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The Last Days of Summer
Sometimes all it takes is one long summer weekend for the person you thought you hated to become something more...
'It's about friendship, it's about life, it's about how people change . . . I loved it very much' MARIAN KEYES
'Funny, filled with emotion and very, very sexy! Add it to your 2025 TBR pile immediately...' BETH O'LEARY
'I laughed out loud, cried until I was a husk and finished it feeling refreshed, renewed, and looking at life a little bit differently. It's a summer I never wanted to end' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
'Your favourite writer's favourite writer . . . fun, sexy, bittersweet and utterly romantic, I fell head over heels for Cassie and Marc' LINDSEY KELK
'Expertly crafted, extremely loveable and a perfect balance of wit, heart and smut' LAUREN BRAVO
After a disastrous first meeting, Cassie and Marc become arch nemeses. He might have great cheekbones and a sexy French accent but he's a terrible person who did a terrible thing. Too bad that Cassie's best friends Lucy and Russell think he's wonderful.
But years later, when an unexpected tragedy strikes their friendship group, Cassie and Marc team up to give Lucy and Russell the best weekend ever so they can make new memories with all of their favourite people. Which means convincing everyone that Cassie and Marc are head over heels in love.
After hating him for so long, it takes four bittersweet days for Cassie to wonder if she got Marc all wrong. Can they let go of their troubled past and together, face whatever the future is going to throw at them?
⭐Enemies to lovers
⭐Fake relationship
⭐Grumpy / sunshine
⭐Heartfelt and emotional
⭐True love
⭐Hot, French, male main character
⭐Spicy, including a walk-in pantry scene...
REAL READERS ARE SWOONING OVER SARRA MANNING...
'Beautifull written, romantic, sexy, and gives a good ol' tug on the heart strings' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Sarra Manning is a one-click author for me' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Funny, romantic and spicy in equal measures' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An auto-buy author for me' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Yet another absolute triumph by this author' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I willed my eyes to move faster so I could find out where the story was going! And I teared up more than once' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
AND EVEN YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS ARE FALLING HARD FOR SARRA MANNING...
'Romantic, funny, sweet and sexy' MARIAN KEYES
'The funny, clever, deeply romantic, sinfully sexy, devastatingly heartbreaking, perfectly uplifting' CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN
'A very swoony, sexy, warm read' CESCA MAJOR
'Emotional and profound and so so hot' SOPHIE IRWIN
'What a wonderful storyteller Sarra Manning is' JANE CASEY
'Funny and sexy and rips along' FREYA NORTH&
'It's about friendship, it's about life, it's about how people change . . . I loved it very much' MARIAN KEYES
'Funny, filled with emotion and very, very sexy! Add it to your 2025 TBR pile immediately...' BETH O'LEARY
'I laughed out loud, cried until I was a husk and finished it feeling refreshed, renewed, and looking at life a little bit differently. It's a summer I never wanted to end' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
'Your favourite writer's favourite writer . . . fun, sexy, bittersweet and utterly romantic, I fell head over heels for Cassie and Marc' LINDSEY KELK
'Expertly crafted, extremely loveable and a perfect balance of wit, heart and smut' LAUREN BRAVO
After a disastrous first meeting, Cassie and Marc become arch nemeses. He might have great cheekbones and a sexy French accent but he's a terrible person who did a terrible thing. Too bad that Cassie's best friends Lucy and Russell think he's wonderful.
But years later, when an unexpected tragedy strikes their friendship group, Cassie and Marc team up to give Lucy and Russell the best weekend ever so they can make new memories with all of their favourite people. Which means convincing everyone that Cassie and Marc are head over heels in love.
After hating him for so long, it takes four bittersweet days for Cassie to wonder if she got Marc all wrong. Can they let go of their troubled past and together, face whatever the future is going to throw at them?
⭐Enemies to lovers
⭐Fake relationship
⭐Grumpy / sunshine
⭐Heartfelt and emotional
⭐True love
⭐Hot, French, male main character
⭐Spicy, including a walk-in pantry scene...
REAL READERS ARE SWOONING OVER SARRA MANNING...
'Beautifull written, romantic, sexy, and gives a good ol' tug on the heart strings' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Sarra Manning is a one-click author for me' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Funny, romantic and spicy in equal measures' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An auto-buy author for me' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Yet another absolute triumph by this author' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I willed my eyes to move faster so I could find out where the story was going! And I teared up more than once' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
AND EVEN YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS ARE FALLING HARD FOR SARRA MANNING...
'Romantic, funny, sweet and sexy' MARIAN KEYES
'The funny, clever, deeply romantic, sinfully sexy, devastatingly heartbreaking, perfectly uplifting' CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN
'A very swoony, sexy, warm read' CESCA MAJOR
'Emotional and profound and so so hot' SOPHIE IRWIN
'What a wonderful storyteller Sarra Manning is' JANE CASEY
'Funny and sexy and rips along' FREYA NORTH&
400 pages, Hardcover
First published March 27, 2025
About the author
Sarra Manning
40 books1,975 followersSarra Manning is a teen queen extraordinaire. She spent five years working on the now sadly defunct J17, first as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the launch team of teen fashion bible Ellegirl, which she later went on to edit and has consulted on a wide range of youth titles including Bliss, The Face and More.
Sarra is now editor of What To Wear magazine. She's also been a regular contributor to ELLE, The Guardian, ES Magazine, Seventeen, Details and Heat and wrote the Shop Bitch column for Time Out. Sarra lives in North London with her dog Miss Betsy
Sarra is now editor of What To Wear magazine. She's also been a regular contributor to ELLE, The Guardian, ES Magazine, Seventeen, Details and Heat and wrote the Shop Bitch column for Time Out. Sarra lives in North London with her dog Miss Betsy
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December 24, 2024
The Last Days of Summer perfectly captures the sad feeling that engulfs you when you know this will be the last time you will experience something. It is bitter-sweet and it is emotional.
Cassie and Marc are enemies. Enemies who share a history and a couple of best friends. Civil behaviour amongst their friends, snarky when they are alone. They avoid each other at all costs until tragedy strikes and they are forced to present a united front. Is a weekend enough to erase 16-year history of being enemies?
I liked the romance in this book but more than anything, I loved how the author wrote everything around Russell and Lucy. They were not the main couple but are the heart of the story. Russell’s diagnosis, his choice, and the different reactions of Cassie and Marc were portrayed so realistically. You are really able to empathize with the characters and it is an emotional read that balances a heavy topic with the beauty of life. I think by the end of it, you will look at life a little more differently and maybe take one or two more moments to appreciate the beauty and joy of living. See it as a chance instead of a chore and take fewer things for granted.
The only reason I deduct a star is because I would have liked to see a few more tender moments between Marc and Cassie. They went from hot to cold quite a few times and I couldn’t follow the development of their emotions, they just suddenly more than liked each other, it felt a little underdeveloped for me.
Thank you to Hodder&Stoughton and NetGalley for an earc in exchange for an honest review!
The Last Days of Summer is out March 27th 2025!
Cassie and Marc are enemies. Enemies who share a history and a couple of best friends. Civil behaviour amongst their friends, snarky when they are alone. They avoid each other at all costs until tragedy strikes and they are forced to present a united front. Is a weekend enough to erase 16-year history of being enemies?
I liked the romance in this book but more than anything, I loved how the author wrote everything around Russell and Lucy. They were not the main couple but are the heart of the story. Russell’s diagnosis, his choice, and the different reactions of Cassie and Marc were portrayed so realistically. You are really able to empathize with the characters and it is an emotional read that balances a heavy topic with the beauty of life. I think by the end of it, you will look at life a little more differently and maybe take one or two more moments to appreciate the beauty and joy of living. See it as a chance instead of a chore and take fewer things for granted.
The only reason I deduct a star is because I would have liked to see a few more tender moments between Marc and Cassie. They went from hot to cold quite a few times and I couldn’t follow the development of their emotions, they just suddenly more than liked each other, it felt a little underdeveloped for me.
Thank you to Hodder&Stoughton and NetGalley for an earc in exchange for an honest review!
The Last Days of Summer is out March 27th 2025!
July 12, 2025
Marc was absolutely awful & very disrespectful for 90% of the book. Cassie should have had more respect for herself and made him grovel.
August 6, 2025
Something has happened to romance fiction since I started reading it as a young teenager in the late nineties. I hesitate to call it woke, but … I think it’s woke?
Maybe it’s the fact that there’s likely an irreconcilable difference between being a competent, financially stable, emotionally secure woman in the world, and getting into a rewarding heterosexual relationship. When I think of the great romances in literature, there’s a clear imbalance. The woman tends to be poor or powerless or both, and the man provides money and power, while also being hot and overall a good dude – even if he tends also to be arrogant and domineering and all those other alpha male characteristics latter-day romance jettisons. I am also slowly re-watching Natalie Wynn/Contrapoint’s video on Twilight and it’s really hitting. The idea of not wanting to take responsibility for your desires (as well as everything fucking else!) as a straight woman, and so the rich alpha male representing an alleviation of responsibility more than anything else – yes. It makes sense to me.
Which is why in this novel Marc is both too much of an asshole and NOT ENOUGH of an asshole. Yes, he pumps and dumps Cassie on their first meeting, and lives to regret it as a later reformed fuqueboi. However, Cassie has no hand in his reformation. I’m not saying I necessarily want to have my female heroines take charge of the emotional development of the male heroes, but … there’s something in that. Elizabeth Bennet calls Darcy to account and walks away. He does the rest on his own, but the callout remains hers to perform. There IS something inherently appealing about being the Only One the incredibly hot and sought-after man can truly confide in, can truly be himself around. Jilly Cooper and Fiona Walker, two of my OG romance writers, were past masters at this. Sarra Manning herself was able to do this, once upon a time! You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me remains, not just one of my favourite romance books, but one of my favourite books, full stop. Which almost makes her later works worse, in a way, because I know she can do way better than this.
There’s also a lot of insufficiently justified or interrogated choices made in this book. Case in point: the age gaps between Cassie and Marc, but also Lucy and Russell. As many have said before me, it’s not just age but experience gaps. Cassie being 37 to Marc’s 44 is a WAY different prospect to Cassie’s TWENTY-ONE to Marc’s TWENTY-EIGHT. And for why? Is it just to make the current ages work? Because quite simply no one needed to be as young as they were. Lucy and Russell’s teenage children barely feature, to the point where they could just have been YOUNGER CHILDREN when the book opens. Have Lucy be thirty when she has her kids!
Ditto Cassie’s convoluted parental history, with her mother being fifteen when she had Cassie and creating a huge abandonment wound and then having a second-chance romance etc etc etc. None of this contributed to the plot except to explain Cassie’s Trauma, but why put it in at all? I feel the time is ripe for Manning and other authors to just write about late bloomers who glowed up post-college (or not at all) rather than scrabbling for reasons why someone would be this tragic combination of late thirties, single, but normal.
I’m also tired of Manning’s MCs not going to college. That was sort-of fine when the books were set and written in the early to mid-aughts, but if you’re going to have characters NOW who aren’t college-educated, you really need to do the work of explaining how they’re good friends with OXBRIDGE GRADUATES. Cassie’s RIGHT when she talks about not fitting in with people who went to private schools and stuff. Even in Ireland, which has a much less rigid class system, people tend to stay within their intellectual levels. Because it’s simply not that fun to be friends with people who don’t share your cognitive abilities and interests! Sorry to be a snob on main but it’s true. And if you’re going to have this girl who seemed to LEAVE SCHOOL AT 16 in a BOOK that’s mainly going to be read by BOOKISH GIRLS … fucking own goal, basically. In no other sphere of life do you see bookish, nerdy intellectuals getting with hot men. Can we not have this ONE THING?!
Also the whole premise of the fake dating being the imminent tragic death of their friend from cancer … uh, I guess that could work, but the execution is half-hearted at best. Mainly because sixteen years is just too long for this to carry on and be believable. Again; why is Lucy twenty-four getting married and having babies? Make her thirty, make all of this have happened five years ago, and boom, suddenly there’s urgency and it makes sense. And Russell is barely a person, just a ‘beacon of light’. Convenient that no one needs to have any kind of complicated feelings about that I guess. I feel like there’s a very different book attempting to burst, Alien-style, from the guts of this one. One that’s much longer and better developed. I think of the scenes that took place in YDHTSYLME over one evening of clock time but pages and pages of book time, the exquisite detail and 360 view from the character’s head, and cannot but sigh for what we’ve lost.
Maybe it’s the fact that there’s likely an irreconcilable difference between being a competent, financially stable, emotionally secure woman in the world, and getting into a rewarding heterosexual relationship. When I think of the great romances in literature, there’s a clear imbalance. The woman tends to be poor or powerless or both, and the man provides money and power, while also being hot and overall a good dude – even if he tends also to be arrogant and domineering and all those other alpha male characteristics latter-day romance jettisons. I am also slowly re-watching Natalie Wynn/Contrapoint’s video on Twilight and it’s really hitting. The idea of not wanting to take responsibility for your desires (as well as everything fucking else!) as a straight woman, and so the rich alpha male representing an alleviation of responsibility more than anything else – yes. It makes sense to me.
Which is why in this novel Marc is both too much of an asshole and NOT ENOUGH of an asshole. Yes, he pumps and dumps Cassie on their first meeting, and lives to regret it as a later reformed fuqueboi. However, Cassie has no hand in his reformation. I’m not saying I necessarily want to have my female heroines take charge of the emotional development of the male heroes, but … there’s something in that. Elizabeth Bennet calls Darcy to account and walks away. He does the rest on his own, but the callout remains hers to perform. There IS something inherently appealing about being the Only One the incredibly hot and sought-after man can truly confide in, can truly be himself around. Jilly Cooper and Fiona Walker, two of my OG romance writers, were past masters at this. Sarra Manning herself was able to do this, once upon a time! You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me remains, not just one of my favourite romance books, but one of my favourite books, full stop. Which almost makes her later works worse, in a way, because I know she can do way better than this.
There’s also a lot of insufficiently justified or interrogated choices made in this book. Case in point: the age gaps between Cassie and Marc, but also Lucy and Russell. As many have said before me, it’s not just age but experience gaps. Cassie being 37 to Marc’s 44 is a WAY different prospect to Cassie’s TWENTY-ONE to Marc’s TWENTY-EIGHT. And for why? Is it just to make the current ages work? Because quite simply no one needed to be as young as they were. Lucy and Russell’s teenage children barely feature, to the point where they could just have been YOUNGER CHILDREN when the book opens. Have Lucy be thirty when she has her kids!
Ditto Cassie’s convoluted parental history, with her mother being fifteen when she had Cassie and creating a huge abandonment wound and then having a second-chance romance etc etc etc. None of this contributed to the plot except to explain Cassie’s Trauma, but why put it in at all? I feel the time is ripe for Manning and other authors to just write about late bloomers who glowed up post-college (or not at all) rather than scrabbling for reasons why someone would be this tragic combination of late thirties, single, but normal.
I’m also tired of Manning’s MCs not going to college. That was sort-of fine when the books were set and written in the early to mid-aughts, but if you’re going to have characters NOW who aren’t college-educated, you really need to do the work of explaining how they’re good friends with OXBRIDGE GRADUATES. Cassie’s RIGHT when she talks about not fitting in with people who went to private schools and stuff. Even in Ireland, which has a much less rigid class system, people tend to stay within their intellectual levels. Because it’s simply not that fun to be friends with people who don’t share your cognitive abilities and interests! Sorry to be a snob on main but it’s true. And if you’re going to have this girl who seemed to LEAVE SCHOOL AT 16 in a BOOK that’s mainly going to be read by BOOKISH GIRLS … fucking own goal, basically. In no other sphere of life do you see bookish, nerdy intellectuals getting with hot men. Can we not have this ONE THING?!
Also the whole premise of the fake dating being the imminent tragic death of their friend from cancer … uh, I guess that could work, but the execution is half-hearted at best. Mainly because sixteen years is just too long for this to carry on and be believable. Again; why is Lucy twenty-four getting married and having babies? Make her thirty, make all of this have happened five years ago, and boom, suddenly there’s urgency and it makes sense. And Russell is barely a person, just a ‘beacon of light’. Convenient that no one needs to have any kind of complicated feelings about that I guess. I feel like there’s a very different book attempting to burst, Alien-style, from the guts of this one. One that’s much longer and better developed. I think of the scenes that took place in YDHTSYLME over one evening of clock time but pages and pages of book time, the exquisite detail and 360 view from the character’s head, and cannot but sigh for what we’ve lost.
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October 11, 2025
3.5 stars 🌟 ouchhhhh 🥲 beautifully written but also quite painful, especially those last words from russell 🥹 cassiemarc were a bit underwhelming (i personally loathe the tugging pigtails cause i love you trope…) but the friendship between cassie, lucy, marc, and russel was so lovely ⛱️🍾🪩 there were some sweet domestic moments between marc and cassie but the way they came together so close to the end irked me a bit. lucy and russell’s love for each other literally made me want to cry 😭 ugh this evoked lots of feeling but it was still good!
December 30, 2024
Sarra Manning has always been an auto-buy and favourite author for me, and ‘The Last Days of Summer’ is up there with one of my favourite books she’s ever written.
Is it heart-achingly sad? Yes! Does it have proper enemies to lovers? Yes! Is the spice, spicy? Yes! Is it written in the most beautiful way that made me upset that I had to put it down to live life occasionally? 1000% yes.
This book and these characters will be living with you far past the last page. It’ll make you realise you need to cherish what is in your life and fix the things you don’t like. It’ll make you grateful for the little things and make you want to ring your loved ones to tell them you love them.
Also, the nods to previous characters was *chefs kiss*.
This is romance with the extra oomph. If you’ve never read a Sarra Manning masterpiece than I implore you to start with this one. It is Manning at her best.
A huge thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for the ARC.
Is it heart-achingly sad? Yes! Does it have proper enemies to lovers? Yes! Is the spice, spicy? Yes! Is it written in the most beautiful way that made me upset that I had to put it down to live life occasionally? 1000% yes.
This book and these characters will be living with you far past the last page. It’ll make you realise you need to cherish what is in your life and fix the things you don’t like. It’ll make you grateful for the little things and make you want to ring your loved ones to tell them you love them.
Also, the nods to previous characters was *chefs kiss*.
This is romance with the extra oomph. If you’ve never read a Sarra Manning masterpiece than I implore you to start with this one. It is Manning at her best.
A huge thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for the ARC.
August 2, 2025
Loved it.
Sad.
Happy.
Nervous.
Excited.
Happy again.
Sad again.
I love Russell, and I want to be his best friend. I want to be friends with Lucy and go to her naughty fortieth birthday party to drink champagne and sing karaoke. My fancy dress outfit would be Dorothy from the wizard of Oz and my karaoke song will be Piano Man by Billy Joel. Wait, wait, wait, I need to change my karaoke song. Piano Man is really, really long and I think I would be embarrassed. I’ll do Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers instead.
I want the next part of the story. I want to know what happens after the birthday party. I don’t want it to end. I want Marc to say dirty things in French to me.
Beautiful story, with beautiful people. Hire me a house and fill it with my best friends and all the love in the world.
Sad.
Happy.
Nervous.
Excited.
Happy again.
Sad again.
I love Russell, and I want to be his best friend. I want to be friends with Lucy and go to her naughty fortieth birthday party to drink champagne and sing karaoke. My fancy dress outfit would be Dorothy from the wizard of Oz and my karaoke song will be Piano Man by Billy Joel. Wait, wait, wait, I need to change my karaoke song. Piano Man is really, really long and I think I would be embarrassed. I’ll do Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers instead.
I want the next part of the story. I want to know what happens after the birthday party. I don’t want it to end. I want Marc to say dirty things in French to me.
Beautiful story, with beautiful people. Hire me a house and fill it with my best friends and all the love in the world.
August 24, 2026
Finished with hours to spare before BC! 3.5⭐️
January 13, 2025
‘She was always going to feel at her most alone among a group of people who had found their person. Whatever life threw at them, they didn’t have to deal with it on their own…Still, it shouldn’t be so hard to find your most favourite person and be their favourite person in return. Not when she wanted it so desperately.’
Oh wow, Sarra Manning has done it again! THIS STORY is why we love this Author so much, why we will ALWAYS buy her books as soon as they release for our book shelves of love. She never fails to grab our hearts, make us laugh and make us cry. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Sarra Manning is truly MAGNIFICENT!
’Even though it hadn’t been real, to Cassie’s indiscriminate heart, it had felt real. She wanted to hate him but she also wanted to mean something to him.’
Be still our beating hearts! Sarra Manning has written an absolutely beautiful story about friendship, love and ultimately, the ups and downs of life. What a stunning romance, what a beautiful setting and what a gorgeous group of friends! We felt every bit of Cassie’s journey as we laughed with her, cried with her and swooned with her. We join her at a poignant moment in her life which sees her facing the ultimate test where the fragility of life is the main character.
’Despite the wind, the frenetic waves, there was a stillness to the two of them. Their love was palpable. A living breathing thing.’
One weekend changed everything for Cassie and it’s bittersweet. What a beautiful character she is! We loved Cassie for her devotion, her sense of humour, her selflessness, her vulnerability and her patience.
’They fell asleep like that, the half-moon peeking in at the window the only witness to the start of something that had taken sixteen long years to begin. Something precious.’
When we, as readers, say we love enemies to lovers…THIS IS IT! Cassie and Marc’s story played out as if we were watching a movie, whilst frantically turning the pages, compelled by the stunning storytelling by Sarra Manning. This is a book that’ll stay in our hearts. Always.
July 26, 2025
3.5 Stars ⭐️
August 26, 2026
I liked the writing and the story. Did not like the MMC he kept saying fmc should just get over how awful he's been acting for the whole book and only apologized at 90% mark. And he only apologized for a part of it. The way he went about planning the weekend with his secretary just creating a task list for already overworked fmc... he needed to get his head out of his ass earlier so we can see him actually rebuilding relationship with fmc
January 5, 2025
Sarra Manning never fails to deliver, and this book is no exception! Cassie and Marc start off as sworn enemies after a disastrous first meeting. But years later, they’re unexpectedly thrown back into each other’s lives when they’re asked to help their mutual friends, Lucy and Russell. Tasked with planning an unforgettable weekend, Cassie and Marc must put their differences aside and pretend to be madly in love. However, as the weekend unfolds, Cassie starts to question her long-standing resentment toward Marc and wonders if there’s more to him than she ever allowed herself to see.
This novel has everything you’d expect from a Sarra Manning story—romance, friendship, heartache, and redemption. While the primary focus is on Cassie and Marc, the narrative beautifully interweaves their friendships with Lucy and Russell, adding layers of depth to the story. The heartache felt so raw and authentic that it moved me to tears more than once. Manning masterfully balances these emotional moments with lighthearted humor and delightful banter, especially in the playful dynamics between Cassie, Marc, and their friends during the weekend’s escapades.
Without giving too much away, I’ll admit I was nervous about how things would ultimately unfold between the four friends. But the ending was nothing short of perfect—a touching, satisfying conclusion that felt like the cherry on top of an already delicious cake.
Thank you, NetGalley, for the opportunity to read this gem. If you’re a Sarra Manning fan or simply love heartfelt, character-driven stories, this one is not to be missed!
This novel has everything you’d expect from a Sarra Manning story—romance, friendship, heartache, and redemption. While the primary focus is on Cassie and Marc, the narrative beautifully interweaves their friendships with Lucy and Russell, adding layers of depth to the story. The heartache felt so raw and authentic that it moved me to tears more than once. Manning masterfully balances these emotional moments with lighthearted humor and delightful banter, especially in the playful dynamics between Cassie, Marc, and their friends during the weekend’s escapades.
Without giving too much away, I’ll admit I was nervous about how things would ultimately unfold between the four friends. But the ending was nothing short of perfect—a touching, satisfying conclusion that felt like the cherry on top of an already delicious cake.
Thank you, NetGalley, for the opportunity to read this gem. If you’re a Sarra Manning fan or simply love heartfelt, character-driven stories, this one is not to be missed!
Did Not Finish
July 26, 2025DNF @ 37%
Ew ew ew
Ew ew ew
September 3, 2025
3,5 - nothing extraordinary, but it was a sweet, moving summer read nonetheless.
September 26, 2025
Good beach read.
June 30, 2026
FINALLY a good enemies to lovers summer read!! I’ve been patiently waiting and reading book after book with a summer theme and I have finally succeeded. This book was a genuine enemies to lovers, good backstory, well fleshed out characters, good background characters and great story. I loved the tension within the main love story, and felt that the book was paced in a great way. So happy I read this!!
September 29, 2026
"To worry that her life wasn't quite right in a variety of ways when Cassie had the luxury of, hopefully, years and decades to come to achieve the life she wanted. To simple live."
i'd rate this book a 3.8 if i could... i wanted more of cassie and marc after they had made up and a bit more of a proper ending
i'd rate this book a 3.8 if i could... i wanted more of cassie and marc after they had made up and a bit more of a proper ending
June 14, 2026
A true enemies-to-lovers romance, with tragedy also bringing love. I enjoyed the side character relationship between Lucy and Russel and main characters
Marc and Cassie’s was funny and spicy. Both were respectably real and relatable.
3.75 stars
Thanks to Harper Perennial for the gifted copy.
Marc and Cassie’s was funny and spicy. Both were respectably real and relatable.
3.75 stars
Thanks to Harper Perennial for the gifted copy.
January 28, 2026
4.5 🌟 stunning
June 23, 2026
A good distraction on a summer’s day.
June 25, 2026
This was excellent. Best British romance I've read this year
August 10, 2026
Loved this even when the main characters were just fighting, it just made the story feel really real, like yes I will hold a grudge for 16 years. But yeah this book had me feeling so many things at once, in a very good way
August 13, 2026
There was no need to have a whole page of Cassie trying to make the bed.
August 18, 2026
The wholesome ending makes this book worth it. 🥹
August 27, 2026
Marc est tout simplement un horrible personnage. Ca me dégoûte. Inaf.
September 9, 2026
DNF at 40%. Disgusting. He is the most vile mmc and I physically could not keep reading. I want to forget this book ever existed.
September 8, 2026
So there was a difficult sad storyline. Cassie's best friends are facing a very outcome. Cassie is a good friend ready to do anything to make her friends happy. Then there is Cassie's relationship with Marc. Many ups and downs for them. An ok read for the end of summer.
January 17, 2026
felt like a millennial trying to cosplay gen z
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