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    The Summers
    The Summers
    The Summers
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Summers

    Written by Iva-Marie Palmer

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    About this audiobook

    For Kate Sommers, there’s nothing that compares to summer at her family’s beach house on Cape Cod: the ocean breezes, the clam bakes, the boys. She and her three sisters seemed to have all their “firsts” over those long months—first job, first party, first crush. Kate’s first crush is her only crush—Ryan Landry, the boy next door, and her older sister Eliza’s on-again, off-again summer fling.

    But it’s been three years since Kate and her sisters have spent a summer in Cape Cod. When their mom died, no one could imagine going back without her. Now eighteen, the whole Sommers family is headed to the Cape for Eliza’s wedding and Kate must find the strength to be there for her family.

    When Kate spots Ryan, she realizes how much has changed since he last set eyes on her. She isn’t the gawky fifteen-year-old that she once was, and this could be the summer that Ryan finally takes notice. Eliza says she’s moved on, but Kate knows better than anyone that Ryan Landry isn’t the kind of guy you give up without a fight…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 11, 2014
    ISBN9781501210310
    The Summers
    Author

    Iva-Marie Palmer

    Iva-Marie Palmer is the author of the Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook series and The Jules Verne Prophecy (with Larry Schwarz). She's also written many young adult titles, including Gimme Everything You Got. Born and raised in Chicago's south suburbs, Iva now lives in Burbank, California, with her husband and two sons. She likes many more things than she dislikes so won't list them all here.

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    • 2/5
      This book was a quick easy read, honestly predictable in every way possible and if I had a penny for every time she said “Ryan” I would be rich, it was really quite annoying at some points so much so that I had to take a break! However, I wish there was more build up until the actual romance because there was no reason why it would have happened. That being said the book was okay, if I was in my teens I would have enjoyed it more, it didn’t set the picture enough like similar books I have read, I didn’t want to be there with them. Did I like it? Yes. Would I read it again? No. Would I recommend it? As an inbetween book to get your book count up? Yes, for the plot? No.
    • 1/5
      (NO SPOILERS) Love is simple yet complicated. However the romance in this book is not predictable. Which is suppose to be a compliment but it isn’t see love is plain it can be ruthless and raw but at the end of the day a good couple is raw. The romance in this book is horrible it lacks the need for patience and little moments.
    • 4/5
      She's not Katie Sommers any more and she, like her dad and her three sisters, is still really hurting from the loss of her mom three years ago. Her mother's death (never really explained and I think that would have helped the plot a lot), meant a disruption in their annual pilgrimage from New Jersey to their Cape Cod cottage. Older sister Eliza is getting married at the end of the summer and convinced everyone that doing so on the beach by their cottage would be a good thing.When Kate, Eliza and their two younger sisters arrive, they realize just how hard coming back is, so much so that they have a very difficult time getting through the door. Kate hopes that things will be different in one really good and important way. She's had a crush on next door neighbor Ryan Landry for years, despite the fact that he and Eliza were a summer item every time the Sommers family came to the cape. With Eliza getting married, Kate hopes that she can spark something between her and Ryan.The moment they see each other, she feels the electricity. It seems that Ryan has as well. Unfortunately, Kate's still intimidated by the ghost of Eliza's annual thing with Ryan and she lets it get to her so badly that she acts like an idiot, not once, but several times. Frankly, her behavior was at times borderline annoying as a result.However, as the wedding approaches and Kate starts realizing that Ryan is a lot more than a summer fling, you begin to see all the ways that each family member has gotten stuck in the grieving process. Kate's too self-absorbed, Eliza too controlling and Dad is too lost and detached. They're a hurting unit that is out of touch with the intensity of pain caused by Mom's death.It takes a blow-up between Kate and Eliza as well as some serious soul searching on everyone's part for that elusive light to appear at the end of the tunnel.While not a perfect read, this was enjoyable and will offer something to teens who are struggling with loss or who are at the beginning of figuring out their first real relationship. There are several sex scenes in the book, but they shouldn't be a deal breaker in terms of adding this to a school or public library.