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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

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rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I would have given this four stars if the only character of color weren’t given forced “Mexican accents” and put into stereotypical minor roles of nurse and housekeeper. 
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jbpearl's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-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

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arnold_shelby's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

More than anything, I loved how this was a sequel (more of a spiritual sequel) to Part of Your World. Even though I knew that going in, I was still surprised at the connections and I loved that. 

This book was very sweet. I loved Justin's character and was reading sections out to my SO and he agreed he was an awesome character. 

In the romance vein, I knew we'd get a happily ever after, but I was sad that Amber didn't get a redemption story as well, so I knocked off half a point. 
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booklvrkat's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

“In a world where you can choose anger or empathy, always choose empathy.” 
 
I’ve had this book on my TBR since May, I had actually marked it as “reading” because I thought I was ready. I was not. Out of all of Abby Jimenez’s books, this one made me cry most. Justin & Emma are absolutely a favorite couple. I love Emma’s best friend and foster sister, Maddy, and I adored Justin’s story. When you read an AJ story, you are not ever just getting one side of the story, you’re getting both pieces of the puzzle, so you see how well they fit together. Truly, I cannot recommend these stories more, or fault myself for not reading her sooner. Always a delightfully paced story, with enough breathing room you don’t fall down into the abyss of emotion. 
 
“Choosing a life without them doesn’t mean you stop caring about them. It just means that you can’t allow them to harm you anymore. But if you don’t think your life would be better without them in it, then accept that they have cracks. Try to understand how they got them and help fill them with something that isn’t ice.” 
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brittanylee0302's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

I love love loved this book so much! The characters were adorable, relatable & I really felt everything with them. The love story between Justin & Emma is both adorable & hysterical. This book made me feel all the feels. This was my first book by Jimenez & I was not disappointed. I did the audio & the narrators Christine Lakin and Zachary Webber were incredible. I'll be picking up more by this author! 
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orphicsunflower's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

To say I was disappointed in this book would be an understatement. The characters in this book felt all thrown around.
Like Neil coming back why? That was a really dumb move I didn’t like Emma at all,  Not sure if that was the point but she was kinda insufferable. She also came really out of nowhere. I didn’t like that she chose to write this story with Justin. I read the three books in the series in secession and I could not even remember who Justin was until they mention Brad and Benny.  I was hoping for Benny’s story or something.  For 90% of the story nothing happened. Justin was sweet but he didn’t deserve the things Emma did to him. I never understood how people can forgive each other so quickly as soon as the person  that hurt them says I love you I also never understood the whole love at first sight thing but to each their own
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lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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beebowbabe's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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isabellelle_11's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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jasdelz's review

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Okay, I definitely need to tune up my reading comprehension because tell me why I totally missed the connection that Amber was also Daniel's mom from Part of Your World?! Also the cameo of Alexis, Jacob, and Benny completely flew over my head. The way I screamed when it showed Daniel was Emma's brother and they made their way to their place and everything finally clicked. I had to race to my bookshelves and open back up Part of Your World and Yours Truly to reacquaint myself with the characters!

To be honest, I'm kind of glad I didn't remember any one from the past few stories because the surprise made everything worth it. 

All in all, this one was my favorite of the series, Abby Jimenez did a great job depicting how mental health affects people but also their families as well. 

I was kind of hoping that Maddy and Doug would get their own book, the extra chapter with Maddy's POV that was included in the Target Exclusive edition was not enough, I would read a whole story about them!
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