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A review by wordsofclover
Cruel Summer by Morgan Elizabeth
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
When Camile Thompson gets a new job as an event planner at a luxury beach club, she's determined to make the most of this opportunity to build up a wealthy clientele for her business, and she also promises her best friends to not stay too closed off to new relationships, friendships and romantic, and give more people a chance. This becomes easy when Cami hits it off with the owner of the local bar but things take a tumble again when she is the victim of the resident mean girls of the Beach Club. But one thing Cami does best is revenge..
This was very fun and a steamy summer romance. I love me a seasonal series and I'm really glad I picked this up to continue reading the series in the appropriate seasons. Cami is a girl's girl while also being quite closed off and afraid to let people in because of bad experiences. But she's strong and confident while also suffering from anxiety which we see in lovely moments of vulnerability. I really liked her relationship with Zach and was obsessed with how much he liked her - I feel like we don't see it enough - it's okay for a guy to be obsessed with his gal (in a healthy way). I was literally texting my friends how this fictional man went out to buy a hair bonnet for his girl for his place because that is just too cute.
There is a Mean Girls-inspired element to this book that was fun, similar to the first book which was Legally Blonde inspired. I do think Staceigh and Laceigh were very over the top and the fact they were 22/23 and acting like that was a little hard to believe - the same with Cami being 28 and even thinking about hanging out and being friends with them in the first place.
The sex scenes are very steamy and hot though personally for me the images/video kink they both enjoyed didn't do it for me and honestly I spent some of the novel scared that somehow the twins would find those videos and use them against Cami. Thankfully this doesn't happen and I did also appreciate the conversation between Cami and Zach about these explicit images in the first place and the boundaries and consent put in place.
Really looking forward to the next book in this series. I'm ready for a Fall vibes romance so let's go Olivia Anderson.
This was very fun and a steamy summer romance. I love me a seasonal series and I'm really glad I picked this up to continue reading the series in the appropriate seasons. Cami is a girl's girl while also being quite closed off and afraid to let people in because of bad experiences. But she's strong and confident while also suffering from anxiety which we see in lovely moments of vulnerability. I really liked her relationship with Zach and was obsessed with how much he liked her - I feel like we don't see it enough - it's okay for a guy to be obsessed with his gal (in a healthy way). I was literally texting my friends how this fictional man went out to buy a hair bonnet for his girl for his place because that is just too cute.
There is a Mean Girls-inspired element to this book that was fun, similar to the first book which was Legally Blonde inspired. I do think Staceigh and Laceigh were very over the top and the fact they were 22/23 and acting like that was a little hard to believe - the same with Cami being 28 and even thinking about hanging out and being friends with them in the first place.
The sex scenes are very steamy and hot though personally for me the images/video kink they both enjoyed didn't do it for me and honestly I spent some of the novel scared that somehow the twins would find those videos and use them against Cami. Thankfully this doesn't happen and I did also appreciate the conversation between Cami and Zach about these explicit images in the first place and the boundaries and consent put in place.
Really looking forward to the next book in this series. I'm ready for a Fall vibes romance so let's go Olivia Anderson.
Graphic: Sexual content