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Six More Months of June
The program is read by Jesse Aaronson and Georgia Garrison, an actor and the author's sister.
“The narrators work well together, transporting listeners back to high school to endure the teenage experience and all the messy emotions that come with it.” —AudioFile
A romantic debut about the exhilarating highs and messy lows that swirl together when high school comes to an end, perfect for fans of Carley Fortune and Jenny Han
Golden boy Caplan and bookish Mina have been unlikely soulmates since third grade. Bound by growing up in single-mother households on the same cul-de-sac in Two Docks, Michigan, their friendship exists miraculously outside their high school’s social order. Mina is class valedictorian, expected by her late father’s parents to attend his Ivy alma mater; Caplan is laughing off prom-king predictions and the fear that he’s peaking too soon.
When Cap’s skateboard-toting, detention-dodging best friend confesses his feelings for Mina, she is whisked into a social life she never imagined, bumping shoulders with the likes of Caplan’s queen-bee girlfriend. Caplan is determined that things stay just as they’ve always been, while Mina faces the perils and privileges of opening her heart just in time to say goodbye.
As the sun sets on senior year, everything glows. What will Cap and Mina discover in the last-chance light?
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
“The narrators work well together, transporting listeners back to high school to endure the teenage experience and all the messy emotions that come with it.” —AudioFile
A romantic debut about the exhilarating highs and messy lows that swirl together when high school comes to an end, perfect for fans of Carley Fortune and Jenny Han
Golden boy Caplan and bookish Mina have been unlikely soulmates since third grade. Bound by growing up in single-mother households on the same cul-de-sac in Two Docks, Michigan, their friendship exists miraculously outside their high school’s social order. Mina is class valedictorian, expected by her late father’s parents to attend his Ivy alma mater; Caplan is laughing off prom-king predictions and the fear that he’s peaking too soon.
When Cap’s skateboard-toting, detention-dodging best friend confesses his feelings for Mina, she is whisked into a social life she never imagined, bumping shoulders with the likes of Caplan’s queen-bee girlfriend. Caplan is determined that things stay just as they’ve always been, while Mina faces the perils and privileges of opening her heart just in time to say goodbye.
As the sun sets on senior year, everything glows. What will Cap and Mina discover in the last-chance light?
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May 6, 2024
this was actually pretty cute 🤭 very high school and very dramatic but a lighthearted summer book that entertained me enough to read in one sitting 🫶
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i'd be lying if i said i wasn't reading this just to get my feedback ratio back up, but lucky for me, this actually looks and sounds really cute and i'm going to need something lighthearted after my last read...anyways let's hope this is good because it's my first book of the month! 🙏
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i'd be lying if i said i wasn't reading this just to get my feedback ratio back up, but lucky for me, this actually looks and sounds really cute and i'm going to need something lighthearted after my last read...anyways let's hope this is good because it's my first book of the month! 🙏
January 6, 2024
I am 25 and this book brought me back to high school immediately. Daisy Garrison is not only a thoughtful, empathetic friend, but she also brings these qualities to her writing. I’d say writer of our generation. While the characters are realistically high school, the impeccable writing quality and complexity / depth of characters leaves something for everyone, no matter the age. I fell in love with each character, one by one, and the town of Two Docks. Move aside Conrad Fisher, we have a new YA heartthrob in town. Xoxo
April 20, 2025
I thought Six More Months of June would.be fun and easy read. I was wrong. not enjoying any of this book.
2 stars
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February 10, 2024I’m so sorry, so, so sorry. I’m just not in the right headspace right now to finish this book. So DNF at 19%.
I started it and liked it, and then some family stuff took over in my brains and I just can’t get through it anymore. My stuff is not even related to topics in this book. I guess it’s just bad timing.
So, this is fully a me thing, not the book. I might pick it up in the future again.
Thank you so much, Flatiron Books, for this ARC.
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I started it and liked it, and then some family stuff took over in my brains and I just can’t get through it anymore. My stuff is not even related to topics in this book. I guess it’s just bad timing.
So, this is fully a me thing, not the book. I might pick it up in the future again.
Thank you so much, Flatiron Books, for this ARC.
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May 9, 2024
2.5 ⭐️
I really enjoyed the writing style in this book and found it really easy to read with likeable characters and a very loaded plot line. This book was a lot of things but it definitely wasn’t empty and I didn’t find it to be slow at any parts. I really like the characters Mina, Quinn and Hollis with Mina saying some of the most funny one liners I’ve ever read in a book. Cap however was not it. He was both an emotional manipulator and emotional cheater and that’s not something I would typically look for in the main character of a book.
I genuinely did enjoy the authors writing style and characters but i am personally not a fan of cheating in romance books so this book isn’t for me but I definitely will read any future books she writes.
Thank you for the arc Net Galley.
I really enjoyed the writing style in this book and found it really easy to read with likeable characters and a very loaded plot line. This book was a lot of things but it definitely wasn’t empty and I didn’t find it to be slow at any parts. I really like the characters Mina, Quinn and Hollis with Mina saying some of the most funny one liners I’ve ever read in a book. Cap however was not it. He was both an emotional manipulator and emotional cheater and that’s not something I would typically look for in the main character of a book.
I genuinely did enjoy the authors writing style and characters but i am personally not a fan of cheating in romance books so this book isn’t for me but I definitely will read any future books she writes.
Thank you for the arc Net Galley.
January 22, 2025
this was a sweet coming of age story, but it was not a romance to me. i liked the side characters better than the main characters and they had more chemistry with the main characters too, both as friends and more than friends. This was a really great debut, but definitely read like a debut; heavy on the dialogue and a lot of telling, not showing. I didn't really feel Caplan and Mina falling in love. I definitely didn't get the sense that Mina had always had feelings for him, but was assured that was the case by the end. Caplan falling for her was a bit of an underwhelming cliche - someone else finds her attractive and he's not sure why he feels jealous. She takes off her glasses and puts on a dress and suddenly he's stunned by her beauty. I definitely didn't walk away from this book confident that these two were ready to make an adult relationship work, which is fine because they're 17/18, but it makes it hard to call it a romance when I predict a messy breakup a year from now. Honestly, fast forward 10 years and this could make a great second chance romance.
Romance aside, I loved this book for the friendships and the vibes. I felt like it really captured the hazy happiness of senior spring - cliques breaking down and everyone being included, getting away with missing curfew and being late to classes because the adults all know you're almost an adult yourself and it's getting too late to punish you, growing closer with your peers as you all slowly admit that you have no idea what you're doing and you've pretty much had no idea the whole time, sunshine and driving with too many people crammed in someone's mom's car, windows down and music loud. It wasn't exactly my high school experience (I moved too much to form those sorts of relationships in the final hours), but it was definitely someone's authentic high school experience and it made me nostalgic anyway.
I did see a couple reviews mention the sexual content of this book and say that it would make more sense as a NA than a YA, so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents - this book was very YA and more than appropriate for the ages depicted in the story imo. The sexual content was so closed door that I didn't even realize it had happened at first, still wasn't sure after re-reading the paragraph, and it was only confirmed on the next page when the FMC started putting her clothes back on. There is also moderate drug/alcohol content - one of the characters smokes weed twice with a friend and there are 2-3 occasions where drinking is involved, one of which leads to a main character getting too drunk, needing help getting home, throwing up, being hungover, etc. It's all very tame and very realistic in my experience. I have a hard time seeing why anyone would object to a 16-18 year old reading this book unless they're trying to convince their child (and themselves) that teens don't have sex or drink alcohol. Which, spoiler alert, they do. And this book realistically depicts what that tends to look like and the consequences involved with those choices (negative and positive). And none of it is graphic at all. Y'all know kids have access to porn, right? Let them enjoy books lol.
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i'm in this weird phase of my 20s where i'm too old for college romances but high school romances are somehow delightfully nostalgic
Romance aside, I loved this book for the friendships and the vibes. I felt like it really captured the hazy happiness of senior spring - cliques breaking down and everyone being included, getting away with missing curfew and being late to classes because the adults all know you're almost an adult yourself and it's getting too late to punish you, growing closer with your peers as you all slowly admit that you have no idea what you're doing and you've pretty much had no idea the whole time, sunshine and driving with too many people crammed in someone's mom's car, windows down and music loud. It wasn't exactly my high school experience (I moved too much to form those sorts of relationships in the final hours), but it was definitely someone's authentic high school experience and it made me nostalgic anyway.
I did see a couple reviews mention the sexual content of this book and say that it would make more sense as a NA than a YA, so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents - this book was very YA and more than appropriate for the ages depicted in the story imo. The sexual content was so closed door that I didn't even realize it had happened at first, still wasn't sure after re-reading the paragraph, and it was only confirmed on the next page when the FMC started putting her clothes back on. There is also moderate drug/alcohol content - one of the characters smokes weed twice with a friend and there are 2-3 occasions where drinking is involved, one of which leads to a main character getting too drunk, needing help getting home, throwing up, being hungover, etc. It's all very tame and very realistic in my experience. I have a hard time seeing why anyone would object to a 16-18 year old reading this book unless they're trying to convince their child (and themselves) that teens don't have sex or drink alcohol. Which, spoiler alert, they do. And this book realistically depicts what that tends to look like and the consequences involved with those choices (negative and positive). And none of it is graphic at all. Y'all know kids have access to porn, right? Let them enjoy books lol.
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i'm in this weird phase of my 20s where i'm too old for college romances but high school romances are somehow delightfully nostalgic
June 10, 2024
This book would have changed my life if I read it at 15.
I thought this was a beautifully written coming of age story. It's a nice, short read that is perfect for a palette cleanser between heavier books.
The book follows Mina and Caplan as they navigate their last year of high school before college, reflecting on how they became friends and their journey since.
In my opinion, this is a beautiful portrayal of human nature. None of the characters are flawless. Each of them have flaws and often unattractive traits but that only forms to make them more relatable and loveable in this case.
'I don't need you to give me the summer or the rest of our lives, but thankyou for this, right now.'
Tropes include:
💑Friends to Lovers
🌱Character Growth
⏰Coming of Age/End of High School
🤓Geek/Popular Boy
❤️Making amends for past mistakes/problems
This book deals with some topics readers may find triggering so I would recommend reading the cw's prior to reading.
Thankyou to netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
I thought this was a beautifully written coming of age story. It's a nice, short read that is perfect for a palette cleanser between heavier books.
The book follows Mina and Caplan as they navigate their last year of high school before college, reflecting on how they became friends and their journey since.
In my opinion, this is a beautiful portrayal of human nature. None of the characters are flawless. Each of them have flaws and often unattractive traits but that only forms to make them more relatable and loveable in this case.
'I don't need you to give me the summer or the rest of our lives, but thankyou for this, right now.'
Tropes include:
💑Friends to Lovers
🌱Character Growth
⏰Coming of Age/End of High School
🤓Geek/Popular Boy
❤️Making amends for past mistakes/problems
This book deals with some topics readers may find triggering so I would recommend reading the cw's prior to reading.
Thankyou to netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
August 8, 2024
Un été d'adolescence authentique
Ce friends to lovers à la croisée des chemins entre la fin du lycée et l’entrée dans l’âge adulte, capture avec une justesse rafraîchissante cette période où tout semble à la fois insouciant et rempli d’une excitation teintée d’appréhension. Dès les premières pages, le style de l’autrice m’a accroché. Léger mais captivant, il m’a donné envie de plonger encore et encore dans l’histoire.
J’ai beaucoup apprécié Mina, qui m’a particulièrement touchée. Son caractère, à la fois fort et vulnérable, la rend immédiatement attachante. Caplan, en revanche, m'a laissé plus perplexe. Bien que réaliste dans sa représentation de l’adolescent qui peine à gérer et exprimer ses émotions, son comportement a parfois été difficile à accepter, surtout lorsque ses décisions frôlent l'immaturité.
Cela dit, en y réfléchissant, c’est peut-être cette imperfection qui rend le personnage si authentique. Après tout, l'adolescence est cette période tumultueuse où l’on tâtonne pour trouver sa place et comprendre ses sentiments. Et rappelons-le, les hommes sont des éternels gamins.
La romance entre Caplan et Mina évolue avec douceur et complexité, reflétant les incertitudes et maladresses propres à leur âge. Leur relation, bien que parfois frustrante, finit par dévoiler une belle alchimie, basée sur des années d’amitié.
J’ai autant aimé les perso secondaires ! Hollis, par exemple, m’a agréablement surprise par sa maturité. Bien que parfois jalouse (et on ne peut que la comprendre !), son amitié naissante avec Mina apporte une belle dynamique au récit.
Cependant, un aspect m’a laissée perplexe : l'absence totale d’avertissements de contenus. Alors que le résumé promet une romance douce et légère, le récit aborde également des thèmes plus sombres, tels que le viol, le deuil et le harcèlement. Pour un public jeune, ces sujets auraient mérité une mise en garde préalable. Ce manque de prévention m'a déçue, car il pourrait surprendre, voire heurter certains lecteurs.
Cela dit, tout est bien traité, même si la dénonciation méritait d’être un peu plus poussée sans pour autant tomber dans le pathos pour garder la tonalité voulue. Un discours plus approfondi sur le harcèlement subi par Mina par exemple aurait été bienvenu, afin de ne pas minimiser l’impact de ces expériences traumatisantes.
Malgré ces sujets pouvant paraitre lourds, le roman garde une certaine légèreté qui rend la lecture très agréable. Parfait pour l’été !
Ce friends to lovers à la croisée des chemins entre la fin du lycée et l’entrée dans l’âge adulte, capture avec une justesse rafraîchissante cette période où tout semble à la fois insouciant et rempli d’une excitation teintée d’appréhension. Dès les premières pages, le style de l’autrice m’a accroché. Léger mais captivant, il m’a donné envie de plonger encore et encore dans l’histoire.
J’ai beaucoup apprécié Mina, qui m’a particulièrement touchée. Son caractère, à la fois fort et vulnérable, la rend immédiatement attachante. Caplan, en revanche, m'a laissé plus perplexe. Bien que réaliste dans sa représentation de l’adolescent qui peine à gérer et exprimer ses émotions, son comportement a parfois été difficile à accepter, surtout lorsque ses décisions frôlent l'immaturité.
Cela dit, en y réfléchissant, c’est peut-être cette imperfection qui rend le personnage si authentique. Après tout, l'adolescence est cette période tumultueuse où l’on tâtonne pour trouver sa place et comprendre ses sentiments. Et rappelons-le, les hommes sont des éternels gamins.
La romance entre Caplan et Mina évolue avec douceur et complexité, reflétant les incertitudes et maladresses propres à leur âge. Leur relation, bien que parfois frustrante, finit par dévoiler une belle alchimie, basée sur des années d’amitié.
J’ai autant aimé les perso secondaires ! Hollis, par exemple, m’a agréablement surprise par sa maturité. Bien que parfois jalouse (et on ne peut que la comprendre !), son amitié naissante avec Mina apporte une belle dynamique au récit.
Cependant, un aspect m’a laissée perplexe : l'absence totale d’avertissements de contenus. Alors que le résumé promet une romance douce et légère, le récit aborde également des thèmes plus sombres, tels que le viol, le deuil et le harcèlement. Pour un public jeune, ces sujets auraient mérité une mise en garde préalable. Ce manque de prévention m'a déçue, car il pourrait surprendre, voire heurter certains lecteurs.
Cela dit, tout est bien traité, même si la dénonciation méritait d’être un peu plus poussée sans pour autant tomber dans le pathos pour garder la tonalité voulue. Un discours plus approfondi sur le harcèlement subi par Mina par exemple aurait été bienvenu, afin de ne pas minimiser l’impact de ces expériences traumatisantes.
Malgré ces sujets pouvant paraitre lourds, le roman garde une certaine légèreté qui rend la lecture très agréable. Parfait pour l’été !
August 20, 2024
ugh this was interesting and odd.
the writing style was so weird and there was so much sex. like so much. like im reading icebreaker asw rn and that probably has less sex and mentions of sex.
i also didnt know what was going on at all it was so weirdly written.
the title also didnt really make much sense and it just made me think of that one jamiroqai song (seven days in sunny june)
the writing style was so weird and there was so much sex. like so much. like im reading icebreaker asw rn and that probably has less sex and mentions of sex.
i also didnt know what was going on at all it was so weirdly written.
the title also didnt really make much sense and it just made me think of that one jamiroqai song (seven days in sunny june)
June 13, 2024
I mean you guys already know Montclair + Michigan + summer romance is automatic 5 ⭐️
But it was so COOL to actually read MHS references in a published book!!
Thinking about every person who held the Midland door for me and every quick check run in high school 🫶
And for my sd friends who won’t know what that means DON’T WORRY I’ll fill you in 💋
But it was so COOL to actually read MHS references in a published book!!
Thinking about every person who held the Midland door for me and every quick check run in high school 🫶
And for my sd friends who won’t know what that means DON’T WORRY I’ll fill you in 💋
October 4, 2024
Loved this! Would've been awesome to read back when I was in high school, I honestly think it would've really helped me. Like Jacey said, Hollis absolutely carried the plot which was so unexpected and fun!
Thanks to Anj and Jacey for the rec :)
Thanks to Anj and Jacey for the rec :)
May 16, 2025
cw: mentions of sexual assault, past suicide ideation, depression, death of a parent (father)
I’m in tears (again)…it’s about the impact that we have on the people we love and vice versa and the rush of youth and wanting so badly to stay in this moment forever yet also knowing that things will change but will change for the better…if I could beg you to read one book this year it would be this one 🥹 perhaps I will write a full review now (big if true)
OH wow, I loved this book so so so much. I didn’t expect to love it so much, mostly because I didn’t have any expectations going in. I’m also usually not a super big dual POV or friends-to-lovers fan but it worked out soooo well here. the realization! the angst! the pining!
I fell in love with the writing from the first chapter and it only got better from there. the characterizations were also so well-defined, and I loved the characters—not just mina and caplan, but also hollis and quinn (ESPECIALLY hollis tbh she was the best. I would read a whole book from her pov).
there were so many moments where I laughed out loud or had to stop reading to take a moment and breathe bc I was so head over heels for this book. def one of my favorite reads of the year and also a perfect summer read!
I’m in tears (again)…it’s about the impact that we have on the people we love and vice versa and the rush of youth and wanting so badly to stay in this moment forever yet also knowing that things will change but will change for the better…if I could beg you to read one book this year it would be this one 🥹 perhaps I will write a full review now (big if true)
original review:
OH wow, I loved this book so so so much. I didn’t expect to love it so much, mostly because I didn’t have any expectations going in. I’m also usually not a super big dual POV or friends-to-lovers fan but it worked out soooo well here. the realization! the angst! the pining!
I fell in love with the writing from the first chapter and it only got better from there. the characterizations were also so well-defined, and I loved the characters—not just mina and caplan, but also hollis and quinn (ESPECIALLY hollis tbh she was the best. I would read a whole book from her pov).
there were so many moments where I laughed out loud or had to stop reading to take a moment and breathe bc I was so head over heels for this book. def one of my favorite reads of the year and also a perfect summer read!
November 14, 2024
First, I am mortified this is considered Young Adult. The author carries on like the parents in this book could care less about where their kids are or what they are doing. The kids blatantly swear, get drunk, drink around their parents, have sex with parents knowing, and smoke weed. Uhhh… maybe this is the world we live in now and I am just naive, but I would not want to encourage this behavior by giving this book to a kid still living at home. This underscores everything else wrong with the book. The ending? Horrible as well IMO.
October 13, 2024
I wanted to love this more.
July 6, 2024
4 stars 🌟
RTC!
[TW: death of a parent mentioned, underage drug use and alcohol use, sex mentioned and brief depictions, panic attack depictions, car crashes mentioned]
RTC!
[TW: death of a parent mentioned, underage drug use and alcohol use, sex mentioned and brief depictions, panic attack depictions, car crashes mentioned]
October 12, 2024
This was really, really good. So fluid and fun. I didn't plan on finishing it in one sitting but here we are. It spoke to me more than I'd care to admit — a lot of parts/themes/etc hit close to home.
I loved the cast and the small-town feeling. I'm almost a decade removed from high school at this point, but for a brief 6h I was a kid again.
Thanks for the rec, Julia.
I loved the cast and the small-town feeling. I'm almost a decade removed from high school at this point, but for a brief 6h I was a kid again.
Thanks for the rec, Julia.
June 1, 2024
rating: 5 stars
it’s been a while since i read a book that left me breathless with how good it was. i’m not sure how daisy garrison so perfectly encapsulated that dazed, glittering feeling that is the last few weeks of high school, but she did — with startling, piercing accuracy.
if you grew up reading john green, rainbow rowell, and jenny han, you will be obsessed with this book. it’s about mina and caplan, who have been best friends since they were 8 years old — and nothing more. but is there something else to discover between them in these last few weeks before their lives change forever?
the romance of this book: dreamy, aching, gorgeous. god, i wanted to climb inside the pages.
it’s written so seamlessly, so perfectly. no notes. not one. can we get a sequel, please? i’d read about caplan and mina and quinn and hollis (she crept up on me and i ended up loving her), for ever & ever.
this is going to go down as one of the best books i read in 2024.
it’s been a while since i read a book that left me breathless with how good it was. i’m not sure how daisy garrison so perfectly encapsulated that dazed, glittering feeling that is the last few weeks of high school, but she did — with startling, piercing accuracy.
if you grew up reading john green, rainbow rowell, and jenny han, you will be obsessed with this book. it’s about mina and caplan, who have been best friends since they were 8 years old — and nothing more. but is there something else to discover between them in these last few weeks before their lives change forever?
the romance of this book: dreamy, aching, gorgeous. god, i wanted to climb inside the pages.
it’s written so seamlessly, so perfectly. no notes. not one. can we get a sequel, please? i’d read about caplan and mina and quinn and hollis (she crept up on me and i ended up loving her), for ever & ever.
this is going to go down as one of the best books i read in 2024.
July 4, 2024
Six More Months of June is about Caplan and Mina, who grew up together and have always existed in space with tension between them, but never crossing over from friendship to a romantic relationship.
This is marketed as a YA novel, so I was a bit taken aback at how often sex was mentioned. Personally, I prefer my YA novels to be more "fade to black", so that detracted from my experience. I also found Caplan to be a bit insufferable.
Perhaps I was just a bit too told to appreciate this. Thank you to MacMillan Audio and NetGalley for the ALC!
This is marketed as a YA novel, so I was a bit taken aback at how often sex was mentioned. Personally, I prefer my YA novels to be more "fade to black", so that detracted from my experience. I also found Caplan to be a bit insufferable.
Perhaps I was just a bit too told to appreciate this. Thank you to MacMillan Audio and NetGalley for the ALC!
January 6, 2024
I’m not a big reader but I picked this book up and couldn’t put it down - finished it in a day. The pace of the story, humanity and likability of the characters, and nostalgic feel make it such an enjoyable read. The dialogue perfectly captures what it is to be a senior in high school without being corny and cringey. 10/10
December 4, 2024
this might be the most weirdly written book i’ve read… it was just so ??????
November 15, 2024
This was a nice and short, yet clean read. At times I did find it a bit slow and boring but overall it was a good book with good characters. I found the end slightly disappointing but also subtle which felt more realistic compared to some romance book. Overall, I would recommend this book if you want a quick romance book to read.
⭐️: 3/5
📖: kindle
⭐️: 3/5
📖: kindle
July 9, 2024
Van BlossomBooks kreeg ik een berichtje of ik hun nieuwe boek, Six More Months of June, zou willen ontvangen en recenseren. De korte pitch over het boek, 'een lieve non-toxische friends to lovers YA romance', sprak me heel erg aan. Ik vind het heerlijk om in de zomer fijne liefdesverhalen te lezen en het laatste jaar ben ik steeds meer van de friends to lovers, dus ik heb meteen ja gezegd!
(TW: verlies (in verleden) en gemis van een ouder, pesten, paniekaanvallen en misbruik (in verleden).)
Voordat ik aan mijn review begin: ik wil eerst even kwijt dat de cover zo ontzettend leuk is geworden (door Yaroslava Appolonova). De warme kleuren en lieve tekening geven je precies dat gevoel wat het verhaal zelf je ook geeft. Dan nu door naar de inhoud!
Dit boek gaat over Caplan en Mina, maar ook over hun vrienden Hollis en Quinn. Six More Months of June vertelt vanuit Caplan en Mina het verhaal over een bijzondere vriendschap tussen één van de meest populaire jongens van school en het meisje dat het liefst alleen is om een boek te lezen. Vanaf het moment dat Mina werd aangewezen om Caplan te helpen met lezen op school, zijn ze onafscheidelijk.
Daisy Garrison heeft een hele mooie vriendschap neergezet. Het klinkt misschien cliché, de populaire jongen en de nerd, maar Daisy Garrison heeft dit op een heel geloofwaardige manier neergezet. Hoewel je wellicht al kunt raden waar dit verhaal heen gaat qua romance, zal de weg ernaartoe je verrassen. Caplan en Mina zijn beiden sterke, maar ook gevoelige personages die het nodige hebben meegemaakt. Hun ware verhaal hebben ze alleen met elkaar gedeeld. Het is voor Caplan dan ook even schrikken als Mina ineens de 'fuck it' houding krijgt en de vraag om een date door zijn goede vriend Quinn niet afslaat. Caplan ziet Mina voor zijn ogen opbloeien en hij weet niet goed wat hij met zijn gemixte gevoelens aan moet...
"Allerlei plannen, halfbakken, egoïstisch en onmogelijk, razen door mijn hoofd. 's Avonds in mijn bed voer ik uitgebreide denkbeeldige gesprekken met haar, en dan probeer ik te bedenken wat zij zou zeggen en wat ik dan zou zeggen, enzovoorts."
Caplan en Mina zijn zo leuk! Ik voelde me heel erg met ze verbonden, ook al ben ik inmiddels een heel stuk ouder. Het was heel leuk om beiden door de afwisselende POV's te leren kennen, maar ook door elkaars ogen hun diepere laag te ontdekken. Want onder de heerlijke, fijne zomerse sferen en het ontdekken van nieuwe spannende liefdeskriebels, zit ook een verhaal van verlies en/of gemis van een ouder, pesten, paniekaanvallen en misbruik in het verleden. Daisy Garrison heeft toch op een mooie wijze, verweven in vriendschap, deze zware thema's op een luchtige en recht-door-zee manier weten te vertellen dat het boek niet vastloopt op deze heftige thema's.
Naast de vriendschap tussen Caplan en Mina, speelt Hollis ook een grote rol. Zij is het knappe en populaire vriendinnetje van Caplan en aan het begin had ik niet verwacht dat zij misschien wel mijn meest favoriete personage uit dit boek zou worden. Ik wil niet teveel verklappen, maar Hollis was de schakel tussen alle gebeurtenissen en het perfecte voorbeeld van 'je weet niet wat er achter een glimlach schuil gaat'. Ik zou zo nog een vervolg willen vanuit het perspectief van Hollis.
Daisy Garrison heeft een hele mooi YA neergezet. Je zou het romance kunnen noemen, maar de vriendschappen in dit boek sprongen er voor mij echt uit. Hoe deze jongeren zich ontwikkelen, zichzelf en elkaar ontdekken, en klaar zijn voor nieuwe stappen in hun leven, was fijn om over te lezen. De hele zomer-vibe en de leuke personages maakten dit boek als de perfecte read voor als je op zoek bent naar even lekker lezen en ontsnappen naar liefde op vele manieren.
Bedankt BlossomBooks voor dit exemplaar, ik heb ervan genoten!
(TW: verlies (in verleden) en gemis van een ouder, pesten, paniekaanvallen en misbruik (in verleden).)
Voordat ik aan mijn review begin: ik wil eerst even kwijt dat de cover zo ontzettend leuk is geworden (door Yaroslava Appolonova). De warme kleuren en lieve tekening geven je precies dat gevoel wat het verhaal zelf je ook geeft. Dan nu door naar de inhoud!
Dit boek gaat over Caplan en Mina, maar ook over hun vrienden Hollis en Quinn. Six More Months of June vertelt vanuit Caplan en Mina het verhaal over een bijzondere vriendschap tussen één van de meest populaire jongens van school en het meisje dat het liefst alleen is om een boek te lezen. Vanaf het moment dat Mina werd aangewezen om Caplan te helpen met lezen op school, zijn ze onafscheidelijk.
Daisy Garrison heeft een hele mooie vriendschap neergezet. Het klinkt misschien cliché, de populaire jongen en de nerd, maar Daisy Garrison heeft dit op een heel geloofwaardige manier neergezet. Hoewel je wellicht al kunt raden waar dit verhaal heen gaat qua romance, zal de weg ernaartoe je verrassen. Caplan en Mina zijn beiden sterke, maar ook gevoelige personages die het nodige hebben meegemaakt. Hun ware verhaal hebben ze alleen met elkaar gedeeld. Het is voor Caplan dan ook even schrikken als Mina ineens de 'fuck it' houding krijgt en de vraag om een date door zijn goede vriend Quinn niet afslaat. Caplan ziet Mina voor zijn ogen opbloeien en hij weet niet goed wat hij met zijn gemixte gevoelens aan moet...
"Allerlei plannen, halfbakken, egoïstisch en onmogelijk, razen door mijn hoofd. 's Avonds in mijn bed voer ik uitgebreide denkbeeldige gesprekken met haar, en dan probeer ik te bedenken wat zij zou zeggen en wat ik dan zou zeggen, enzovoorts."
Caplan en Mina zijn zo leuk! Ik voelde me heel erg met ze verbonden, ook al ben ik inmiddels een heel stuk ouder. Het was heel leuk om beiden door de afwisselende POV's te leren kennen, maar ook door elkaars ogen hun diepere laag te ontdekken. Want onder de heerlijke, fijne zomerse sferen en het ontdekken van nieuwe spannende liefdeskriebels, zit ook een verhaal van verlies en/of gemis van een ouder, pesten, paniekaanvallen en misbruik in het verleden. Daisy Garrison heeft toch op een mooie wijze, verweven in vriendschap, deze zware thema's op een luchtige en recht-door-zee manier weten te vertellen dat het boek niet vastloopt op deze heftige thema's.
Naast de vriendschap tussen Caplan en Mina, speelt Hollis ook een grote rol. Zij is het knappe en populaire vriendinnetje van Caplan en aan het begin had ik niet verwacht dat zij misschien wel mijn meest favoriete personage uit dit boek zou worden. Ik wil niet teveel verklappen, maar Hollis was de schakel tussen alle gebeurtenissen en het perfecte voorbeeld van 'je weet niet wat er achter een glimlach schuil gaat'. Ik zou zo nog een vervolg willen vanuit het perspectief van Hollis.
Daisy Garrison heeft een hele mooi YA neergezet. Je zou het romance kunnen noemen, maar de vriendschappen in dit boek sprongen er voor mij echt uit. Hoe deze jongeren zich ontwikkelen, zichzelf en elkaar ontdekken, en klaar zijn voor nieuwe stappen in hun leven, was fijn om over te lezen. De hele zomer-vibe en de leuke personages maakten dit boek als de perfecte read voor als je op zoek bent naar even lekker lezen en ontsnappen naar liefde op vele manieren.
Bedankt BlossomBooks voor dit exemplaar, ik heb ervan genoten!
October 25, 2024
Cute. Short. More relatable than many other YA romance novels that depict teen romance as pure and non-messy.
May I interest you in:
🌸 YA romance
🌸 friends-to-lovers
🌸 childhood friends
🌸 dual POV
🌸 Not a clean romance (sex is part of any/most relationships; at least this novel includes it, while others just pretend it is not a thing)
🌸 CW: deceased family members; past assault.
May I interest you in:
🌸 YA romance
🌸 friends-to-lovers
🌸 childhood friends
🌸 dual POV
🌸 Not a clean romance (sex is part of any/most relationships; at least this novel includes it, while others just pretend it is not a thing)
🌸 CW: deceased family members; past assault.
June 2, 2024
2.5⭐️
I’m a bit conflicted about this story. It was easily bingeable with all the high school and relationship drama, but I didn’t like how the sexual assault was basically glossed over and how the adults never addressed the violence. Sex and drinking are a significant focus, and while I appreciated the young adults were practicing safe sex and talking about using condoms, most of conversations between the male characters were frankly crass and immature. All of the characters were hooking up with each other and it was icky.
I enjoyed and appreciated the evolution of Hollis and Mina’s friendship and how they put aside the past to support each other in the present and future. I’m glad Mina didn’t allow her feelings for a boy to influence her future, especially when there was nothing redeeming about said boy. Even though he gave her support and helped her through panic attacks and healing after being assaulted, I thought Mina deserved better than Caplan.
Sadly, this story did not work for me. I’m frustrated the author rushed the ending and didn’t discuss the sexual assault more to give space for the characters to heal. The beginning had such promise but it quickly unraveled and wasn’t the sweet summer romance it was marketed to be.
I’m a bit conflicted about this story. It was easily bingeable with all the high school and relationship drama, but I didn’t like how the sexual assault was basically glossed over and how the adults never addressed the violence. Sex and drinking are a significant focus, and while I appreciated the young adults were practicing safe sex and talking about using condoms, most of conversations between the male characters were frankly crass and immature. All of the characters were hooking up with each other and it was icky.
I enjoyed and appreciated the evolution of Hollis and Mina’s friendship and how they put aside the past to support each other in the present and future. I’m glad Mina didn’t allow her feelings for a boy to influence her future, especially when there was nothing redeeming about said boy. Even though he gave her support and helped her through panic attacks and healing after being assaulted, I thought Mina deserved better than Caplan.
Sadly, this story did not work for me. I’m frustrated the author rushed the ending and didn’t discuss the sexual assault more to give space for the characters to heal. The beginning had such promise but it quickly unraveled and wasn’t the sweet summer romance it was marketed to be.
June 16, 2024
shoutout to lily feinberg for pressuring me into reading this, i am truly glad i did! i’m probably the last person to pick up a high school romance, due to my extremely sensitive cringe trigger, but something about this had me giddy and giggling and i finished it in a day. in the place of unbearable cheesy one-liners you come to expect in YA was a true SELF AWARENESS that authors in this space usually lack, an understanding of the ridiculousness of the melodrama that actually makes it feel real. obvi there are a few on-the-nose aspects of the premise, but i was drawn in by how the characters possess refreshing maturity and a deep care for one another that is always palpable and never doubted. i love how the secondary characters are extremely active in the central relationship and LIKABLE, avoiding tropes of one-dimensional high school archetypes that are usually an easy way out of character development. overall you can just tell this was written by a NORMAL PERSON who went to normal high school in this century and had friends and did high school things, which is worth writing about. another example of how stories about young people written by young people will always reign supreme. and that’s how sue sees it
May 24, 2024
I am very conflicted about this one as i feel it should be labeled as new adult. There are a lot of sexual scenes that I don't think belong in YA and more mature subjects as well such as sexual assault. Trigger warnings should be given.
It is heavy on the drama and I just wanted them to realize how they felt about each other and be together !! Still a fun read and a cute friends to lovers with high school drama.
🎧 The narration by Georgia Garrison & Jesse Aaronson was really good. They did a great job portraying the high school characters with all the emotions and feelings. Very good audio production.
✨️ Thank you to @netgalley, @macmillanaudio & @daisygarrison for my gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review.
It is heavy on the drama and I just wanted them to realize how they felt about each other and be together !! Still a fun read and a cute friends to lovers with high school drama.
🎧 The narration by Georgia Garrison & Jesse Aaronson was really good. They did a great job portraying the high school characters with all the emotions and feelings. Very good audio production.
✨️ Thank you to @netgalley, @macmillanaudio & @daisygarrison for my gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review.
January 8, 2024
Yeah okay I quit life. This book is so good I quit writing.
Thank you Sarah Barley, editor who gets my *soul*, for sending this my way!!
If Katie Cotugno, Carley Fortune, and Jandy Nelson had a book child, THIS WOULD BE IT.
For those who love the tropes:
* mousy girl with golden/popular boy bestie
* mean girls who are actually nice but also human
* a love of books & libraries (idk if this is a trope but IT IS NOW)
* friends to ... ?
Thank you Sarah Barley, editor who gets my *soul*, for sending this my way!!
If Katie Cotugno, Carley Fortune, and Jandy Nelson had a book child, THIS WOULD BE IT.
For those who love the tropes:
* mousy girl with golden/popular boy bestie
* mean girls who are actually nice but also human
* a love of books & libraries (idk if this is a trope but IT IS NOW)
* friends to ... ?
July 5, 2024
i was so surprised reading the reviews of this book because i absolutely hated it. it absolutely reads as a debut with too much telling rather than showing. the best part of these books are the side characters--i loved hollis so much! but yeah no the rest of this was annoying.
May 1, 2024
Great book! Go Daisy!
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