Every Summer After

Seriously? 500+ pages of best friends who are PERFECT for each other, sexual tension but restraint and a mystery of a tragedy that tore it all apart. Then we finally get the big reveal and she slept with Charlie?!? But nothing was weird with Charlie when she comes to town? This is both predictable and unbelievable and infuriating. It felt like the teenage romance never grew up. Page after page of the same thing waiting for the big reveal. Could have been so much better.

Is it Love & Other Words with a hint of The Summer I Turned Pretty? Yes. Was it an easy listen while doing chores around the house? Also yes. Not super original but I did like the characters and writing style, although I have a couple notes for the editor on the overuse of the word "rasp." But we do like a guy who knows his way around an anatomy textbook.

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.

This is literally just a copy of the summer I turned pretty

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.