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This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
“No guy is worth losing a friend over.”
I glance at Felix at the side of the stage, and then at Zach. He gives me a pointed look.
“No,” I tell Bridget. “They’re not.”
💭 Carley Fortune redeemed herself with this book! Her first novel, Every Summer After, was a great read for me. Her second book was a disappointment, but I had HIGH hopes for this one and I am glad this book delivers and it was a fun read. This Summer Will Be Different is a story of female friendship, grief, and forbidden love. What made this book different from our standard romance is this is about finding yourself and also finding your HOME. The relationship between the best friends is super sweet and shows that the greatest love stories aren’t always romantic.
When Bridget invites her best friend Lucy to her home on Prince Edward Island, she gives her three rules: to eat her weight in oysters, to leave the city behind and to not fall in love with her brother Wolf. But Bridget misses her flight and Lucy accidentally sleeps with Felix - who goes by the nickname wolf, who happens to be her best friend's brother. But the chemistry is insane, the emotional connection real, but the one thing Lucy will not risk is her friendship with Bridget. And so Lucy and Felix vow to be friends and only friends and they break that promise once a year when Lucy visits Bridget. As years pass, Lucy and Felix's feelings grow as they struggle with the guilt both feel over keeping secrets from Bridget until the summer when Bridget mysteriously runs off to the island, days before her wedding. With Lucy following, she and Felix are together again, and they have to re-evaluate their chemistry.
Right off the bat, this book hooked me. The spice begins early on with a flashback scene, and boy was it HOT! Told in a dual timeline, I was almost always able to move back and forth with ease. The book alternates between the PAST FIVE SUMMERS, with Lucy and Felix continuing to fight their attraction to one another to the PRESENT day timeline where the pair are trying to uncover the reason that Bridgett has run away from her fiancé.
Lucy is the soul who needs to discover herself and where she belongs. Bridget is the best friend anyone can ask for. Her life may be in Toronto, but her heart is on PEI. Her brother Felix, aka Wolf. The man whose looks can stop any woman in her tracks. The blue of his eyes was as enrapular as the ocean. He is a swoon-worthy MMC who seemed “too good to be true”! Who wouldn’t want a hot guy who cooks, drinks tea and reads books!!
The perfect setting, phenomenally written characters, and a plot that keeps you reading at high rates of speed.
I enjoyed the characters and how well they were developed. Carley has an obvious gift for rendering real characters with depth that readers have empathy for. Each character shares a part in this story and has their own problems. The story mostly focuses on Lucy, her best friend and Wolf/Felix.
Carley’s writing is so beautiful; it’s almost like a love song to her favorite places. I could see, smell and feel the surroundings while reading. I also had to look up and watch an oyster shucking competition so I could fully grasp the vibes, and she described it spot on! Carley has said this is her spiciest book yet and she was right! I LOVED the heat and tension from the very first few pages. The intimacy was so well written, and detailed, and felt totally real to me. Felix and Lucy’s relationship was driven by their physical attraction to each other, and it definitely shows. But the development of Lucy and Felix’s relationship couldn’t be more heartfelt, natural, and genuine. I love that the romance develops and matures slowly over the years until it consumes them, refusing to be denied any longer. Think about meeting the right person at the wrong time. If he truly means something to you, the timing, the place, and any other obstacles can be manageable if two hearts still beat for each other.
The sense of family, both by blood and found, and friends is strong throughout and highly relatable. As much as I loved the relationship between Lucy and Felix, the love, respect and sisterly affection between Lucy and Bridget made the story.
Overall, I loved how the story played out. Keeping you on edge with the drama going on in Bridget's life, that she is holding onto. Making your mind run wild with possibilities. This is the perfect beach read. We DO get a perfect happy ending (beginning) for Lucy and Felix. Carley really did wrap it all up with a nice bow in the end!
This Summer Will Be Different as Exceptional as Every Summer After? Probably not. But was it worth the read? YES!
𝐏.𝐒 This book is fantastic for escaping reality and sending you to Prince Edward Island. The descriptions and details floored me. I could see the rich red earth, the emerald green of the fields, the salty air drenching your soul.
🔸𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔸𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4.22 (14139)
🔸𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Romance Fiction
🔸𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚: 🔥🔥
🔸𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Absolutely!
If you love something sweet, playing with your heartstrings, and making you feel like wrapping yourself in the comfiest and softest blanket, this book is here for you to lighten your mood and make your soul smile!
🔸 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔
“Opportunities don’t fall in your lap because you want them to. You have to work to make them happen.”
“My eyes caught on the small silver scar on his wrist. “Someone distracted me,” he said, tapping his knife on the mark. I lifted my gaze to his. “It was worth it.” “She must have been cute,” Bridget quipped from behind me. He smiled at me. “The most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen.”
“It's how I learned that the families we make are as significant as the ones we're born into. It's how I learned that the greatest loves are not always romances.”
“Live your life for you, and no one else”
“But setbacks can be chances if you look at them from the right angle.” “Sounds like horse shit to me,” Bridget said, sending her mother a mocking smile.”
“But I take strange comfort in these waves of heartache. They’re like annotations in a book, a note in the margin that reads, This is important.”
"If you were to judge Felix’s mood by tone of voice, you’d often find yourself guessing. He delivers almost everything in the same deep deadpan. It’s his eyes that say more than the words from his lips. They whisper, they tease, they laugh. I’ve seen them dance in the starlight."
"His eyes meet mine for one brief moment. It’s a drop of liquid turquoise, but I want the whole ocean. No, I tell myself. Not one sip."
"But nothing is permanent. It was meant to go. Everyone knew that things wouldn’t last forever."
"Everything that’s worth having is some trouble.
—L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea"
"“What are you reading?” It’s not the same book he had at the airport.
Felix holds it up. Pride and Prejudice. Is he kidding me?
“What?” he says.
If I didn’t know Felix, I’d assume he was setting a thirst trap. But he’s not aware his degree of hotness plus a Jane Austen novel is pornographic."
"Felix can say my name a thousand different ways. A Lucy that vibrates in the back of his throat, gritty with desire. A Lucy that sounds like sun showers. A Lucy of smug amusement. A Lucy that’s more a sigh of relief than a name. A Lucy that’s all awe and wonder. This Lucy is a gentle command."
"A good friendship origin story involves a villain."
"I loved you like you were my own."
"I’ve been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can’t rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right the first time. Going slow is good for me, too.”
"“Lucy, I am terrified. The way I feel about you . . .” His eyes are fixed on mine, pleading for me to understand. “You could break me so easily.”
"“Felix, I brought you here to tell you that you are in every one of my dreams. I came here to ask whether I’m in any of yours, too.”
“All of my dreams, Lucy. Every single one.”
I glance at Felix at the side of the stage, and then at Zach. He gives me a pointed look.
“No,” I tell Bridget. “They’re not.”
💭 Carley Fortune redeemed herself with this book! Her first novel, Every Summer After, was a great read for me. Her second book was a disappointment, but I had HIGH hopes for this one and I am glad this book delivers and it was a fun read. This Summer Will Be Different is a story of female friendship, grief, and forbidden love. What made this book different from our standard romance is this is about finding yourself and also finding your HOME. The relationship between the best friends is super sweet and shows that the greatest love stories aren’t always romantic.
When Bridget invites her best friend Lucy to her home on Prince Edward Island, she gives her three rules: to eat her weight in oysters, to leave the city behind and to not fall in love with her brother Wolf. But Bridget misses her flight and Lucy accidentally sleeps with Felix - who goes by the nickname wolf, who happens to be her best friend's brother. But the chemistry is insane, the emotional connection real, but the one thing Lucy will not risk is her friendship with Bridget. And so Lucy and Felix vow to be friends and only friends and they break that promise once a year when Lucy visits Bridget. As years pass, Lucy and Felix's feelings grow as they struggle with the guilt both feel over keeping secrets from Bridget until the summer when Bridget mysteriously runs off to the island, days before her wedding. With Lucy following, she and Felix are together again, and they have to re-evaluate their chemistry.
Right off the bat, this book hooked me. The spice begins early on with a flashback scene, and boy was it HOT! Told in a dual timeline, I was almost always able to move back and forth with ease. The book alternates between the PAST FIVE SUMMERS, with Lucy and Felix continuing to fight their attraction to one another to the PRESENT day timeline where the pair are trying to uncover the reason that Bridgett has run away from her fiancé.
Lucy is the soul who needs to discover herself and where she belongs. Bridget is the best friend anyone can ask for. Her life may be in Toronto, but her heart is on PEI. Her brother Felix, aka Wolf. The man whose looks can stop any woman in her tracks. The blue of his eyes was as enrapular as the ocean. He is a swoon-worthy MMC who seemed “too good to be true”! Who wouldn’t want a hot guy who cooks, drinks tea and reads books!!
The perfect setting, phenomenally written characters, and a plot that keeps you reading at high rates of speed.
I enjoyed the characters and how well they were developed. Carley has an obvious gift for rendering real characters with depth that readers have empathy for. Each character shares a part in this story and has their own problems. The story mostly focuses on Lucy, her best friend and Wolf/Felix.
Carley’s writing is so beautiful; it’s almost like a love song to her favorite places. I could see, smell and feel the surroundings while reading. I also had to look up and watch an oyster shucking competition so I could fully grasp the vibes, and she described it spot on! Carley has said this is her spiciest book yet and she was right! I LOVED the heat and tension from the very first few pages. The intimacy was so well written, and detailed, and felt totally real to me. Felix and Lucy’s relationship was driven by their physical attraction to each other, and it definitely shows. But the development of Lucy and Felix’s relationship couldn’t be more heartfelt, natural, and genuine. I love that the romance develops and matures slowly over the years until it consumes them, refusing to be denied any longer. Think about meeting the right person at the wrong time. If he truly means something to you, the timing, the place, and any other obstacles can be manageable if two hearts still beat for each other.
The sense of family, both by blood and found, and friends is strong throughout and highly relatable. As much as I loved the relationship between Lucy and Felix, the love, respect and sisterly affection between Lucy and Bridget made the story.
Overall, I loved how the story played out. Keeping you on edge with the drama going on in Bridget's life, that she is holding onto. Making your mind run wild with possibilities. This is the perfect beach read. We DO get a perfect happy ending (beginning) for Lucy and Felix. Carley really did wrap it all up with a nice bow in the end!
This Summer Will Be Different as Exceptional as Every Summer After? Probably not. But was it worth the read? YES!
𝐏.𝐒 This book is fantastic for escaping reality and sending you to Prince Edward Island. The descriptions and details floored me. I could see the rich red earth, the emerald green of the fields, the salty air drenching your soul.
🔸𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔸𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4.22 (14139)
🔸𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Romance Fiction
🔸𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚: 🔥🔥
🔸𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Absolutely!
If you love something sweet, playing with your heartstrings, and making you feel like wrapping yourself in the comfiest and softest blanket, this book is here for you to lighten your mood and make your soul smile!
🔸 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔
“Opportunities don’t fall in your lap because you want them to. You have to work to make them happen.”
“My eyes caught on the small silver scar on his wrist. “Someone distracted me,” he said, tapping his knife on the mark. I lifted my gaze to his. “It was worth it.” “She must have been cute,” Bridget quipped from behind me. He smiled at me. “The most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen.”
“It's how I learned that the families we make are as significant as the ones we're born into. It's how I learned that the greatest loves are not always romances.”
“Live your life for you, and no one else”
“But setbacks can be chances if you look at them from the right angle.” “Sounds like horse shit to me,” Bridget said, sending her mother a mocking smile.”
“But I take strange comfort in these waves of heartache. They’re like annotations in a book, a note in the margin that reads, This is important.”
"If you were to judge Felix’s mood by tone of voice, you’d often find yourself guessing. He delivers almost everything in the same deep deadpan. It’s his eyes that say more than the words from his lips. They whisper, they tease, they laugh. I’ve seen them dance in the starlight."
"His eyes meet mine for one brief moment. It’s a drop of liquid turquoise, but I want the whole ocean. No, I tell myself. Not one sip."
"But nothing is permanent. It was meant to go. Everyone knew that things wouldn’t last forever."
"Everything that’s worth having is some trouble.
—L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea"
"“What are you reading?” It’s not the same book he had at the airport.
Felix holds it up. Pride and Prejudice. Is he kidding me?
“What?” he says.
If I didn’t know Felix, I’d assume he was setting a thirst trap. But he’s not aware his degree of hotness plus a Jane Austen novel is pornographic."
"Felix can say my name a thousand different ways. A Lucy that vibrates in the back of his throat, gritty with desire. A Lucy that sounds like sun showers. A Lucy of smug amusement. A Lucy that’s more a sigh of relief than a name. A Lucy that’s all awe and wonder. This Lucy is a gentle command."
"A good friendship origin story involves a villain."
"I loved you like you were my own."
"I’ve been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can’t rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right the first time. Going slow is good for me, too.”
"“Lucy, I am terrified. The way I feel about you . . .” His eyes are fixed on mine, pleading for me to understand. “You could break me so easily.”
"“Felix, I brought you here to tell you that you are in every one of my dreams. I came here to ask whether I’m in any of yours, too.”
“All of my dreams, Lucy. Every single one.”