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A review by abidavisf
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
You know you’re onto a winner when even the acknowledgments warmed your heart from the inside out. Summer Romance is a thrill. It is hilarious and emotional and life-affirming. It is reflective and gut-wrenching and everything I want in a book. Hope is never lost in this book, even when it tries so hard to be. Summer Romance is love in written word.
Humour blends so perfectly with raw emotion and grief that I found myself laughing while crying multiple times throughout this book. Ethan, in particular, had me howling, while Ali’s journey to rediscovering herself tugged on my heart incessantly. There are matches made in heaven, and then there are two genuinely good people who make everything around them better finding their soulmates in each other. Summer Romance is beautiful.
Remember, folks, the time will pass anyway. “Life’s going to do what life’s going to do.” Get the dog.
Humour blends so perfectly with raw emotion and grief that I found myself laughing while crying multiple times throughout this book. Ethan, in particular, had me howling, while Ali’s journey to rediscovering herself tugged on my heart incessantly. There are matches made in heaven, and then there are two genuinely good people who make everything around them better finding their soulmates in each other. Summer Romance is beautiful.
Remember, folks, the time will pass anyway. “Life’s going to do what life’s going to do.” Get the dog.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment