Every Summer After - Carley Fortune

Every Summer After

By Carley Fortune

  • Release Date: 2022-05-10
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 4,325 Ratings

Description

"A radiant debut."Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Great Big Beautiful Life

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

As featured in Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle and more!

Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.

They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.

Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.

For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.

When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.

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.

Reviews

  • Loved this book

    5
    By Tasher4days
    Great characters and great story!
  • Absolutely perfect

    5
    By Tralalalolee
    I have no words. I devoured this in 2 days. I want to read it all over again.
  • Fast pace easy read

    4
    By Teresax3
    I finished this book in one day. Easy to read, fast pace. It was a strangers to lovers and second change romance. Goes from past to present. I loved that you try to unravel story between both. Had me emotional towards the end. It is a bit predictable but was still good. The only thing I would loved to see is Sam pov in the book. Overall good though.
  • Love

    5
    By akjones8
    A perfect summer romance book!
  • The Build-Up That Led Nowhere

    3
    By lynnnleex
    I want to start by saying that the author did an incredible job with the descriptions of both the scenery and the characters! This kind of literary work really immerses the reader in the story. The detailed descriptions evoke a sense of nostalgia and make you feel like you’re right there with Percy, Sam, Delilah, and Charlie, bringing these characters to life. This book is often called a “must read” by many, and while I found it enjoyable, I could have easily skipped it! It begins with some drama, which I typically enjoy! However, the suspense built around an event feels pretty predictable after just a few pages!
  • Couldn’t put it down!

    5
    By Mrs.Rains
    Easy summer read, I really enjoyed.
  • WOW

    5
    By Sisi-Cray
    I read this book in one sitting. The anticipation of going back and forth between times was both entertaining and satisfying. And the hook at the end?! Just wow!
  • Couldn’t put it down!

    5
    By nicp14
    Such a beautiful coming of age story and the weirdness that is growing up. The challenges and changes of friendships as we get older. The drama of young, teen love. The hurt, the intensity. Had me in tears multiple times. Loved loved loved this book!
  • Couldn’t put it down!

    5
    By natalie l s
    I wish I cousin re-read this for a first time again. Absolutely tug at my heartstrings.
  • Every Summer After

    5
    By Hailslink
    A beautiful love story that keeps you wanting more.