Grab the tissues for Toon's latest romance

     Get in the nostalgic summer mood with Paige Toon’s latest release Seven Summers. Set to be released on May 21st, this novel's dual timelines will have you enthralled in our main character’s story.
     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 . . .
     This was one of those books where if I put it down, I procrastinated picking it back up again, but once I started reading it again, I got sucked straight into the story!
     This story is about grief and finding your way through the dark times in your life, but also not letting them define you too much.
     I felt myself torn between which MMC I loved more, but ultimately, I think Toon crafted a story that perfectly encompasses the complexity of real life and how unpredictable it can be, yet also how sometimes people enter our lives for the right reasons but at the wrong times, and whether or not the right time comes along, it still stays with us and helps us grow as people.
     The setting of summertime being a feeling time of the year plays perfectly with the themes of the novel and I think Toon crafts a masterful story that really showcases a true human experience. 

*I received an ARC from Random House in exchange for my honest opinion.

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