sionnainn 's review for:

The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy
5.0

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group UK for giving me access to an e-arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Anything by Elle Kennedy is a must read for me, and I must say she is one of the top romance authors in the genre for me.

The Summer Girl is the third book in Kennedy’s ‘Avalon Bay’ series and I have love every single book in this series. This book focuses on Tate and Cassie, where you recognise Tate from being one of the background characters in the other books in the series. The loveable player, that doesn’t want to catch feelings. And then you have Cassie, looking for a summer fling before she goes back to college.

This book is an amazing summer read! It’s a lighthearted and whimsical story, but also covers some darker themes like manipulative and narcissistic parents. It’s balanced well though, with moments of sincerity and depth, and then moments where you end up laughing out loud. I loved the slow build romance in this book, with the attraction starting right away, but with the tension building as they slowly realise their actual feelings for each other behind the fling. Also the spice in this… it may not be super present throughout it all but my god was it good.

If you’re in the mood for an easy to read summer romance then this is the book for you! I could not put it down and cannot wait for the next in this series.