as tradition (it only happened once) here are my favorite book couples i read/discovered in 2022 and live in my head rent free (no particular order)
naomi and nicholas - you deserve each other
liv and mack - undercover bromance
elena and vlad - isn’t it bromantic
rin and nezha - the poppy war
hannah and fox - hook line and sinker
kate and anthony - the viscount who loved me
charlie and nick - heartstopper
liz and wes - better than the movies
nora and charlie - book lovers
percy and sam - every summer after
grey and ethan - how to fake it in hollywood
rosalind and orion - foul lady fortune
celia and oliver - foul lady fortune
rowan and neil - today tonight tomorrow
florence and ben - the dead romantics
robin and ramy - babel
libby and nico - the atlas six
larynn and deacon - the co-op
emilie and nick - the do-over
mika and jamie - the very secret society of irregular witches
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books i read in 2023: every summer after by carley fortune
“i lean in to give him a hug, and it feels like coming home and saying goodbye and four thousand days of longing”
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not me starting a new book and crying after just reading the 1st chapter lmao
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“I lean in to give him a hug, and it feels like coming home and saying goodbye and four thousand days of longing.”
— Carley Fortune, Every Summer After
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every summer after - carley fortune
book synopsis
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.
review
I didn't expect much from this book (truth be told, I didn't expect anything), I only read it because it was chosen in my friends' book club. it was so random I didn't even bother to read the synopsis.
i rated 2/5. like I said, I didn't expect anything from the book, but as the reading flowed I started to think that the story would be something more than just friends to lovers with slow burn, BUT THAT WAS IT.
pers lived her whole life waiting for a teenage romance that took one step forward and two steps back and never engaged in anything more than a friendship. I was very uncomfortable with this co-dependence of the two, both dated (at different times) and still wanted each other. I feel sorry for their partners, God forbid dating someone who is in love with their best friend and doesn't dare to give direction to this relationship.
i found sam a little annoying, i wanted pers with charlie or mason, I think sam lacked something and those two had.
anyway, this book reminded me of “the summer I got pretty”, the difference is that TSITP is good.
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there is a physical pain in my chest for charles florek i can’t
this dude spent who knows how long pining over the girl who is head over heels for his younger brother but you can barely tell bc he keeps it to himself and he’s so good to persephone the summer sam leaves early and yes what they did was bad but like
idk ok?!
i literally don’t know what to say
charles deserved better pls i wish i was there to give him a phat hug
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Book Haul | 📚🩵
the newest editions to my biblio-family!!
🌟 The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (very excited to read an Arabian fantasy written by an actual Arab author!!!) 😁😁😁
❣️Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (heard loads of good stuff about this one!!)
⛺️ Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (the hype got to me, hopefully it’s worth it!)
⛱️ Every Summer After by Carley Fortune (literally have no idea what this is about!)
♦️Solitaire by Alice Oseman (i loved everything i read by this author!!) 💗
🪄Back In A Spell by Lana Harper (witches?? count me in!!) 😌
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