A review by maggiestraveledbookshelf
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

๐Ÿ“– This Summer Will Be Different 
โœ๐Ÿป Carley Fortune 
โ˜‘๏ธ Contemporary Romance
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโœจ | 4.25
Spice: ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™„ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š'๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค. ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™„ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ.โ€

This was my first Carley Fortune book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!! 

Overview:
โ€ขSwoony Romance
โ€ขDual Timeline
โ€ขSummer Vibes
โ€ขPrince Edward Island, Canada
โ€ขOde to Flowers and Books

๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜…โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น?

This was such a sweet romance story!! I appreciated how Lucy and Felixโ€™s relationship grew a deep connection with mutual respect and love. 

Plus, their chemistry felt so strong from the start, and the spice was spicing.

โ€œ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ. ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™…๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™—๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ญ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค. ๐™ƒ๐™šโ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„โ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™จ.โ€

The friendship between Lucy and Bridget was equally important. While I didnโ€™t love how certain aspects played out (such as The Big Reason), their relationship was so endearing. 

Iโ€™m ALL for celebrating friendship and community as much as partnership. 

"๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉโ€ฆ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™. ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ. ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™„ ๐™–๐™™๐™ข๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ง.โ€œ

The setting of this story - which alternated between Toronto and Prince Edward Island - was totally immersive, and it makes me want to visit PEI immediately.

Plus, all the nods to Anne of Green Gables were lovely. 

There was a somber thread woven through the story. From the grief of loss to the pain of growth, it made this book feel incredibly human and impactful. 

โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š. ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ , ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™จ, ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.โ€

Some of the internal growth felt a little rushed at the end, and I wish we wouldโ€™ve seen some throughout the middle.

But I fully appreciated how they developed their relationship and came to certain decisions. 

The authorโ€™s note at the end talked about the importance of โ€œfunโ€ and how we all need more of it in our lives. I agree, and this book exemplifies that.

Overall, if you want a swoony and steamy summer romance, I recommend this book!!

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