Book Review: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

A Review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune ✧˚ · .

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune - A Captivating Tale of Friendship and Discovery.

Goodreads Plot:

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.

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

Review:

★★★★☆

*AI Generated Review

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune is a beautifully crafted narrative that immerses readers into the complexities of friendship, self-discovery, and the enchanting allure of summers past. Fortune masterfully weaves together the lives of three friends, each navigating their own personal journey against the backdrop of a picturesque lakeside retreat.

One of the most striking elements of Fortune's writing is her ability to evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing, transporting readers to the idyllic summers of their youth. The vivid descriptions of the setting breathe life into the story, making it feel as though the lake and its surrounding forests are characters in their own right.

While the narrative unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is never dull, with each chapter revealing new layers to the characters and their relationships. The subtle shifts in dynamics and the gradual unraveling of secrets keep the reader engaged until the very end.

Overall, Every Summer After is a compelling and beautifully written novel that captures the essence of summer and the bonds that hold us together. Carley Fortune's debut is sure to leave a lasting impression on readers and establish her as a talent to watch in contemporary fiction.

Signing off,

Emily Deischer

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