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A review by thesummerbaker
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I’m not crying….you’re crying! 🤣 yes it’s 2:08am and yes I just read this in one night. Oh my word this book! 😭😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️
Beautiful, hard, heartbreaking, roller coaster of a wonderful story. I couldn’t give up on the story, I couldn’t give up on the HEA. I had to see it through and boy was it worth it.
Justin is patient, intentional, funny, caring, loving and sweet. He’s sure of what he wants - Emma and how he wants it - committed, mutual and forever. He’s had a hard adult life - losing his dad, mom going to prison and becoming sole guardian of his 3 siblings.
Emma is funny, smart, empathetic, kind, and loving even when she’s scared to let people in. Her traumatic past and trauma are at the forefront throughout this book. It’s heartbreaking to read about the impact of trauma - especially childhood/parental based trauma but it’s also beautiful to watch her be loved through it by her best friend Maddy and Justin.
This book will rip your heart out and put it back together. You will cry, you will laugh, you will feel despair and hope. I found myself smiling so much reading this book and then in tears chapters later and then smiling again and repeat. Love, love, love.
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Beautiful, hard, heartbreaking, roller coaster of a wonderful story. I couldn’t give up on the story, I couldn’t give up on the HEA. I had to see it through and boy was it worth it.
Justin is patient, intentional, funny, caring, loving and sweet. He’s sure of what he wants - Emma and how he wants it - committed, mutual and forever. He’s had a hard adult life - losing his dad, mom going to prison and becoming sole guardian of his 3 siblings.
Emma is funny, smart, empathetic, kind, and loving even when she’s scared to let people in. Her traumatic past and trauma are at the forefront throughout this book. It’s heartbreaking to read about the impact of trauma - especially childhood/parental based trauma but it’s also beautiful to watch her be loved through it by her best friend Maddy and Justin.
This book will rip your heart out and put it back together. You will cry, you will laugh, you will feel despair and hope. I found myself smiling so much reading this book and then in tears chapters later and then smiling again and repeat. Love, love, love.
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