Reviews

The Summers We Left Behind by Marja Graham

Only show reviews with written explanations

riohasthoughts's review against another edition

3.0

okay so this book does feel like very similar vibes of many in the similar genre & almost exact plot points (tsitp, every summer after, etc.), but that wasn’t what bothered me about it. the book felt rushed and editing felt choppy and that’s what made this a 3 starts for me. this book was good, but I think had the potential to be great you know? so was slightly disappointed

vannahrosie's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

I picked this up after meeting this lovely author. I thought the story was really good (not usually a summer romance reader). I did have the version with missed typos/edits but overall a good story and will be passing it along to my friends. :)

karliecol's review against another edition

Go to review page

5.0

I loved every single second of this book. I could cry from the love I found in it’s pages.

Happy place meets the summer I turned pretty meets all of my beach romance dreams. I live for the yearning, the perfectly paced back and forth between the present day and the past, trying to figure out what happened between these two people who have clearly loved eachother from the moment they met up until now, even 4 years after they last saw eachother. The familiarity of bennet’s family & the love they share with Emma feels like a dream. The happy ending, the love you can feel through the pages.

I could read this over and over and never be sick of it.

Small disclaimer: there are a number of dropped words throughout this book and I think it could benefit from another round of editing. Normally this would drop my rating down a star but I loved this book SO much that I’m willing to completely overlook it.

ahlamahmed's review against another edition

Go to review page

2.0

cute and fun but it fell flat and i couldn’t connect with the characters

jessnolannn's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

3.75⭐️ so so cute!! literally such Every Summer After vibes i loveddd it! such a fun and quick read that makes you happy! Def recommend

katieked99's review against another edition

Go to review page

2.0

This felt like a first draft of a novel. Characters were underdeveloped, the plot was all over the place and then just sped up at the end. The third act conflict seemed resolved but then got played out again? Too many side characters to try and keep up with. Also, our current day female MC seemed like a completely different character than the past timeline version or her, even though they were supposed to be the same person. You grow and develop of course but you don’t completely change in only 4 years.