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This is the Summer
Hannah Whitlock has just arrived at her summer cabin on Lake Red Rock. With her senior year of high school looming, she’s hoping for a fun summer spending time with her friends and working her first ever job at the local ice cream shop. What she doesn’t expect is finally getting a chance with the boy next door who she’s been crushing on for years. Hannah finds herself giving him a false alibi to prevent him from getting arrested for a crime she knows in her heart he didn’t do. But what if admitting to the police that she lied is the one thing she can do to save his life?Perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty
333 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 17, 2023
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July 21, 2024
I saw the author had posted on a book club group that I am in about getting a one star review without any reasoning and there is always something about small time authors that tugs at my heart strings (and I could understand her frustration. How are authors supposed to make their craft better if they don’t know what they could improve?) so I took the afternoon to read her book.
It was a quick, most definitely YA read. There was nothing extremely gripping or fascinating about the book, very typical tropes of girl/boy bff where boy likes girl but girl likes boys older brother, but it was a nice, easy and uncomplicated read. Perfect for an afternoon in the yard while my little one swam in the pool. The writing wasn’t poetic or full of prose, it was simple and matter of fact. And that is okay.
A book doesn’t always need to be a literary masterpiece to get a high star rating (at least from me) I’ve never been one to say a book or an author is good/bad, writing is art and art is always subjective. If Elizabeth was writing for the 15-18 year old audience, she did her job, and in my opinion, did it well.
It was a quick, most definitely YA read. There was nothing extremely gripping or fascinating about the book, very typical tropes of girl/boy bff where boy likes girl but girl likes boys older brother, but it was a nice, easy and uncomplicated read. Perfect for an afternoon in the yard while my little one swam in the pool. The writing wasn’t poetic or full of prose, it was simple and matter of fact. And that is okay.
A book doesn’t always need to be a literary masterpiece to get a high star rating (at least from me) I’ve never been one to say a book or an author is good/bad, writing is art and art is always subjective. If Elizabeth was writing for the 15-18 year old audience, she did her job, and in my opinion, did it well.
August 3, 2024
A great first time out for the author! It had everything needed for a good YA book. I love a good twist at the end :)
November 9, 2025
Hardcopy. 2024. Great, not quite the typical summer lake house girl/boy next door read!
September 20, 2025
This was a great read. The book is written around Lake Red Rock and the Pella Iowa area.
September 22, 2025
Decent YA book.
Living in the small town the book is set in was my reason for reading the book. Most of my cons come from inaccuracies about the town and not the writing itself.
Interesting twist at the end.
Living in the small town the book is set in was my reason for reading the book. Most of my cons come from inaccuracies about the town and not the writing itself.
Interesting twist at the end.
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