Seven Summers by Paige Toon: Review

Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Release Date: May 21, 2024
Publisher: G.P. Putnam
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Pages: 448
Format Read: paperback

Summary: Six summers to fall in love. One summer to change everything.

Liv and Finn meet six summers ago working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn’s life is in LA with his band, and Liv’s is in Cornwall with her family—so they make a promise. Finn will return every year, and if they are single they will spend the summer together.

This summer Liv crosses paths with Tom—a mysterious new arrival in her hometown. As the wildflowers and heather come into bloom, they find themselves falling for one another. For the first time Liv can imagine a world where her heart isn’t broken every autumn. Now Liv must make an impossible choice. And when she discovers the shocking reason that Tom has left home, she’ll need to trust her heart even more . . .

Review

Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Spice: 1/5
Review: This story is takes place 6 summers ago with Liv and Finn where Finn moves to LA but comes back every year. The current summer is where Tom arrives to town and Live begins to find love. I have to say that I was kind of confused how this book was going to play out but I’m glad to have read this book It was a perfect summer read that literally would break my heart, heal it, and then do it again (even with the FMC). I enjoyed the storyline but I do have to say that the pacing of the story started to slow down in the middle and became a tad repetitive. This story was told in Liv’s pov with alternative timelines of past summer and the current summer. 

Liv has been in Cornwall ever since the accident and is in love with Finn who leaves her. I liked her character and this girl went through so much in her life. Her development was well done even though it was a slow one. There are quite a few side characters. Finn is part of the band who goes to LA but comes back in the summer and Tom is a new arrival of the current time. I liked Tom a lot more and Finn was not that in love with Liv to stay for her. The romance is friends to lovers and love triangle and it was so well done. 

The ending was literally what ruined this book (in a good way) and literally saved this book. Let’s say that the ending will break your heart and reheal it in 5 minutes. So much happened that I can’t process it even 3 days later. Toon you just ruined me for romance. 

*this book was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*