If there’s a book that needs to make your TBR for the summer, let this one be it. Every Summer After, by Carley Fortune, was simply magical. If you’re a fan of the friends to lovers/second chance at love trope(s), you don’t want to skip out on this book.
Percy Fraser’s parents buy a lake cottage on Barry’s Bay where she spends her summers & holidays growing up. She befriends her neighbors at the lake, Sam & Charlie Florek, and develops an especially sweet friendship with Sam. They turn 18 and go their separate ways only for a family tragedy to bring them back together 12 years later. The story toggles back and forth between past and present day…the six summers Sam and Percy spent together and the weekend that finds them together again currently.
Every Summer After is a story about love and friendship and all the things that change relationships over time. It’s tender and emotional in all the right ways with a little coming-of-age factor that made it all the more endearing. The story was written in such a way that made me feel like I’ve actually visited Barry’s Bay myself….I could see it all in vivid detail. It all felt so real. I cried my eyes out…my feelings were all over the place!!! So incredibly good.
Such an unforgettable, unputdownable debut novel. Kudos to Ms. Fortune…she really outdid herself with this one! I think this would be an excellent choice for a book club.
5 out 5 stars
TW: death of a loved one
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