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Summer Reading
by Jenn McKinlay
Samantha is spending a summer on Martha’s Vineyard helping to watch her teenage half-brother while her dad and step-mom take the European vacation of their dreams. There she meets Bennett, the interim director of the library, who is incredibly attractive. They end up working together to achieve some big dreams: for Ben it’s finding his father and for Sam it’s writing a cookbook.
I can’t even begin to review this book without first mentioning the incredible author’s note at the beginning of the book. I greatly appreciated learning why Jenn McKinlay wanted to include the dyslexia storyline and the great care she took to ensure this book was as accessible as possible. I thought the way she wrote about Sam’s dyslexia and ADHD and explained it was so well done and seemed to be handled with so much care.
There was so much to love about this book. The food descriptions were incredible and made me want to try Sam’s cooking. I might need to try some of the recipes that were at the end. I loved that Ben was a librarian AND that he read romance novels out loud to Sam. He is what book boyfriend dreams are made of. I also thought the way Sam and her brother’s relationship developed throughout the story was so sweet.
Thank you to Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.
I can’t even begin to review this book without first mentioning the incredible author’s note at the beginning of the book. I greatly appreciated learning why Jenn McKinlay wanted to include the dyslexia storyline and the great care she took to ensure this book was as accessible as possible. I thought the way she wrote about Sam’s dyslexia and ADHD and explained it was so well done and seemed to be handled with so much care.
There was so much to love about this book. The food descriptions were incredible and made me want to try Sam’s cooking. I might need to try some of the recipes that were at the end. I loved that Ben was a librarian AND that he read romance novels out loud to Sam. He is what book boyfriend dreams are made of. I also thought the way Sam and her brother’s relationship developed throughout the story was so sweet.
Thank you to Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.