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

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

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

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

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

Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

Anyone else reading this one? I started it yesterday on audiobook! I'm really loving it so far! I'm out of town for the weekend, but I'll post some updates when I get home!

Hi Katie, I've got a copy so was planning to try and get it started today. I just have another to finish first. The reviews sound good.

I'm REALLY like it so far, and I usually don't like second chance romances. I'm not sure how much of that trope there is, but I can tell in the first few chapters that this might be a second chance romance. I don't enjoy those stories, but I'm really liking this one! It's probably more friends to lovers, which isn't my favorite as well, so I'm a bit nervous with this one. HA!

I started it the other night, and ended up reading half the book! But I'll wait until next week to really pick it back up. It's very addicting!

Sounds good. I just read The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise on the back of your review…really enjoyed it.

Read the opening chapter and got prickles…immediately want to know what she did to break this childhood friendship up.

Chapter 5- (view spoiler)[ I can sense the rivalry between brothers. I *really* hope I'm just reading into this though. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6- (view spoiler)[ I wonder if Delilah is going to fall for one of the brothers?

I love the writing in this book. It's so easy to fall right into it, but I get really nervous reading second chance romance stories... Usually there is a really good reason the relationship didn't work out in the first place and knowing it's going to come up in the book just puts me on nerves reading the book! HA! (hide spoiler)]

Karen wrote: "Read the opening chapter and got prickles…immediately want to know what she did to break this childhood friendship up."

Yes....same....I'm so nervous to find out :/

Up to ch7. The way she writes about them in the past seems such an accurate portrayal of the uncertainty of that time.

Chapter 10- (view spoiler)[ I love that Percy trusts Sam so much to allow him to read and help her with her stories. She trusts him completely and I like how the author shows us how important their friendship is and how close they are with little examples like this.

I also love their friendship so much, and it seems like they were able to pick up things pretty easily despite the fact something terrible happened between them and they haven't talked.

I wonder how Sam's girlfriend is going to play into the story... (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 11- Whoa! :) (view spoiler)[ So much happened here! So Sam's girlfriend isn't really in the picture anymore...her character almost seems a little irrelevant in my opinion, but maybe there will be more there?

I can sense the history and jealousy with Charlie and Sam for sure, but it also seems like Charlie really wants Sam with Percy and is frustrated that Sam isn't making his move.

So much happened in this chapter though. A lot of tension for sure. (hide spoiler)]

Katie wrote: "Chapter 5- [spoilers removed]"

I thought this initially, and I'm wondering if this will be part of the problem later (view spoiler)[ Even though he knows Sam likes her. (hide spoiler)]

Katie wrote: "Chapter 6- I wonder if Delilah is going to fall for one of the brothers?

I love the writing in this book. It's so easy to fall right into it, but I get really nervous reading second chance roman..."

I was concerned about Delilah, and the visit wasn't quite as bad as I expected.

Up to ch19. I’m shocked. Really hoped that wouldn’t be the reason for them splitting up!

Karen wrote: "Up to ch19. I"

Chapter 19- Oh man (view spoiler)[ I'm not sure how I feel about this "twist". Honestly, I thought this would be a possibility leading up to it, but with as much love as this book was getting, I was thinking/hoping it would be something else.

It's so weird though...I do like this book and the writing, and it has almost everything I don't love in books. (friends to lovers, second chance romance, and love triangles...ESPECIALLY when it's between brothers.) I hate love triangles between brothers.

I don't know how I feel though. I was loving this book so much, and this part was kind of disappointing to me. (hide spoiler)]

Finished. Review on home page. A rate instance where you’re hoping the second chance will work.

Karen wrote: "Finished. Review on home page. A rate instance where you’re hoping the second chance will work."

I agree!! I was rooting for them from the start! I'm almost done and will read your review soon! :)

Finished- (view spoiler)[ I'm happy it worked out, but man that ending was MESSY! Not the writing or anything, but just the plot in general was messy. So much happened, and I'm a bit surprised everyone was able to forgive everyone and move on so quickly, but I'm happy for everyone.

I can see why this is so hyped! I also really enjoyed most of this book! (hide spoiler)]

Katie wrote: "Finished- I'm happy it worked out, but man that ending was MESSY! Not the writing or anything, but just the plot in general was messy. So much happened, and I'm a bit surprised everyone was able t..."

I was a little surprised by the ending - not that they ended in the situation they did, but that there seemed to be little attempt to explore the impact of the actions of earlier. Perhaps with them each knowing for a while it was less of an issue.