Summer opens with a AITA (Am I The Asshole?) post and from this point I was hooked. I love watching these on social media! I was so excited to see where this would go but it really missed the mark.
The romance felt rushed, immature and insta-lovey and I couldn’t feel myself getting invested at all. There needed to be more tension in order for me to have loved this! I felt as though the book focused more on the issues that the characters had rather than the romance itself.
I really couldn’t connect to Emma or Justin and found myself not really rooting for their relationship. But I do have to say, I loved the surveys Justin did before their dates!
There was lot of talk on heavier topics which I really appreciate but please check trigger warnings before reading.
I do also recommend people to read Abby’s other works before this book due to character crossovers. This is a stand-alone but it fell a little short for me as I didn’t understand any of the references.
Overall, I liked this book but I just didn’t love it. I will be picking up some of Abby Jimenez’ other books as I really enjoyed her writing style!