A review by originalbooknerd
The Summer I First Saw You by Elizabeth O'Roark

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

🌊𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝐼 𝐹𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒮𝒶𝓌 𝒴𝑜𝓊 - 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝟧 - 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌🌊 

 

Author: Elizabeth O’Roark 

 

Narrators: Samantha Brentmoor & Jason Clarke 

 

Couple: Daisy  Doherty & Harrison Reed 

 

Tropes: Uncle’s best friend, Summer romance, roommate romance, forced proximity, secret relationship, 12 year age-gap, Best friend’s younger niece, found family 

 

Review: The Summer I First Saw You audiobook was PHENOMENAL!! Elizabeth casted two of the best narrators for the voices of Daisy and Harrison and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT! Samantha Brentmoor is one of my go to female narrators and her narration of Daisy’s voice brought her to life in a way that made you feel as if you you part of the romance! The way she emoted the angst, tension and heartache Daisy went through captivated me and I just cannot express enough words to tell you how well she did Daisy! 

 

Jason Clarke also brought the A-game in this audiobook and from Harrison’s first chapter I knew he was going to DESTROY me! He was able to infuse ALL of the confusion, worry, lust, and tension Harrison felt throughout this book and I found myself bookmarking so many areas of this audiobook to mark places where he was just level 100 SWOON! 

 

Jason and Samantha were truly the right match for Daisy and Harrison. I loved how they fed off the other and how well the story flowed. This book as done in a Duet style which really brought this book to life and allowed me to completely immerse myself into the audio. The Summer I First Saw You was the first book in this series I listened to and was one I will re-listen to later on! 

 

Rating: 5/5, The Summer I First Saw You was my favorite audio book of the year and Samantha Brentmoor and Jason Clarke astounded me with their narration of Daisy and Harrison! 

 

Thank you Valentine PR and Elizabeth for the eALC copy!