3.25 stars

Published: August 29, 2024
Length: 312 pages
Format: Paperback
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series of Standalones: The Summer #5
Characters: Daisy and Harrison
POV: dual, 1st person

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:
• age gap (11 years) • forbidden love • taboo • grumpy vs sunshine • slow burn • summer romance • angsty •

Review

I felt the chemistry and enjoyed the banter, but the story dragged on at some point. Also, the way Daisy broke into Harrison’s house and blackmailed him into letting her stay in his house rubbed me the wrong way.

Overall, it was entertaining but it would be better if the book was 100 pages shorter.

“I don’t think i’ve ever known anyone who relishes life quite the way Daisy does.”

”I have always loved you, for as far back as i can remember and before then too.”

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in the The Summer Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone.

The Summer We Fell
The Summer I Saved You
The Summer You Found Me
The Summer I Destroyed You
The Summer I First Saw You

Blurb

Once upon a time, my buddy’s niece was a toddler in a swim diaper following me around the beach. Now Daisy’s twenty-one, the loveliest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on, and blackmailing me into letting her stay for the summer.

If she’s not bent over on my deck in yoga pants, she’s in a bikini that covers far less. She makes me laugh when I want to stay pissed off and forces me to remember all the things I used to love. If only she wasn’t so damn young and so incredibly off-limits.

The sizzling tension between us is getting harder to resist, but giving in would destroy some of my oldest friendships. Worst of all, though?

It might destroy Daisy too.