The author often tackles different aspects of a “difficult heroine” with her FMCS, but with this book we are given the quintessential “unlikable heroine” in Kate. As much as I love the unlikable heroine archetype in all its forms, even I found it hard to support Kate’s wrongs at some points in her story. You know how there’s ow drama in books? This is like reading the other woman’s story. If the other woman was a bit of an antihero. Yet I will like a prickly unlikable heroine out of sheer spite, bcs you know you let much worse slide with a bookish man. Anyway, Kate may be a total savage and unapologetically ruthless and a bit of an a-hole with a busload of baggage, but once you see beneath the surface, you get it. Even her career is so perfect for her bossy personality type. Her insecurities are compounded by self loathing and a harsh past, and it all manifests as fortified armor of rage and smartassery. Kate maybe deeply flawed, but inside she’s just a lonely girl with demons and no filter. Not everything she does is justifiable, but in a way it’s understandable.
Through all of it, Beck’s utter and endless devotion to her shows you that if someone truly loves you, they will embrace you as is, dark side and all. They’re the ultimate grumpy pair, with a toxic communication style and a healthy dose of self sabotage, but they love each other’s best and worst parts. And they really show each other the worst of them, in turns sassy and absolutely savage with each other. I wanted to both give them hugs and at the same time knock their heads together.
This is like a direct counterpart to Caleb’s story (you know the background if you’ve read the last book) and Caleb does come off looking not great from Kate’s pov, but it just goes to show the breakdown of a marriage from opposite sides of it.
This series is darker, angstier, and rawer than previous EO works, and this book especially feels the darkest (not in a dark romance way), angstiest, and rawest one so far. The humor is darker, the vibe is getting seggsier. A lot of Kate’s journey (and Beck’s along with it) is agonizing, but I could not get enough of it. As witnessed by me writing this review at 4 am hours after starting the book earlier tonight. I don’t know if and how the angst can be dialed up in this series, but I sure can’t wait to experience it.
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A Must Read Redemption Story!
“𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.”“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”My Queen of deliciously grumpy men has done it again! Ooh, thee way Elizabeth O’Roark writes these men is just chef’s kiss perfection. This is a story I was so desperately eager for. The forbidden aspect had me instantly hooked but, The Summer You Found Me was so much more than that. Brimming with sexual tension, passion, angst, emotion, spice and then some, this book was unputdownable.“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈’𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”Beck and Kate were so indescribably perfect for each other, the truly meant to be, soulmates kind of perfect. I love getting to know the man behind the grump and Beck irrevocably stole my heart. The way he loved Kate just for exactly who she was. He pushed and he challenged…he was so incredibly patient, tender and vulnerable. Those intense protective vibes with a beautiful heart that he kept hidden. It was wholly impossible not to fall for him. Kate, what a heroine. Talk about a riot of emotions. She created such a mix of feelings within me about her but at the same time, my heart was so full of empathy for her. I found myself rooting for her and wanting her to have happiness even in the moments she left me questioning her actions. I wanted better and for her to do better. Her journey of losing and finding herself was one that was at times heartbreaking and in the end so inspiring. She could’ve succumbed to the obstacles and pain of her past but she persevered. Kate’s redemption story is now on my list of my favorites. This Summer series just gets better and better with each book making it unbelievably hard to choose a favorite. I am already counting the seconds to the next book!“𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.”
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Verónica Amézquita Razo
Equilibrio perfecto!
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This book is so emotional and made me cry so much. Loved it.
5 stars!!
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