Our Perfect Storm
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer.
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Frankie and George have been best friends since they were eight years old. Both passionate, impulsive, and headstrong—they’ve always clashed . . . and come back together. Until now. It’s the eve of Frankie’s wedding weekend, and she doesn’t know where they stand or even if George will show up as her best man.
Then, at the start of the festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, surrounded by her loved ones, Frankie’s life is finally perfect. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancé dumps her the next morning, leaving only a note as an explanation.
Crushed and confused, Frankie returns to her family’s home to wallow. But George has a different idea and a plan for healing Frankie’s broken heart. He wants her to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforests and misty beaches of Tofino.
Frankie agrees, seeing the trip for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship. Even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means falling apart for good.
As featured in The New York Times ∙ USA Today ∙ People ∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ Marie Claire ∙ TODAY ∙ Good Morning America ∙ The New York Post ∙ Parade ∙ Country Living ∙ Town & Country ∙ and more!
Frankie and George have been best friends since they were eight years old. Both passionate, impulsive, and headstrong—they’ve always clashed . . . and come back together. Until now. It’s the eve of Frankie’s wedding weekend, and she doesn’t know where they stand or even if George will show up as her best man.
Then, at the start of the festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, surrounded by her loved ones, Frankie’s life is finally perfect. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancé dumps her the next morning, leaving only a note as an explanation.
Crushed and confused, Frankie returns to her family’s home to wallow. But George has a different idea and a plan for healing Frankie’s broken heart. He wants her to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforests and misty beaches of Tofino.
Frankie agrees, seeing the trip for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship. Even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means falling apart for good.
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7.5⭐️ - rounded down for Bookclubs
It’s not that I didn’t like this but it’s just so unrealistic to me. The friends-to-lovers trope is one I consistently cannot get behind. It is so far-fetched to me that two people who have been friends since they were eight years old would grow up being super close and never have feelings for each other. It’s always either they are delusional, in denial or hiding their feelings and it’s not my favorite to read. There were a lot of swoon-worthy moments but overarching the concept for this is not my favorite. I felt a lot of similarities to Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation, and I think that partially swayed my opinions as well because it felt like another version of a similar story. But, I did think it was well written, it was cute and an easy summer read. This was my first Carley Fortune and I think I will pick up more of her as I’ve heard some of her other works are more of fan favs, but this one’s just a “maybe” from me.
Carley Fortune did it again. Our Perfect Storm is a friends-to-lovers romance that hits you right in the chest. Watching George and Frankie meet as eight-year-olds builds this deep emotional foundation that makes everything that follows absolutely devastating. 
The character development is genuinely excellent — you feel the full weight of their history. But Frankie got on my nerves more than once, and George, baby, if you had just said “I’m in love with you” we could’ve skipped the heartbreak and gone straight to the love story.
The yearning and quiet restraint make this story ache in the best way , and the Tofino setting is the perfect backdrop for all that slow-burn longing. If you’re a friends-to-lovers girlie who doesn’t mind yelling at the pages a little, this one’s for you.
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Such a great title for this book! I was really excited to see a new Carley Fortune book and of course had to listen to it right away. Once again she doesn’t disappoint with Our Perfect Storm – a friends to lovers romance that had me devouring the pages.
Frankie is getting married. It’s the weekend of her wedding and the only thing missing is her best friend George. They’ve been best friends since they were eight years old and Frankie would be heartbroken to get married without him there as her best man. Her dreams come true when George shows up and the evening is one of pure bliss. Frankie is floating on a cloud until the next morning when she wakes up to find that her fiancé has dumped her leaving only a note. She’s devastated. He won’t answer her calls or texts and finally she decides to return home to her parents. She finds out that her finance wanted her to go on the honeymoon to Tofino that they had planned and George thinks it would be a good idea for her to get away from it all so she agrees to go along with George.
The setting of this book was amazing and so perfect for a romance to bloom. Being Canadian I also love books taking place in Canada and while I’ve never been to Tofino, I definitely want to go now. Frankie and George have loved each other since forever but both just couldn’t be straight with each other and say so. They didn’t want to ruin their friendship which actually makes sense to me. As the story unfolds and the romance heats up, long buried feelings and secrets come to light. I absolutely love friends to lovers stories and seeing Frankie and George finally wake up to each other’s feelings was great.
I listened to the audiobook which is read by AJ Bridel and Jack Copland. What a great job by these two. They had me walking the beaches and watching the whales with Frankie and George and feeling all the tingly emotions a good romance will leave you with.
Our Perfect Storm was a great listen for me – I loved every minute. There are some explicit scenes and language so take care if that isn’t your thing. It is mine and I loved it. Be sure to pick up a copy. This is the perfect summer read!
Review copy provided by the publisher for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
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