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There Will Be Other Summers
Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman's conversational prose and the heart-wrenching coming-of-age stories of Nina LaCour, Tegan Anderson's There Will Be Other Summers is a queer YA contemporary about the complexities of disability, discovering the wrong ways to be not okay, and how platonic soulmates can change your world overnight.
Ryn is morbidly fascinated by the ocean, and he constantly thinks of ways he might let it consume his life. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him from drowning. He might see past his sadness if he could still...well, see.
Asher lives for the future, counting the days until she turns eighteen when she'll be old enough to move out of her mother's house and feel some control over how she spends her time. She tries to see the good in everyone, probably for the best since she blocks out what they say about her. Not by choice, but she does it.
When Asher and Ryn meet in a group therapy exercise where they have to exchange letters, it's unclear who saves whose life overnight. And when they make a pact to trade their lives for the remainder of the summer, it's evident that they've both found the person who truly understands them: it's only with Asher that Ryn can be himself—a lonely blind boy who might not be so alone after all. And it's only with Ryn that Asher stops feeling so self-conscious about her deafness that she can forget to count down the days and start living them. They spend their summer trading letters and the brightest days of their lives, but when Asher finds a tearstained letter from a mysterious writer, it becomes clear that she’ll have to choose between whom she cares more about saving.
Ryn is morbidly fascinated by the ocean, and he constantly thinks of ways he might let it consume his life. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him from drowning. He might see past his sadness if he could still...well, see.
Asher lives for the future, counting the days until she turns eighteen when she'll be old enough to move out of her mother's house and feel some control over how she spends her time. She tries to see the good in everyone, probably for the best since she blocks out what they say about her. Not by choice, but she does it.
When Asher and Ryn meet in a group therapy exercise where they have to exchange letters, it's unclear who saves whose life overnight. And when they make a pact to trade their lives for the remainder of the summer, it's evident that they've both found the person who truly understands them: it's only with Asher that Ryn can be himself—a lonely blind boy who might not be so alone after all. And it's only with Ryn that Asher stops feeling so self-conscious about her deafness that she can forget to count down the days and start living them. They spend their summer trading letters and the brightest days of their lives, but when Asher finds a tearstained letter from a mysterious writer, it becomes clear that she’ll have to choose between whom she cares more about saving.
382 pages, ebook
First published September 18, 2025
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Tegan Anderson
5 books45 followersTegan Anderson is a storyteller from Devon, England, where they grew up believing in fairy tales and wishing they could become one too. They attended Falmouth University to study Photography and were lured into getting a master's degree after spending too much time longing to turn their stories into screenplays. They are the author of BBNYA finalist Paper Forests and BookLife Prize semi-finalist There Will Be Other Summers, and are currently working on novels focusing on neurodivergence and disability acceptance. Tegan spends most of their time surrounded by chow chows and overflowing bookshelves.
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September 11, 2025
~ I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. ~
There Will Be Other Summers – by Tegan Anderson
4.5 Stars
‘There Will Be Other Summers’ by Tegan Anderson is a beautiful tale of friendship, love, loss and finding people who make it worth staying. I thoroughly enjoyed the exploration of the concepts of feeling alone vs. feeling lonely, as it is a feeling many of us are familiar with in one way or another. This book found me at a time in my life when I needed it, even if I didn’t know it when I started reading.
The switching between scenes and thoughts at some points in the book felt a bit rushed or jumpy, but not to the point where it bothered me. The author makes up for this in their way of describing the world around Ryn and Asher, which was done from both perspectives in a way that felt right to them. Their respective disabilities, while a major part of book and their characters, were not their only personal qualities, as is sometimes seen. The use of adequate and appropriate humour made the characters feel alive and multi-dimensional. As a reader, it helped to feel an immediate connection to the characters. This was helped by the good queer and mental health representation in the book. On that note, please do check the trigger warnings before reading it, as it does explore some very dark themes.
The pace of the book is quite quick. I felt myself compelled to keep reading and find out more about the story.
Definitely pick up ‘There Will Be Other Summers’ if you are in search of good queer, mental health, disability and friendship representation! I think this is a perfect read for people who enjoyed books by Becky Albertalli and Alice Oseman. I already find myself looking forward to reading more books by Tegan Anderson, and I will most certainly pick up my own physical copy of There Will Be Other Summers once it is available for purchase!
TW: Mental illness, suicidal thoughts, racism, depression, anxiety, and self-harm.
There Will Be Other Summers – by Tegan Anderson
4.5 Stars
‘There Will Be Other Summers’ by Tegan Anderson is a beautiful tale of friendship, love, loss and finding people who make it worth staying. I thoroughly enjoyed the exploration of the concepts of feeling alone vs. feeling lonely, as it is a feeling many of us are familiar with in one way or another. This book found me at a time in my life when I needed it, even if I didn’t know it when I started reading.
The switching between scenes and thoughts at some points in the book felt a bit rushed or jumpy, but not to the point where it bothered me. The author makes up for this in their way of describing the world around Ryn and Asher, which was done from both perspectives in a way that felt right to them. Their respective disabilities, while a major part of book and their characters, were not their only personal qualities, as is sometimes seen. The use of adequate and appropriate humour made the characters feel alive and multi-dimensional. As a reader, it helped to feel an immediate connection to the characters. This was helped by the good queer and mental health representation in the book. On that note, please do check the trigger warnings before reading it, as it does explore some very dark themes.
The pace of the book is quite quick. I felt myself compelled to keep reading and find out more about the story.
Definitely pick up ‘There Will Be Other Summers’ if you are in search of good queer, mental health, disability and friendship representation! I think this is a perfect read for people who enjoyed books by Becky Albertalli and Alice Oseman. I already find myself looking forward to reading more books by Tegan Anderson, and I will most certainly pick up my own physical copy of There Will Be Other Summers once it is available for purchase!
TW: Mental illness, suicidal thoughts, racism, depression, anxiety, and self-harm.
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September 19, 2025Happy birthday to There Will Be Other Summers ☀️ My YA contemporary about a blind boy, a deaf girl, and a tearstained letter, will be coming to bookshelves today
This book is a love letter to my friends: to song lyrics scrawled across the backs of my notebooks and my hands, to endless summer afternoons beneath the red cliffs, and saturated sunrises captured on film with a finger blurring the lens. It’s a love letter to the version of myself who clung to these characters for comfort for so many years. And, most of all, this book is a love letter to the moments that became a supercut of my own eternal blue summer.
Please note that this book depicts issues of mental illness including anxiety and depression, blood and imagery reminiscent of self-harm, voluntary hospitalisation, suicidal ideation, and discussions of ableism and transphobia. I have done my best to approach these topics with sensitivity, but if you feel this kind of content may be triggering for you, please be aware.
This book is a love letter to my friends: to song lyrics scrawled across the backs of my notebooks and my hands, to endless summer afternoons beneath the red cliffs, and saturated sunrises captured on film with a finger blurring the lens. It’s a love letter to the version of myself who clung to these characters for comfort for so many years. And, most of all, this book is a love letter to the moments that became a supercut of my own eternal blue summer.
Please note that this book depicts issues of mental illness including anxiety and depression, blood and imagery reminiscent of self-harm, voluntary hospitalisation, suicidal ideation, and discussions of ableism and transphobia. I have done my best to approach these topics with sensitivity, but if you feel this kind of content may be triggering for you, please be aware.
July 25, 2025
-I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review-
4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book was beautifully done. From the wonderful disability rep to the relationships between all the characters, this book is one I simply cannot bring myself to stop thinking about.
~Now, onto the actual review~
The characters: The representation was absolutely perfect. While Ryn and Asher's disabilities heavily impacted them, it wasn't their entire personalities, and though that doesn't seem like a big deal (and really, it shouldn't be), I was so so so relieved at how well their disabilities were handled. Very few books show disabled characters as complete, layered people, but Tegan went above and beyond. Truly, Ryn and Asher were amazing, and their friendship was even better! Watching them slowly open up and learn one another truly had my heart melting. I couldn't ask for better protags, I don't think.
The writing: AHG I adored the writing! From the descriptions to the dialogue, everything felt so REAL (and this is coming from the intended disabled/queer/teen audience, haha). The humor and angst balanced each other out nicely, and the prose was perfect for the setting and story. Do check the TWs though! The heavy topics are handled extremely well, but they're definitely still something to be wary of.
The plot: here's my one complaint; our story felt rather predictable. In short, who the tear-stained letter belonged to was guessable. I knew who wrote it from the moment it appeared in the story, and while I kept thinking I may be proved wrong (as my guesses regarding plot twists and such normally are wrong), I never was. SO, while it wasn't a major issue, especially with the characters and writing to make up for it, knowing the author of the letter from the beginning was a tad disappointing.
Overall, though, this story was a joy. The end had me tearing up for sure, and I hope Ryn and Asher get their happy ending. They deserve it. God, they truly deserve it.
Thank you again to Tegan for the ARC! You are a magnificent writer and I can't wait to have a copy of There Will Be Other Summers on my shelf once it's published!
4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book was beautifully done. From the wonderful disability rep to the relationships between all the characters, this book is one I simply cannot bring myself to stop thinking about.
~Now, onto the actual review~
The characters: The representation was absolutely perfect. While Ryn and Asher's disabilities heavily impacted them, it wasn't their entire personalities, and though that doesn't seem like a big deal (and really, it shouldn't be), I was so so so relieved at how well their disabilities were handled. Very few books show disabled characters as complete, layered people, but Tegan went above and beyond. Truly, Ryn and Asher were amazing, and their friendship was even better! Watching them slowly open up and learn one another truly had my heart melting. I couldn't ask for better protags, I don't think.
The writing: AHG I adored the writing! From the descriptions to the dialogue, everything felt so REAL (and this is coming from the intended disabled/queer/teen audience, haha). The humor and angst balanced each other out nicely, and the prose was perfect for the setting and story. Do check the TWs though! The heavy topics are handled extremely well, but they're definitely still something to be wary of.
The plot: here's my one complaint; our story felt rather predictable. In short, who the tear-stained letter belonged to was guessable. I knew who wrote it from the moment it appeared in the story, and while I kept thinking I may be proved wrong (as my guesses regarding plot twists and such normally are wrong), I never was. SO, while it wasn't a major issue, especially with the characters and writing to make up for it, knowing the author of the letter from the beginning was a tad disappointing.
Overall, though, this story was a joy. The end had me tearing up for sure, and I hope Ryn and Asher get their happy ending. They deserve it. God, they truly deserve it.
Thank you again to Tegan for the ARC! You are a magnificent writer and I can't wait to have a copy of There Will Be Other Summers on my shelf once it's published!
October 18, 2025
Imagine being a teenager living with a disability. There’s a sense of not belonging. Now add to that the angst of living in a home that a parent no longer wants to be a part of. Loneliness is a constant companion, as well as confusion and low self-esteem. For Ryn, who is blind, and Asher, who is deaf, this sums up their lives perfectly. These are two teenagers, both 17 years old, who are coping with the downsides of life, but when they happen to cross paths in a support group, everything changes.
Once they are aware of each other, they seem to “click” in their own way, and thus a friendship of compassion and understanding blooms in the novel There Will Be Other Summers by Tegan Anderson. While Asher and Ryn are both cautious in how they approach this new friendship with each other, they both feel a kinship unlike their other relationships. This ultimately keeps their interest going strong, and it is in their attempts to step out of their comfort zones that they hope to know each other better, as well as themselves. They are both in the LGBTQ community, standing on the threshold of adulthood and trying to find their way through life, while also trying to grasp their identity so that they can get a better idea of how to move forward into the future.
Asher struggles with her deafness. Part of her holds on to the memories of her life when she was able to hear, while also dealing with the disappointments and barriers she faces in trying to communicate with hearing people. As a deaf teen, she finds it hard to fit in. While she is a good lipreader, wearing hearing aids does help her with picking up on sounds and voices around her. However, most of the time, she chooses not to wear them, perhaps out of feeling self-conscious about them.
Asher closes the countdown app and observes the other customers in the café—not to look for more friends, just to be nosy. Immediately, she notices how she stands out: the handful of other teenagers travelling solo in the café have headphones pressed into their ears rather than hearing aids. She resists the urge to tuck them into her pocket and reach for her earphones instead. No one else is paying enough attention to her for her to feel the need to blend in. (Page 78)
On the other hand, it seems that she opts not to wear hearing aids at times “for her own controlled silence.” (Page 64)
Even though she cannot enjoy music the way she used to, Asher clings to her love of it. Her connection to the music world is limited to reading song lyrics, and this interest is one thing that connects her to Ryn, even though Rin’s interest in music means being able to hear the songs. It’s heartwarming to watch Ryn try to portray music in a way that Asher can appreciate, which does not require being able to hear.
Ryn wears sunglasses in public, not to fit the stereotype of a person who is blind, but because he has a scar over where his eyeball used to be. His blindness was the result of a serious infection that caused the removal of one of his eyes, and he has since worked on adjusting to living without normal eyesight. Just as Asher recalls times before she lost her hearing, Ryn often reflects on memories before he lost regular vision. His memories include times when he could see, such as experiences he had with a mother who is no longer in his life and certain things in the house – furniture and photos on the wall – that he used to observe. His one remaining eye has helped Ryn to still see some things, but unfortunately, that vision is fading, and Ryn knows it’s only a matter of time before he is completely blind. And while he uses sunglasses to avoid stares of concern from people, he is eventually comfortable enough around Asher to not wear them.
The story is so well-written and beautiful. The writing pulled me in from the beginning and kept me reading. The whole story of Asher and Ryn’s friendship is touching, even though there are the sad moments, such as Ryn contemplating suicide, then eventually having a breakdown and tearing apart his room, or Asher’s depression that often reminds her of the friendships that ended soon after she lost her hearing. Still, it’s a very heartwarming and compelling story of two teenagers trying to heal their wounds through their unique friendship.
This is a touching and heartfelt story of a difficult friendship between two teenagers with disabilities struggling to find their places in the world. There Will Be Other Summers by Tegan Anderson is a provocative story of friendship and family, and how two teens find a way to live with the difficult parts involved. Even when things seem to fall apart, these two friends learn the important lesson that as long as they have each other, they can survive anything.
Once they are aware of each other, they seem to “click” in their own way, and thus a friendship of compassion and understanding blooms in the novel There Will Be Other Summers by Tegan Anderson. While Asher and Ryn are both cautious in how they approach this new friendship with each other, they both feel a kinship unlike their other relationships. This ultimately keeps their interest going strong, and it is in their attempts to step out of their comfort zones that they hope to know each other better, as well as themselves. They are both in the LGBTQ community, standing on the threshold of adulthood and trying to find their way through life, while also trying to grasp their identity so that they can get a better idea of how to move forward into the future.
Asher struggles with her deafness. Part of her holds on to the memories of her life when she was able to hear, while also dealing with the disappointments and barriers she faces in trying to communicate with hearing people. As a deaf teen, she finds it hard to fit in. While she is a good lipreader, wearing hearing aids does help her with picking up on sounds and voices around her. However, most of the time, she chooses not to wear them, perhaps out of feeling self-conscious about them.
Asher closes the countdown app and observes the other customers in the café—not to look for more friends, just to be nosy. Immediately, she notices how she stands out: the handful of other teenagers travelling solo in the café have headphones pressed into their ears rather than hearing aids. She resists the urge to tuck them into her pocket and reach for her earphones instead. No one else is paying enough attention to her for her to feel the need to blend in. (Page 78)
On the other hand, it seems that she opts not to wear hearing aids at times “for her own controlled silence.” (Page 64)
Even though she cannot enjoy music the way she used to, Asher clings to her love of it. Her connection to the music world is limited to reading song lyrics, and this interest is one thing that connects her to Ryn, even though Rin’s interest in music means being able to hear the songs. It’s heartwarming to watch Ryn try to portray music in a way that Asher can appreciate, which does not require being able to hear.
Ryn wears sunglasses in public, not to fit the stereotype of a person who is blind, but because he has a scar over where his eyeball used to be. His blindness was the result of a serious infection that caused the removal of one of his eyes, and he has since worked on adjusting to living without normal eyesight. Just as Asher recalls times before she lost her hearing, Ryn often reflects on memories before he lost regular vision. His memories include times when he could see, such as experiences he had with a mother who is no longer in his life and certain things in the house – furniture and photos on the wall – that he used to observe. His one remaining eye has helped Ryn to still see some things, but unfortunately, that vision is fading, and Ryn knows it’s only a matter of time before he is completely blind. And while he uses sunglasses to avoid stares of concern from people, he is eventually comfortable enough around Asher to not wear them.
The story is so well-written and beautiful. The writing pulled me in from the beginning and kept me reading. The whole story of Asher and Ryn’s friendship is touching, even though there are the sad moments, such as Ryn contemplating suicide, then eventually having a breakdown and tearing apart his room, or Asher’s depression that often reminds her of the friendships that ended soon after she lost her hearing. Still, it’s a very heartwarming and compelling story of two teenagers trying to heal their wounds through their unique friendship.
This is a touching and heartfelt story of a difficult friendship between two teenagers with disabilities struggling to find their places in the world. There Will Be Other Summers by Tegan Anderson is a provocative story of friendship and family, and how two teens find a way to live with the difficult parts involved. Even when things seem to fall apart, these two friends learn the important lesson that as long as they have each other, they can survive anything.
September 22, 2025
There Will Be Other Summers - 4.5/5 stars
*This was sent to me by Little Oaks Independent Publishing and Tegan Anderson via BookSirens for an honest review; thank you so much for the opportunity*
Trigger/ Content Warnings
Mental illness (including depression and anxiety)
Panic attacks
Imagery of eye injury
Blood
Imagery of self-harm
Suicidal ideation
Voluntary hospitalisation
Ableism and queerphobia (specifically transphobia and lesbophobia)
Substance abuse issues (Asher's mum's alcohol abuse)
Review
I think this is honestly one of the best books I have read with physically disabled main characters! I myself am physically disabled, neurodivergent and queer so this book felt like it was made for me to read! The descriptions of them coming to terms with their loss of sight and hearing respectively is specifically well done and as someone who had to deal with the loss of bladder function and struggle walking in my teen years, their reactions and choices they make feel especially realistic. That being said, their disabilities are not the only focus of the book (or even the characters themselves) which is appreciated. At the start of the book, they have already been disabled for a while and we follow them through their mental health journeys rather than their physical. This allows them to be layered and complex characters that feel realistic and innately human!
This is all with the additional mystery of the letter that Asher finds which is the reason I have dropped half a star. When it was introduced I knew immediately who the writer was and so instead of a mystery it just felt like a slog to get through Asher's investigation into it as it was too predictable and a bit disappointing. I was much more focused on her and Ryn's relationship and whilst I understand that it did have an important overlap, it just wasn't for me.
Speaking of, Asher and Ryn's relationship felt really natural and relatable for any teen going through that transition phase of life from teen to adult. Both teens had realistic struggles that were detailed but still handled with care. They both have issues with their parents for different but similar reasons, both planning to escape their home-lives one way or another. Ryn struggles with his overprotective father who took him out of mainstream school to home school him which only adds to his feelings of loneliness as he isn't able to socialise much apart from with his friend Luke and at the group therapy where he then meets Asher. He also struggles with his mum's lack of acceptance for his blindness and for being transgender, with her continually misgendering him and forcing him to play the role of the perfect daughter he obviously doesn't want to play. Similarly, Asher struggles with her mum's lack of acceptance for her being biracial and looking more like her father, again trying to make her the picture perfect daughter by straightening her hair to get her to pretend to look more like her cousins. Her mother also struggles with her relationships and substance abuse issues that she takes out on Asher. This is on top of her inability to accept Asher is a lesbian. Their struggles with ableism and queerphobia were also particularly relatable for most teens struggling with their identities and were handled with sensitivity and care by the author. Both their struggles with loneliness collided well with their new friendship and they truly felt like platonic soulmates.
The pacing of the book felt good, aside from the letter 'mystery', making it easy to get through. It is written in third person prose which isn't my usual preferred narration style but I do think worked well overall as I was still able to understand each character well without the story being told in a first person point of view.
Overall
Overall, this book is a clear love letter to strong queer platonic relationships and I loved it. Despite the potentially triggering themes, the whole novel is written so well and is a must read for queer and disabled folks alike! I highly recommend this book for fans of Alice Oseman's work as I think there were a lot of similar themes handled in this book to those of Solitaire and Heartstopper for example.
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*This was sent to me by Little Oaks Independent Publishing and Tegan Anderson via BookSirens for an honest review; thank you so much for the opportunity*
Trigger/ Content Warnings
Mental illness (including depression and anxiety)
Panic attacks
Imagery of eye injury
Blood
Imagery of self-harm
Suicidal ideation
Voluntary hospitalisation
Ableism and queerphobia (specifically transphobia and lesbophobia)
Substance abuse issues (Asher's mum's alcohol abuse)
Review
I think this is honestly one of the best books I have read with physically disabled main characters! I myself am physically disabled, neurodivergent and queer so this book felt like it was made for me to read! The descriptions of them coming to terms with their loss of sight and hearing respectively is specifically well done and as someone who had to deal with the loss of bladder function and struggle walking in my teen years, their reactions and choices they make feel especially realistic. That being said, their disabilities are not the only focus of the book (or even the characters themselves) which is appreciated. At the start of the book, they have already been disabled for a while and we follow them through their mental health journeys rather than their physical. This allows them to be layered and complex characters that feel realistic and innately human!
This is all with the additional mystery of the letter that Asher finds which is the reason I have dropped half a star. When it was introduced I knew immediately who the writer was and so instead of a mystery it just felt like a slog to get through Asher's investigation into it as it was too predictable and a bit disappointing. I was much more focused on her and Ryn's relationship and whilst I understand that it did have an important overlap, it just wasn't for me.
Speaking of, Asher and Ryn's relationship felt really natural and relatable for any teen going through that transition phase of life from teen to adult. Both teens had realistic struggles that were detailed but still handled with care. They both have issues with their parents for different but similar reasons, both planning to escape their home-lives one way or another. Ryn struggles with his overprotective father who took him out of mainstream school to home school him which only adds to his feelings of loneliness as he isn't able to socialise much apart from with his friend Luke and at the group therapy where he then meets Asher. He also struggles with his mum's lack of acceptance for his blindness and for being transgender, with her continually misgendering him and forcing him to play the role of the perfect daughter he obviously doesn't want to play. Similarly, Asher struggles with her mum's lack of acceptance for her being biracial and looking more like her father, again trying to make her the picture perfect daughter by straightening her hair to get her to pretend to look more like her cousins. Her mother also struggles with her relationships and substance abuse issues that she takes out on Asher. This is on top of her inability to accept Asher is a lesbian. Their struggles with ableism and queerphobia were also particularly relatable for most teens struggling with their identities and were handled with sensitivity and care by the author. Both their struggles with loneliness collided well with their new friendship and they truly felt like platonic soulmates.
The pacing of the book felt good, aside from the letter 'mystery', making it easy to get through. It is written in third person prose which isn't my usual preferred narration style but I do think worked well overall as I was still able to understand each character well without the story being told in a first person point of view.
Overall
Overall, this book is a clear love letter to strong queer platonic relationships and I loved it. Despite the potentially triggering themes, the whole novel is written so well and is a must read for queer and disabled folks alike! I highly recommend this book for fans of Alice Oseman's work as I think there were a lot of similar themes handled in this book to those of Solitaire and Heartstopper for example.
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September 14, 2025
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This book beautifully captures the intensity of loneliness and the feeling of not finding a place to fit in. While Ryn and Asher have unique added struggles, their experiences with loneliness, anxiety and depression were relatable. I also really loved how diverse the main characters are as queer, disabled, (and in Asher's case, biracial) people.
Despite this, I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. The writing felt disjointed and clunky. The prose was trying to be more poetic than it was.
I disliked Asher and Jocelyn as characters; although Asher's POV was noticeably YA so that might be because I'm not the intended age range. The weird crush on Jocelyn was completely unnecessary. Asher's obsession with finding the author of the letter bothered me because it was entirely from her desperate need to be a savior, while sharing private thoughts to multiple people.
I thought the side characters were merely caricatures and lacked any true dimension. Further, I wish Ryn and Asher's relationships with the side characters were developed more, especially between Ryn and Luke. The way the book ended without any reconciliation between them irritated me. The whole book almost feels like it was promoting codependent friendships/relationships despite teaching one of the characters to calm her savior complex.
This book beautifully captures the intensity of loneliness and the feeling of not finding a place to fit in. While Ryn and Asher have unique added struggles, their experiences with loneliness, anxiety and depression were relatable. I also really loved how diverse the main characters are as queer, disabled, (and in Asher's case, biracial) people.
Despite this, I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. The writing felt disjointed and clunky. The prose was trying to be more poetic than it was.
I disliked Asher and Jocelyn as characters; although Asher's POV was noticeably YA so that might be because I'm not the intended age range. The weird crush on Jocelyn was completely unnecessary. Asher's obsession with finding the author of the letter bothered me because it was entirely from her desperate need to be a savior, while sharing private thoughts to multiple people.
I thought the side characters were merely caricatures and lacked any true dimension. Further, I wish Ryn and Asher's relationships with the side characters were developed more, especially between Ryn and Luke. The way the book ended without any reconciliation between them irritated me. The whole book almost feels like it was promoting codependent friendships/relationships despite teaching one of the characters to calm her savior complex.
October 27, 2025
Tegan Anderson does a wonderful job in this type of storyline, it had that writing style that I wanted and enjoyed from this type of book. The characters felt like real people and thought the overall storyline worked with the overall element that I was expecting. It was so well written and thought the overall story and characters worked wonders. I can't wait to read more from Tegan Anderson .
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
September 26, 2025
I received the ARC for this book, and I could’ve read it all in one sitting if I didn’t have a commitment to my education. I read a lot of romance, so the exploration of this platonic love was refreshing. I also enjoyed the diversity and the representation of mental health and crisis. So beautifully sad.
August 3, 2025
Curious, contemplative, and heart-achingly tender, THERE WILL BE OTHER SUMMERS is a poignant snapshot of being understood. With thoughtful disability, queer, and mental health rep, Anderson shows the myriad ways we can be there for each other when it seems the world is shutting us out.
October 2, 2025
I won a giveaway for the ebook a little while ago and just finished it today. It wasn’t quite my thing and I found myself getting bored a lot of the time, but it did get me feeling a bit emotional at parts and I'm sure there's plenty of people who would love this way more than I did.
September 25, 2025
4/5 stars
There Will Be Other Summers is a lovely story about teen-hood, friendship, disability, and mental health. The two main characters are very well developed and easy to love. The disability and mental health representation in the book is wonderful; clearly written with great care and nuance. The overall plot had good pacing and felt like it naturally progressed forward. I loved the friendship that developed between Ryn and Asher, such a beautiful narrative about platonic love and connection.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
There Will Be Other Summers is a lovely story about teen-hood, friendship, disability, and mental health. The two main characters are very well developed and easy to love. The disability and mental health representation in the book is wonderful; clearly written with great care and nuance. The overall plot had good pacing and felt like it naturally progressed forward. I loved the friendship that developed between Ryn and Asher, such a beautiful narrative about platonic love and connection.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
October 26, 2025
I received an arc in exchange for an honest review.
My attention when up and down at times. Sometimes I want to keep going and sometimes it was a struggle to keep going.
My attention when up and down at times. Sometimes I want to keep going and sometimes it was a struggle to keep going.
August 4, 2025
To be known is to be loved, and There Will Be Other Summers neatly fills the need in the market for more platonic love stories. It's a thoughtful entry in the canon of coming-of-age novels, perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and John Green.
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