Every Summer After
Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
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Every Summer After is an emotional, nostalgic and beautifully written book and i totally loved it. The lead characters of the book are Persephone Fraser (percy) and Samuel Florek (sam) who are neighbors. They've been friends for a long time and Percy develops a crush on Sam. This book is a dual timeline of present day and 6 years past.
Also this book is written by a debut, Canadian Author CARLEY FORTUNE and being a debut author this is such an incredibly written book.
I'll recommend this book to everyone who likes romance and nostalgia.
Enjoyed the read.
Also this book is written by a debut, Canadian Author CARLEY FORTUNE and being a debut author this is such an incredibly written book.
I'll recommend this book to everyone who likes romance and nostalgia.
Enjoyed the read.
This book is not the first of its kind to be about a romance between two teenagers that continue to grow as they age. Contrary to what others have said, Christina Lauren's book isn't the first I know about that has anything to do with summer getaways and the like. I'm not sure if this means anything, because I did try reading CL's book a few years back, but I ended up finishing this one by Carley Fortune and not Christina Lauren's. There could be something different in the way the same trope was executed or my taste has just... changed. Became a little more 'tolerable', if you will. I am not for the strong sexual tension between two very young people and have the story revolve around that too much. This was, I would say, a relationship between two pretty mature teens. Everyone makes mistakes, and whether or not one decides to forgive another is their choice. They were young, and it was quite beautiful to see them grow up.
Iâm mad.
I was absolutely ready to give this book 5 stars. Carley Fortuneâs writing was captivating and fresh and the way she was able to describe Percyâs anxiety felt real. I fell in love with Sam as quickly as Percy did by his charm. It was exactly the kind of book I had been searching for.
Also, childhood friends to lovers/second chance romance?? It hit all of the tropes I love, especially the angst you could just feel radiating off the pages during the present chapters when they saw one another after all those years.
I devoured the pages, not able to get enough of Sam and Percy. Watching them fall in love as teenagers and coming back together with a torch still lit so strong on both ends.
Yet, the question lingered as to WHAT EXACTLY happened to cause them to break up all that time ago. Then it happens. You find out. Percy sleeps with Charlie.
SHE SLEEPS WITH HIS BROTHER.
Did I agree with how Sam was handling the time apart at his workshop? No. Did I love the email Sam sent to her? Absolutely not. I wanted to shake him, but he made a mistake. He was in a new world, desperately trying to succeed and questioning if he was smart enough to even be there.
Percy was hurt. I get that. Charlie had been there for her that summer. I GOT THAT. Yet, it was a decision that took me to a place of no return. How could Sam forgive her after that? How as a reader could I forgive her for that??
It wasnât that she cheated. People cheat and relationships break and piece back together, but to cheat with his brother???? To lose her virginity to his brother???
Then it only added fuel to the fire when she broke up with him, leaving him to only question whyâ¦making him think that it was his fault for the way he handled things while at his workshop. Not the fact that she felt as thought SHE broke them.
I didnât want Percy to get her happy ending anymore. Not after that. She continuously said she wasnât good enough for Sam and honestly, I agreed with her. I no longer rooted for her. Which left me mad. I wanted to root for her and I no longer could.
When it happened I was mad, but it was the way Percy handled everything after that made me lose the fierce love I had for this novel. Had things been handled differently perhaps it could have gotten back to the 5 stars. Perhaps it could have gotten back to me wanting to recommend this to all my friends, but it just didnât.
Instead in an string of angry texts to my friend I have to say I was just disappointed. I liked this novel, I wanted to LOVE this novel, but it just wasnât there by the end.
I was absolutely ready to give this book 5 stars. Carley Fortuneâs writing was captivating and fresh and the way she was able to describe Percyâs anxiety felt real. I fell in love with Sam as quickly as Percy did by his charm. It was exactly the kind of book I had been searching for.
Also, childhood friends to lovers/second chance romance?? It hit all of the tropes I love, especially the angst you could just feel radiating off the pages during the present chapters when they saw one another after all those years.
I devoured the pages, not able to get enough of Sam and Percy. Watching them fall in love as teenagers and coming back together with a torch still lit so strong on both ends.
Yet, the question lingered as to WHAT EXACTLY happened to cause them to break up all that time ago. Then it happens. You find out. Percy sleeps with Charlie.
SHE SLEEPS WITH HIS BROTHER.
Did I agree with how Sam was handling the time apart at his workshop? No. Did I love the email Sam sent to her? Absolutely not. I wanted to shake him, but he made a mistake. He was in a new world, desperately trying to succeed and questioning if he was smart enough to even be there.
Percy was hurt. I get that. Charlie had been there for her that summer. I GOT THAT. Yet, it was a decision that took me to a place of no return. How could Sam forgive her after that? How as a reader could I forgive her for that??
It wasnât that she cheated. People cheat and relationships break and piece back together, but to cheat with his brother???? To lose her virginity to his brother???
Then it only added fuel to the fire when she broke up with him, leaving him to only question whyâ¦making him think that it was his fault for the way he handled things while at his workshop. Not the fact that she felt as thought SHE broke them.
I didnât want Percy to get her happy ending anymore. Not after that. She continuously said she wasnât good enough for Sam and honestly, I agreed with her. I no longer rooted for her. Which left me mad. I wanted to root for her and I no longer could.
When it happened I was mad, but it was the way Percy handled everything after that made me lose the fierce love I had for this novel. Had things been handled differently perhaps it could have gotten back to the 5 stars. Perhaps it could have gotten back to me wanting to recommend this to all my friends, but it just didnât.
Instead in an string of angry texts to my friend I have to say I was just disappointed. I liked this novel, I wanted to LOVE this novel, but it just wasnât there by the end.
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