mariacampo 's review for:

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
3.75
emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.75 because the ending wasn’t satisfying to me. We spent SO much time in the past setting with these long chapters, and I felt like we got barely any time in the present. The entire reconciliation after the big reveal happened in one chapter, and then it was the epilogue. I was so much more invested in Sam and Percy as kids than I was in them as adults. With another 50 pages it could’ve been 5 stars