A review by carlapastor
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 Is this... the best contemporary romance I've read?? I first started it because my friend and I were stalking someone's instagram and she was reading this book and I was like, damn I like the title, let me write it down on my Notes app. I remembered one week later and started reading it, and I am so grateful. This book was funny as fuck (you can tell that Justin was written by a woman because he's literally the standard), while it also depicted well mental health problems and the ending diagnosis. 
Something I didn't like at first was 
when Emma met her half-brother
, it all felt really confusing to me, but at the end of the book with the questions sections I found out the story made more sense if you had read the other books, because I read this as a stand-alone, but now I might check out the other ones. This was just very well written.

Edit after The happy ever playlist: turns out this is just a formula the author uses. Made me a little bit mad so I don't think it deserves the whole five stars.
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