This Summer Will Be Different

Worth reading book

Tan bueno como los otros dos. Me ha encantado

Five years ago, Lucy had never gone to Prince Edward Island before, but after becoming fast best friends with Bridget, a native, while living in Toronto, she plans to vacation there with her for a short time to meet her family and see everything the glorious island has to offer. Bridget’s flight gets delayed, and so Lucy is tasked with entertaining herself until she’s joined by her best friend. What Lucy doesn’t anticipate is Felix, the man she meets at a Shack on the island, making eyes at her behind the counter. Their connection is electric and instant, and after a back-and-forth flirting match, they’re back at his beach house, in his sheets. But when she discovers Felix is Wolf, Bridget’s brother—aptly nicknamed just as Lucy was Bee to Bridget—the stark realisation hits that they might have crossed an unerasable line. Every year, Lucy tries to fight it, the pull toward Felix. Yet, it’s more apparent than ever that every time they are in one another’s orbit, it’s a dangerous mission to keep from entwining their limbs together. Lucy doesn’t want Bridget to feel as if history is repeating itself, her last best friend having vanished from her life after dating her brother, and so their connection becomes a buried secret, only awakened by summer, no matter how much more the other needs. But this year is different: Bridget is getting married, and yet flower-shop-owner Lucy is back on Prince Edward Island at her request, mere days before the wedding, under unclear circumstances. What isn’t Bridget telling Lucy? Felix wasn’t supposed to be there, complicating things further for Lucy, but now he looks at her with a difference that makes Lucy question if their illicit attraction is deeper than a fleeting moment. Heart on the line in what has become her favourite place on Earth, Lucy is faced with decisions she hadn’t expected to make, and when the truth is revealed, it’s going to take everything to keep her feet on solid ground. Overall, This Summer Will Be Different was breathtakingly beautiful, a summer dream where romance blossoms on every page. Carley has this uniquely mystical way of writing love stories about characters that truly feel like they were made for one another, each chapter magnetic enough to keep me turning pages fast. I loved the flashbacks, rolling back summers and autumn moments with these characters that became a comfort. There was so much depth and meaning in Lucy’s story, and grief plays a huge part in the decisions she makes, true to the way loss changes a person. Felix might be my new favourite leading man from Carley, and I was utterly swept up by the bond he shared with Lucy. The Clark family were wholesome to the core, and I adored Bridget and all her eccentric ways, but especially the way she and Lucy loved each other. Their friendship was something to be truly treasured. And like I had predicted, this book itself is also another one to treasure from Carley. Lucy and Felix are my new favourite couple from her (sorry, Percy and Sam!) miles ahead with this effervescently intimate story that has left a distinctly golden imprint on my heart. Five everlasting stars.

WOW! I do not even know where to start or how to put how this book made me feel into words. It consumed me, it consumed my thoughts when I wasn’t reading it and when I was reading it the emotion I felt was just incredible. I honestly can’t remember the last book that made me feel this way. I devoured it in less than a day and it might just be my favourite book of 2024 so far. I loved the storyline, the characters, the friendships, the family relationships, the setting, the imagery, the found family and most of all I loved how the book made me feel. I absolutely loved Felix and Lucy, they had the most amazing chemistry and so much respect for one another. I don’t even love Slowburn but this one blew me away, it was perfect. I adored Lucy and Bridget, they have got to be my most favourite friendship I’ve read in any book. Their friendship was something very special and I love that in the authors notes she shared that it was a shout out to her very own best friend Meredith. There was sex In the storyline but honestly it wasn’t spicy, it didn’t overtake the book and was definitely not over the top. I thought it was perfect for the storyline and the characters. I thought the epilogue was brilliant though it made me cry haha. Honestly go grab this book and find some time to sit and soak it in. I will definitely be reading this book again.

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