Every Summer After - Carley Fortune

Every Summer After

By Carley Fortune

  • Release Date: 2022-05-10
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 3,910 Ratings

Description

"A radiant debut."Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle and more!

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 story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

Reviews

  • Loved it!

    5
    By nolan3(7
    Looked for more by this author immediately upon finishing and found out this was her first novel!! Wow!! What talent!! I couldn’t put it down!! Beautifully written story!! It will go up there with one of my all time faves! Looking forward to reading your next novel!
  • Great book

    5
    By nantonesha15
    I hate giving things five stars, but I honestly think this books deserves it. If you’re thinking about reading it do it, it is sooo good I finished it all in one day I couldn’t put it down.
  • Great read!

    5
    By lbbbbbbsssss
    I hate it ended, such a great love story!
  • Disappointed

    2
    By h7jennifee
    This book was going well but I hated the ending. Second chances are sometimes good but over cheating?? with a brother?? That gives me the ick… Sam is better than me because I would’ve left both Percy and Charlie and start a new life or continue a better life with Taylor
  • Couldn’t put it down!

    4
    By isurry
    I read this book in one sitting during an airplane flight and it was obviously extremely captivating and the order of the events and the story really helped pushed the narrative along. It is nostalgic yet mature and reminds me of my childhood as well.
  • Good summer read

    5
    By Kalliope90
    Loved the cadence of the flashback and present. Great way to tell the story, has me enthralled.
  • Good book

    5
    By 1Majella
    Great story line, characters, and writing
  • Excellent…until

    4
    By Elibtru
    Love this quick exciting read and how the plot is driven by flashbacks. Wish it had as much sizzle in character development as it does settings.
  • One of the best

    5
    By april mcpurple
    This was such a refreshing read. One of the best I’ve read in a while. Will be checking out more by Carley.
  • so nostalgic

    5
    By danav28
    i loved every second. i had a boy i loved every summer and this reminded me of that sweet memory. i love her use of nostalgia and the way the chapters are organized. Such a good read!