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A review by taleofnatalie
When Summer Ends by Jessica Pennington
5.0
Jessica Pennington, you’ve done it again. Another 5 stars from me.
I read “Meet Me At Midnight” just about a week ago and fell absolutely in love with it (you can check out my gushing review on it if you’d like) and I immediately bought this one.
“When Summer Ends” is about Olivia and Aiden and a summer they’ll never forget. Olivia is a planner and spontaneity is not her thing, but when she finds out her aunt has gotten a job in Arizona and she’ll be moving at the end of summer she decides to live this summer up the best she can and let fate take control - then her boyfriend breaks up with her. Her boyfriend who she’s pretty much been in love with since she was ten and is going to be a bridesmaid in his sisters wedding....ouch.
So in comes Aiden, Aiden was the schools star pitcher until he’s diagnosed with an eye disease and begins to lose his vision, forcing him to quit the baseball team. He decides to work at his family’s store for the summer and explore his second passion, art.
Olivia gets a job at Aiden’s family store and they become coworkers. The first day seems to be going fine until reporters show up and she finds out her absentee mom has won the lottery. She save her from the swarm of journalists Aiden takes her on the nearest canoe, and this begins our summer romance.
Olivia and Aiden are straight up adorable together and everything is perfect, except she’s failed to tell him she’ll be moving at the end of summer. And when Olivia’s ex boyfriend shows up (who happens to be Aiden’s former teammate) he spills the news before Olivia has a chance. Olivia tries to make things better but when she tells Xander (her ex boyfriend) personal information Aiden confided in her it seems to be the end of the relationship.
Olivia realizes despite adoring Aiden she was never fully invested in their relationship because she knew she was going to be leaving - but decides she has to at least try. Because life has been so much better since Aiden came along.
She takes out on a canoe and shows him an art piece she made for him. Arizona drawn out in rocks and Michigan across from it - with a heart in the center. She unveils all her feelings to Aiden and apologizes saying she never meant to hurt him and she should’ve been 100% percent in instead of one foot out the door the whole time. The two then make up.
With the money Olivia’s mom won from the lottery she buys her sisters house so Olivia can stay in her home and not have to leave her school and friends and begin to mend her relationship with her daughter.
The epilogue concludes at the end of Olivia and Aiden’s senior year, them still together and attending the schools baseball game to show support.
“When Summer Ends” and “Meet Me At Midnight” are the perfect summer reads and I wish I had read them in June/July rather than now! Either way I love these books, they’re feel good and heartwarming but also real and moving. Both made me wish for a summer romance of my own. Basically what I’m saying is please pick this book up, you’ll love it.
I read “Meet Me At Midnight” just about a week ago and fell absolutely in love with it (you can check out my gushing review on it if you’d like) and I immediately bought this one.
“When Summer Ends” is about Olivia and Aiden and a summer they’ll never forget. Olivia is a planner and spontaneity is not her thing, but when she finds out her aunt has gotten a job in Arizona and she’ll be moving at the end of summer she decides to live this summer up the best she can and let fate take control - then her boyfriend breaks up with her. Her boyfriend who she’s pretty much been in love with since she was ten and is going to be a bridesmaid in his sisters wedding....ouch.
So in comes Aiden, Aiden was the schools star pitcher until he’s diagnosed with an eye disease and begins to lose his vision, forcing him to quit the baseball team. He decides to work at his family’s store for the summer and explore his second passion, art.
Olivia gets a job at Aiden’s family store and they become coworkers. The first day seems to be going fine until reporters show up and she finds out her absentee mom has won the lottery. She save her from the swarm of journalists Aiden takes her on the nearest canoe, and this begins our summer romance.
Olivia and Aiden are straight up adorable together and everything is perfect, except she’s failed to tell him she’ll be moving at the end of summer. And when Olivia’s ex boyfriend shows up (who happens to be Aiden’s former teammate) he spills the news before Olivia has a chance. Olivia tries to make things better but when she tells Xander (her ex boyfriend) personal information Aiden confided in her it seems to be the end of the relationship.
Olivia realizes despite adoring Aiden she was never fully invested in their relationship because she knew she was going to be leaving - but decides she has to at least try. Because life has been so much better since Aiden came along.
She takes out on a canoe and shows him an art piece she made for him. Arizona drawn out in rocks and Michigan across from it - with a heart in the center. She unveils all her feelings to Aiden and apologizes saying she never meant to hurt him and she should’ve been 100% percent in instead of one foot out the door the whole time. The two then make up.
With the money Olivia’s mom won from the lottery she buys her sisters house so Olivia can stay in her home and not have to leave her school and friends and begin to mend her relationship with her daughter.
The epilogue concludes at the end of Olivia and Aiden’s senior year, them still together and attending the schools baseball game to show support.
“When Summer Ends” and “Meet Me At Midnight” are the perfect summer reads and I wish I had read them in June/July rather than now! Either way I love these books, they’re feel good and heartwarming but also real and moving. Both made me wish for a summer romance of my own. Basically what I’m saying is please pick this book up, you’ll love it.