This was super light and quick, and I loved how it mixed a sweet summer sapphic romance with the setting of a summer camp. Throw in some family dynamics and self discovery and it's a whale of a time!

I did not finish this one, unfortunately. However, I will definitely recommend it to other readers! This is definitely a case of it simply not being for me at the time that I tried it. The writing style seemed a bit young and I wasn't vibing with it. And writing style is super important for me in a book - I need to love the writing style to love the book. But I know that some of my friends or people I work with would love this book, and I think it wouldn't be a great beginner romance read for people just getting started in that genre. We need more Sapphic romances! And the camp vibes were so much fun.

can we make this adult summer camp real?
this was the perfect summer read, making me wish I could go to summer camp with stevie & garland and the rest of the crew.
the found family & finding yourself through the people who show you love was so major and lovely to read.
I don’t think there’s anything that could have made me love this one more.

Garland and her sister are spending the week at an adults only week at sleepaway camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Because she swore off love after her divorce, she never expects to fall for roommate, Stevie.

I thought that the summer camp setting was super fun, but the week at camp timeline made this an insta-love situation that I’m just not a fan of. There was a lot going on in just a week, and it just made it unrealistic for me. I loved the summer camp setting, but I just need more time for it to feel believable.

i adored this book!!! such a sweet sapphic summer romance. i am obsessed with the summer camp setting as well.

So darn cute and sweet.

The amazing characters overshadow the plot, if that's not your kind of thing, then this book may fall short for you. I'm a huge fan of character driven stories and this book has that. Even though the development of their relationship is rather quick (about a week), it is done so well that I do not care about how quickly it happened. Also, they're roommates so I feel like the timeline works.

Garland and her sister, Dara, never had a chance to experience summer camp as kids. Growing up with parents who seemed to resent their presence they had always wanted to escape their home life, even if just for a little while. Garland, still reeling from her divorce, and Dara can't wait for their week in the wilderness.

Considering Garland goes through a major awakening I felt like this book/plot was way too fluffy and light-hearted, and the insta-love didn't have any chemistry behind it.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A really cute summer romance with lots of great banter. While I’ll admit that the story felt like it moved really fast in some parts (I get it; adults can’t take more than a week off of work), I felt like the scenes could have been packed with more details. I truly enjoyed this though. Now I want to go to summer camp!

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Thank you soooooo much netgalley, the author and the publisher for the advanced review copy if this book💗
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A summer camp for adults? Yes, please. Garland had a plan. Her plan did not include getting a divorce but when she attends an adult only summer camp with her sister she thinks everything happened for a reason when she reconnects with a man from her past. What she doesn’t expect was to fall for his sister.
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This is a story of finding yourself, nostalgia, fate and how sometimes carefully made plans are meant to be broken. Plus, this is adult summer camp is just pure fun!
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Huge thank you to @berkleypub @berittalksbooks @thephdivabooks @dg_reads and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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For awhile, I really thought this was going to be my next 5 star read but unfortunately, the latter 15% went downhill for me. There were declarations of love made to each other after they'd known each other for 5-6 days which just completely ripped me out of the story. The author was self aware and so the characters made Uhaul jokes but still. Just not believable for me personally. I would still highly recommend this read though. It was so nice to read about a woman in her early 30's coming out for the first time. It totally resonated with me. The romance just wasn't my favorite. It definitely felt like a contemporary fiction following our main character's journey with a secondary character who is solely there to be a love interest so our MC will realize she's bisexual. But again, not bad. I literally laughed out loud while reading this. It was a great book just not what I was entirely looking for.

I LOVED this book. I loved the setting, the writing, it was so good on audio and I absolutely loved the characters.

I absolutely LOVED That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey. This is another book that is going on my Christmas wishlist (which I make my husband shop from for the holidays haha) because I want it on my shelf forever. I've given less than ten books five stars this year and That Summer Feeling is one. Set during an adult week at summer camp, this story is about Garland who is getting over a divorce. Together, with her sister, she decides to attend camp for a week as a way to reparent themselves and recapture a part of childhood they never had. While there, Garland meets a man she had a brief encounter with a few years ago. However, it is the man's sister, Stevie, Garland's cabin mate, who she cannot stop thinking about.

Look, I am not kidding when I say I loved this book. It is a sapphic summer camp romance. That Summer Feeling comes across with affirming and kind vibes, if that makes sense? I loved Garland's growth as a person. She is the life of the party and it turns out people really genuinely like her. Garland also finds her people, so to speak. We also see healthy conversations occur and COMMUNICATION which I just love. And this book has a color war -- which is like the best part of camp. I loved all the side characters too. The romance is beautiful -- the way it unfolds. This is just such a wonderful, excellent book. Get your hands on it for the absolute best summer read.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩—𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙.

📍 Read if you like:
• Self Discovery
• Instalove
• Summer Camp
• Found Family

I read A Thousand Miles last year and absolutely loved that book, so I was quite nervous and excited going into this one. I’m so glad it lived up to my expectations, this was such a fun summer read with so many nostalgic moments.

I remember going to summer camp as a child, so I really enjoyed that setting in this book.

There’s a major theme of self-discovery with Garland and I really loved how the author handled it. I don’t read as many sapphic romances as much as I want to, but I am so glad I ended up picking this up.

I was giggling throughout the book and felt such a connection with Garland and Stevie - I loved both characters so much, I even loved Mason.

There’s a huge amount of witty banter I absolutely adored. The summer camp for adults seemed so fun, I also loved the found family element.

This was the perfect sapphic summer read, I really enjoyed both characters and the way this story was written - it was fun, witty, and incredibly well written. I really enjoy this author’s style and way of dealing with such important themes. Highly recommend this one for the summer!

Thank you so much NetGalley and Berkley for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!

•𝗧𝗪/𝗖𝗪: Toxic Relationship, Sexual Content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Infidelity

Thank you to NetGalley, Bridget Morrissey, and Berkeley for an advance copy of That Summer Feeling in exchange for an honest review. I truly love stories that focus on summer camps because I have fond memories of camp growing up! This truly was a beautiful story full of love, exploration, and growth. You truly can’t help but cheer Garland on as she recovers from her divorce by learning about herself at an adult summer camp. This was full of some fantastic supporting characters as well! Don’t miss out on this great summer read as it’s available now! 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 for GR.

5/5⭐️

That Summer Feeling is the perfect queer summer camp romcom and EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ IT. I mean it, I’m not kidding. Read it.

When Garland agrees to attend adult summer camp for a week in the hopes of reinventing herself after her divorce, she doesn’t expect to run into the man the universe seems to think is her soulmate - or his beautiful, funny and kind sister, Stevie, whom she can’t stop thinking about. As a week at summer camp forces her to take risks and put herself out there, Garland must decide if who she’s become (and who she’s found) is destined to end at the end of camp or last forever.

Honestly, what is there not to love about this book? To start, it’s a sapphic summer camp romcom. Let me repeat that: IT’S A SAPPHIC SUMMER CAMP ROMCOM. I read that and knew immediately I needed to read this book. I don’t know how Bridget managed to bottle the feeling of attending a sleep away summer camp (camp activities, late night swims in the lake, community meals in the mess hall, making forever friends with your cabin mates), but she did and it’s diffused into every page of this story.

On top of that, the characters are all so likeable (save for one who shall not be named) and all SO FREAKING FUNNY. This entire book had me laughing the entire time alone in my room. The author’s humour, however, was balanced with profound moments of emotional depth and growth which made it delightful to read.

Also, the relationships are so great, both romantic and not. Siblings, friendships, and romances (Stevie and Garland had me kicking my feet and giggling like an idiot, I stg): all of them were so well-written and just made me happy.

So yeah, I loved this book and which I could feel how I felt while reading it all the time.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an open and honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This was a cozy read. Loved the adult summer camp and all the competitions were so fun! This had a large cast of characters but I still felt like I knew most of them. I think the romance was a little too insta for me. It moved very fast for only a week, I wish they had worked on a long distance relationship for a bit before getting together the way they did in the end. This was a happy book and I enjoyed it was not very angsty.

I thoroughly enjoyed this summer camp-set sapphic romcom. I related to Garland’s late sexual awakening and the characters were all charming and lovable.

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey takes place at a sleepaway camp for adults! How fun is that premise for a book, it makes for a fun summer read. A newly divorced 32-year-old Garland Moore is the main character trying to find herself. She attends the summer camp with her sister for a week. They make friends with other fun characters as they learn it's never too late to change. Overall I enjoyed this book. My issue was the extreme insta-love element that was not believable for me. The love story would have been more believable if this summer camp were a bit longer.

Thank you, Berkley and PRH Audio, for my complimentary copies for my honest review.

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A big thank you to @berkleypub @netgalley for this #gifted copy of #ThatSummerFeeling !!

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📖That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

A sapphic romance about a woman who finds love unexpectedly.

What to expect:

💋 Romance
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic
🏕️ Atmospheric
💖 Friends to Lovers

Quick thoughts:

✨ Fun summer camp vibes!
✨ A healing journey.
✨ Great chemistry.
✨ Cute found family.

Overall thoughts:

A divorcee, Garland, goes to an adult summer camp with her sister in order to heal and find herself again. Once there she meets and befriends another camper named Stevie. Initially attracted to Stevie’s brother for kismet reasons, she slowly finds herself developing feelings for Stevie instead.

I loved the summer camp setting, it felt authentic and fun. All of the games and traditions really set the scene. The friendship that blossomed between Garland and Stevie was beautifully crafted and a nice segue into their romantic relationship. I would say this is a friends to lovers story. It does get spicy but just for one scene. Things do technically progress quickly because they’re only at the camp for a week but the pacing was so steady I didn’t really notice it was only a week.

Everything that Garland thinks she knows about herself goes out the window throughout this story. I loved watching her break everything down about herself then slowly pick up the pieces. I also loved the found family aspect and how they played into Garlands perception of herself. There is a cute little “one year later” chapter at the end that really brought the story full circle. If you’re looking for a cute, light summer read then consider this one for sure!