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A review by shealea
Second Wave Summer by Six de los Reyes, Jay E. Tria, Tara Frejas
4.0
By the time the blog tour for Second Wave Summer was announced on Twitter, I had already bought an ebook of this short anthology via Amazon. Nonetheless, I still rushed to hop aboard the blog tour! Many thanks to the authors for the opportunity!
What I loved the most about this was its setting and how the setting was cleverly maximized. I haven’t gone to La Union in ages, but reading this book really made me feel like I was there, enjoying my own plate of delicious bagnet (yep, I’m more of a bagnet girl than a champorado fan, sorry), listening to the soothing sounds of waves kissing the shoreline, and enjoying the summer wind in my hair.
While I really enjoyed all the character crossovers (from Six de los Santos’ Sounds Like Summer, Jay E. Tria’s You Out of Nowhere, Tara Frejas’ Like Nobody’s Watching, and of course, their first anthology together, Summer Crush), I, at times, felt a bit overwhelmed and confused. Sometimes, as I read, it felt like I was missing something. Having said that, I believe that, had I read their respective books beforehand, I would have greatly appreciated this short anthology a whole lot more!
Nevertheless, with tons of endearing friendships and spectacularly vivid imagery, Second Wave Summer makes for a quick, delightfully fun, and highly addictive beach read that can get anyone immediately invested in its unique set of characters. I have no doubt that readers will frantically scramble to get their hands on the characters’ respective books because quite frankly, Second Wave Summer has left me incredibly curious and really hungry for more.
What I loved the most about this was its setting and how the setting was cleverly maximized. I haven’t gone to La Union in ages, but reading this book really made me feel like I was there, enjoying my own plate of delicious bagnet (yep, I’m more of a bagnet girl than a champorado fan, sorry), listening to the soothing sounds of waves kissing the shoreline, and enjoying the summer wind in my hair.
While I really enjoyed all the character crossovers (from Six de los Santos’ Sounds Like Summer, Jay E. Tria’s You Out of Nowhere, Tara Frejas’ Like Nobody’s Watching, and of course, their first anthology together, Summer Crush), I, at times, felt a bit overwhelmed and confused. Sometimes, as I read, it felt like I was missing something. Having said that, I believe that, had I read their respective books beforehand, I would have greatly appreciated this short anthology a whole lot more!
Nevertheless, with tons of endearing friendships and spectacularly vivid imagery, Second Wave Summer makes for a quick, delightfully fun, and highly addictive beach read that can get anyone immediately invested in its unique set of characters. I have no doubt that readers will frantically scramble to get their hands on the characters’ respective books because quite frankly, Second Wave Summer has left me incredibly curious and really hungry for more.