#Carley Fortune

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

A new cozy comfort read with my lil guy 🥰

[bookishfreedom]

this one was pitched to me as “if The Summer I Turned Pretty grew up” - and somehow it’s totally true and I still ended up loving it ?

[bangbangwhoa]

books I’ve read in 2024 📖 no. 069

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

“It’s the kind of night where I can feel something lock into place. This is it, I think. This is everything I want.”

[mybookdiaries]

You’re not an escape. You’re everything.

Meet me at the lake, Carley fortune

[edwardslovelyelizabeth]

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

«Felix backs me against the wall, and we kiss. He tastes like good rye and woodsmoke and the sweetest end to the best day of my life. When we part, he takes my hand and tugs me toward the stairs. Fingers laced, we climb up to our bedroom in the home we’ve built together. A house full of books. A field full of flowers. Our own special island.»

[bass-alien]

Friday night vibes 🌙

[sussex-newswire]

"How did you react when Prince Harry and Meghan [the Duchess of Sussex] wanted to adapt your book?  

"It was very surreal. I was deeply touched because the book was very difficult for me to write. It was my second book. I struggled with a lot of imposter syndrome writing it. I was also dealing with my own postpartum mental health issues writing it, and the book deals with some tough subjects. It deals with grief, it deals with mental health, it deals with finding yourself on a path that you never intended to be on, and two characters who have really gone through a lot. It meant so much to me to have it recognized in that way because it had been such a difficult journey. I’m enormously grateful, and I’m so happy about the partnership."

[vanserrass]

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”

[idreamimpossiblethings]

"I feel his fingers twine around mine, and for a moment, my whole heart is held between our palms." - Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different (p. 127)

[maddiesflame]

Olá! Poderia fazer headers do livro every summer after com essas cores, por favor?

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

In my soft pink romance era 💕

[rissyrosie]

I decided too name my favorite couples on my ‘favorites’ bookshelf from what I read:

~ Laura Jean and Peter Kavinsky from ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ by Jenny Han

~Jaewoo and Jenny from ‘XOXO’ by Axie Oh

(Yes I pictured Wony as Jenny and Taehyung as Jaewoo)

~Macallan and Levi from ‘Better Off Friends’ by Elizabeth Eulberg

Quentin and Margo from ‘Paper Towns’ by John Greene

~Jo and Laurie from ‘Little Women’ by Louisa May Alcott

Percy and Sam from ‘Every Summer After’ by Carley Fortune

~Levi and Cather from ‘Fangirl’ by Rainbow Rowell

America and Maxon from ‘The Selection Series’ by Kiera Cass

~Beyah and Samson from ‘Heart Bones’ by Colleen Hoover (only coho book I liked from her)

~Felicity and Alec from ‘Paper Hearts’ by Ali Novak

[bangbangwhoa]

books I’ve read in 2023 📖 no. 054

Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

“I spent just one day with Will, and it changed my life. I once thought he might be my soulmate. I once thought he and I would be here together under very different circumstances. I once thought a lot of things about Will.”

[noemyreads]

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.

[legendthorne]

“My boy was a montage, a slow-motion, love potion, jumping off things in the ocean. I broke his heart 'cause he was nice. He was sunshine, I was midnight rain”

percy’s pov basically

[dkehoe]

The first time Lucy met Felix, she was grabbing a bite to eat alone while waiting for her friend to arrive on their island vacation. She spent an amazing night with Felix and the next morning put the pieces together that he was her friends brother, Wolf. Each year when she escapes to the island, she vows to stay away from Felix and every year ends up in his bed. Despite their intense connection, Lucy always kept her heart out of it until the week before her best friends wedding, when Bridget asks her to come out to the island. Carley Fortune writes wonderfully emotional beach-centric novels. Or lake-centric, but the local always involves sand, water, and great seafood. Those things certainly set that laissez faire mood which I think is required for a great beach read. This Summer Will Be Different felt, well, different, more intense and kind of frustrating. Lucy, our heroine, is dealing with the trauma of losing her aunt and trying to make a go of the flower store her aunt left her. She is also harboring the secret of a years-long vacation relationship with her best friends brother. Felix, or Wolf, is on the island going about his life but you just know that he’s living for those moments with Lucy that are few and far between. This novel had boat-loads of conflict to work through and despite my impatience to get to that final conclusion, it was done really well and my turbulent feelings were worth the experience. But it was exhausting, truly. I needed a vacation after reading my vacation book! Every year I look forward to Carley Fortune’s newest book release and this year is no different. There were so many great moments in this book (the chemistry! the great best friend relationship!) but there was something holding me back from an all in five star rating. I liked it a lot, but I’ve liked other books by this author more. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review and it was honest! Click this link to purchase this book!* This Summer Will Be Different Copyright 2024 The Reading Chick All Rights Reserved *Amazon Associate- if you purchase this book through the above link I’ll receive a small stipend.