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A review by ceena
When Summer Ends by Jessica Pennington
4.0
*I voluntarily read and reviewed and ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. *
3.5 stars
This book is sweet, cute, and perfect for summer. Since heat tends to kill my brain cells, anything easy to read and understand are good summer books for me, and this one fit the bill. Unfortunately, I also never felt really invested into the book.
I did like the main characters for the most part. They are thrown into a whirlwind of change and are trying to figure out what that will mean, while also trying to figure out who they are. Add to that their building attraction to each other and there is definitely some drama. Yet, none of the drama really seemed huge or drastic because it was overcome well. There is one that I thought would be a huge issue and it annoyed me that it wasn't brought up because hiding things from someone you are in a relationship with annoys the heck out of me.
With Olivia's mom coming back into the picture too, I thought there would be some drama or more scenes about their reconciliation or... something, but it was just... there were a few interactions, but nothing I was expecting, I suppose.
I would recommend this to someone needing a beach read or something easy and not too emotional-- a cute romance and some good coming of age scenes.
3.5 stars
This book is sweet, cute, and perfect for summer. Since heat tends to kill my brain cells, anything easy to read and understand are good summer books for me, and this one fit the bill. Unfortunately, I also never felt really invested into the book.
I did like the main characters for the most part. They are thrown into a whirlwind of change and are trying to figure out what that will mean, while also trying to figure out who they are. Add to that their building attraction to each other and there is definitely some drama. Yet, none of the drama really seemed huge or drastic because it was overcome well. There is one that I thought would be a huge issue and it annoyed me that it wasn't brought up because hiding things from someone you are in a relationship with annoys the heck out of me.
With Olivia's mom coming back into the picture too, I thought there would be some drama or more scenes about their reconciliation or... something, but it was just... there were a few interactions, but nothing I was expecting, I suppose.
I would recommend this to someone needing a beach read or something easy and not too emotional-- a cute romance and some good coming of age scenes.