Say You Still Love Me by KA Tucker

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A Favorite Author
Part Adult Contemporary Romance
Part YA Romance
Love at First Site
Summer Camp
Corporate Real Estate
A Tragic Accident

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☆4.5☆STARS - GRADE=A-




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I haven't been able to finish a book I was reading (rather than listening on Audio) in less than a week in quite some time. I found myself actually wanting to read this. So thank you, KA Tucker, for that. I've always liked this Author's stories and this one is no exception.

Told in alternating chapters between their teen years at Camp Wawa and their 30's in Lennox, NY (actually, a real city just spelled differently), made for a very interesting story. I found the past and present tenses equally compelling. I didn't think this was going to have anything hard hitting like most of her books do, but by the end...I found myself shedding a few tears. It was sad, and the ending doesn't wrap everything up in a perfect little bow, but it was a satisfying ending...it was more like real-life tends to be...a little messy but still doable.




๏ Breakdown of Ratings ๏

Plot⇝ 4.5/5
Main Characters⇝ 4.5/5
Secondary Characters⇝ 5/5
The Feels⇝ 4.5/5
Pacing⇝ 4.5/5
Addictiveness⇝ 5/5
Theme or Tone⇝ 4.3/5
Flow (Writing Style)⇝ 4.5/5
Backdrop (World Building)⇝ 5/5
Originality⇝ 4.7/5
Ending⇝ 4.5/5
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Book Cover⇝ I don't know that it fits the story...it's not like they ever sat on a dock overlooking a lake with colder-weather clothes on. They did stand on a cliff, though...but whatever.
Setting⇝ Lennox, NY & Camp Wawa
Source⇝ I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
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For Piper and Kyle, it was lust at first sight when they met at summer camp. Skip to 13 years ahead and she’s about to be running her huge family business, and in walks Kyle back into her life... and her office. But why!? You’ll see! This book switches between past and present, which I usually hate but that’s mainly because I wasn’t ready for their story to stop in either time frame. It was heart breaking, touching, relatable, and will guaranteed make you want more. See them love unconditionally, see them take on all odds and ways of life, a crazy father, and see why he came back

Tucker does it again with another romance tinged with seriousness.The main protagonist, Piper, is strong and comes to her own. She fights for what she wants and learns how love can break through even the worst of secrets.

K.A. Tucker cemented herself as one of my favorite writers with this novel. I am always so invested in the story and can't wait to see how it ends up, and this was no different. I loved it!

Say You Still Love me is a second-chance romance and it is done so well!

Piper is a VP at her father's billion dollar real estate company and having to deal with a lot of people who don't think she deserves that job. Kyle is a security guard and he seems not to remember her.

I loved that she was the rich and powerful one and he was the boy from the "wrong side of the tracks". Their backstory, at summer camp, was swoon worthy!

I loved Piper's character, because although she was rich, she was not at all spoiled or pretentious.

I loved this one. It's steamy and emotional.

KA Tucker is now a must-read author for me. Her storytelling is top-notch and her characters are very well developed, compelling and relatable. Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance with perspectives both in the past in the present. We get to watch the hero and heroine fall in love as teenagers and then reconnect as adults. I love how their love story unfolded in bits and pieces, getting just enough to keep us hooked without giving it away all upfront.

Kyle has had a rough upbringing. A guy from the wrong side of the tracks, he falls head over heels for Piper pretty much the moment he lays eyes on her. But this isn’t really insta-Love in my opinion. The way Tucker winds the story together gives you the feeling that even as teenagers, these two had really deep feelings for one another. Their love story isn’t all hearts and flowers. There are some darker elements involved that really kept things interesting, especially when they reconnected as adults which lends to a total page turner. This is a book where I thought about the characters even after putting the book down.

The writing is excellent. The story is engrossing. Fans of KA Tucker won’t be disappointed with this one. I loved it!

As always, K.A. Tucker writes in such a way that keeps me hooked beginning to end. Say You Still Love Me is her newest Contemporary Romance novel that still has me reeling!

The novel goes back and forth between then and now highlighting the changes in Piper Calloway's life. Then, 16 years old working as a camp counsellor at Camp Wawa, and now, 29 years old running her father's multi billion dollar company.

She's left most of her past in the past, including Kyle, but she becomes overwhelmed when he's decided to show up in the present. There are so many questions left unanswered and so much mystery as to why he disappeared.

I loved the fact that the author went back and forth between past and present, it made things much more interesting and kept me hooked throughout. It made me feel completely nostalgic about my own teen years and I was seriously giddy for the characters in the book.

This book was so much fun to read, it reminded me of summer and being young again! One thing I appreciate about the author's writing is that she can switch genres effortlessly making each book completely different but equally enjoyable to read.

While I'm not a huge fan of books that go back and forth between past and present day, this one was entirely enjoyable. K. A. Tucker simply has a way with words and turns them into such deep characters and wonderful stories.

In Say You Still Love Me, Piper and Kyle meet as camp counselors one summer. They come from very different worlds and part on less-than-grrat terms. When they run into each other 13 years later, neither is sure of it's fate ... or torture.

Such a good read! I love Tucker's books and this is another winner.

Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance and is told in alternating timelines between 2006 and 2019. Piper Calloway is a senior VP at her dad's very successful company and is slated to take over when her father retires. Piper struggles to be taken seriously in this male-dominated workforce and while I love that premise, I was a little disappointed with the follow through.

In a time when women's issues are so prevalent in the media, I thought it was wonderful to see Piper as a woman with a high powered career but Piper's character came off as a little entitled and whiny...which took away the ability for her to be a likeable character. It was clear in the storyline that she only had that position because of her father, not because of earning it herself which just rubbed me the wrong way. It had the opportuntinty to show a woman facing adversity and who through hard work and perseverance got to where she was today and instead it became a lot less inspiring.

As far as the romance, Piper is reunited with her young summer love when Kyle starts working as a security guard at her father's company. I loved the idea but it just didn't feel believable to me because it all felt very formulaic. I often wondered what she and Kyle had in common besides their previous "teenage infatuation". A lot of just seemed contrived and not realistic...but I think I just wasn't the right audience for this one.

I can clearly see why many readers love K.A. Tucker's writing because she truly is gifted at witty dialogue and this was certainly easy and engaging to read. Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy of this book.

Kyle and Piper met one summer as camp counselors. Something major happens while they are at camp and Piper always wonders why she never heard from Kyle after their summer romance. Thirteen years later, Piper runs into Kyle, who is now working in her building. She can't help wondering why he is there and if it means anything. This story alternates from the present to the past to help show what happened to them and why it was so surprising to Piper. Piper feels like Kyle is hiding something very crucial from her, but she can't figure it out.

I won't give anything else away, because this story takes you through a great series of events. K.A. Tucker does an amazing job of getting you to remember those feelings of being a teenager and first loves. She also makes you really feel the feelings of the characters, and I found myself feeling what they were going through. Not many authors can really dig deep to get you to feel all of those emotions, but Tucker can. Every book of hers gets better and better, and this one is no exception. I found myself returning to my favorite scenes after I finished this book. You don't want to miss out on this one!

Kyle was the boy that Piper never forgot from her short time as a summer camp counselor. He was her first love, and then he just disappeared out of her life. Now he’s resurfaced, a security guard in her father’s building, and he acts like he doesn’t even know her. Why did he vanish from her life then, and why is he back now?
This was the first of KA Tucker’s books that I’ve read. While I enjoyed it, there was one main thing that kept me from loving it:
I cannot stand the billionaire trope in romance novels. At least in this one SHE was the wealthy one, not him, but still. Why does someone have to be filthy rich in an attempt to make romance more appealing? (And good lord how many billionaires are out there - because if I’m to believe these books, all I have to do is be awkward or quirky or blasé about them and they’ll knock down my door.)
Also, a minor detail, and as this is an ARC I’m sure it’ll be remedied, but a side character was alternately referred to as Krista and Christa.
Now for the parts I enjoyed - the friendships, both in the past and present; the flashbacks to summer camp; that Piper was in a strong position of power for her career, and especially that her dad respected her as such. I liked that the romance was there but not gratuitous or ridiculous in its description.
Overall, this was a fun, light summer romance.

I initially struggle in general with past/present alternating chapters each with a continuous storyline. They have to be done right in which I have to be invested in both time periods in order to enjoy the story. I think this book is a huge slow burn, and I kind of struggled with getting to the end, which I started to skim some. I also wasn't connecting with Piper and Kyle as a couple from both time periods. Some parts of this book were sad, but overall I think the reader needs to be in the right mood to read this book.

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Say You Still Love Me is a wonderful second chance romance. I love how the female lead is a powerful woman in the present, but found myself loving her more in the past when she fell in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. This book is told in both perspectives; past and present, and really works for their love story. While I personally enjoyed the past the most, I did love seeing how the two came together in the future despite some secrets that could have kept them apart.

K.A. Tucker is a wonderful writer and I am always excited for her next novel. This is a wonderful book and I know is going to be a hit with romances readers this summer. I very much recommend it.

I have absolutely loved some of K. A. Tucker's books and Say You Still Love Me sounded perfect for me: a mash-up of Dirty Dancing (girl at summer camp defies rich father to romance a blue collar guy) and The Parent Trap (camp hijinks and divorced parents). The storyline switched between a summer camp romance in the past and a second chance at love story in the present. Points for mashing up two great romance scenarios!

In the past, Piper is a rich girl who falls for a wrong side of the tracks guy. In the present, she has a an overbearing rich father, an absent shopaholic mother, a vain, douchey ex, and a preppy, golf-obsessed colleague who she thinks is out to make her look bad at work. On the positive side, she also has her two BFFs from camp days who live in the huge apartment her father gave her, a donut-loving security guard. But then that gorgeous wrong-side-of-the-tracks former boyfriend pops up out of nowhere.

I’m crazy about second chance at love stories so I think my main obstacle to loving this was Piper. In the present day, she’s pretty annoyingly perfect. She was constantly describing what she was wearing and damn, did she think she looked good. She thought a lot about how her dresses were tight in a way that flattered her toned arms and slender curves. What made it worse was that Piper had a history of being pretty unkind when evaluating other women. She literally says that one of her best friends is “afflicted” with a “thick layer of brown freckles” (huh?) and the other is “stocky” but makes the best of it (yikes!)

I’m also all for a rich girl/boy from the wrong side of the tracks story and I did like Kyle. But since Piper got much less relatable as she got older, that made it hard for me to root for these two or see them as an ideal match.

I can see that others on my Goodreads timeline have loved this, so you should definitely make up your own mind. I remain a fan of K.A.T. but I’m going to go read Burying Water #2 as I think I never got to that one!

one of my favorite KA Tucker novels. Impecable writing as always , filled with depth and emotion. A must read.

"You'll make friends for life here. People you can call up twenty years from now, for anything, and they'll be there for you. I promise you, you won't forget these days, ever."


I loved this tender, second-chance romance!

With 'Say You Still Love Me' KA Tucker brought back all of the memories I had of going to camp when I was young. Although I had a slightly different experience, I still crushed hard on a few boys.

Sixteen-year-old Piper Calloway grew up in a wealthy home and has had everything given to her that she could ever want. Except for this summer. Rather than going to Europe with her friends, her mother insists Piper work as a camp counselor at the same camp she worked at when she was young. She wants Piper to experience camp without luxuries, and experience the 'normal' side of life and 'normal' people. She's trying to teach her a life lesson; to be appreciative for all that her family has while staying grounded. What her mother and father didn't count on was that Piper would fall in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Kyle Miller is the popular 'bad boy'. He's the one all the girls want but are afraid to go after. Except for Piper. When she sees Kyle, suddenly, the idea of a 'normal' camp doesn't seem too bad. They hit it off immediately. Kyle and Piper enjoy all the experiences camp has to offer during the day while falling in love with each other at night. Their camp experience doesn't end on a good note, however. The two leave in wake of a tragedy and with promises to not only stay in touch but to see each other as often as they can.

That was then.

Now, Piper is 29-years-old and in line to take over her father's business. She's highly successful and wealthy in her own right. She's a woman with power and one who the men who have worked for her father for years, aren't too keen on. They don't want a young, inexperienced, entitled female to become their boss, it reeks of nepotism, right? Surely a young female can't handle running a company! To say navigating the "good ole old boys club" is difficult, is an understatement. When Piper is positive things can't get any more maddening, she discovers the boy she once loved is now a man working security at her building.

She hasn't seen or heard from Kyle since the two left camp. Even though she's not sure she wants the answers, questions begin swirling in her head, "Why is he here?", "Where has he been?", "Why didn't Kyle answer or return any of her calls?".

I loved the intensity of their relationship, both past, and present. Tucker captured the feelings of teenage love, perfectly!

K.A. Tucker never disappoints. She is an automatic one-click for me. I loved how the author laid out this story with chapters from their past, and then chapters with the present, rather than flashbacks throughout the book.

Piper Calloway comes from money, but not all the people she met while spending a summer as a camp counselor did. It only took one glimpse of Kyle and she knew she was a goner. Kyle is not the "type" of guy she is supposed to be with. They are from different lifestyles, different statures in society, or say that is her father's opinion, not Piper's.

Things between Piper and Kyle begin to develop and I loved the two of them together. Kyle may have looked the part of a bad-boy, but he was anything but. The two of them loved spending time together and would sneak off as much as possible to be with each other. But when a tragic incident occurs, things change for the entire group at camp.

Her father didn't approve of her relationship with Kyle, and he made sure to do everything in his power to stop it, even if it meant lying to his daughter.

Years pass and Piper never truly got over her first love, so when she thinks she sees him in the lobby of her building, her heart begins to beat a little faster. Does Kyle remember her? Did their summer together mean as much to Kyle as it did to Piper? Will their different lifestyles keep them apart again? Does money really matter? Can two different people who come from two differently 'types' of life make it work? Are their too many obstacles standing in their way? Will her father continue to meddle in Piper's life, and do whatever he can to keep Kyle from her?

When secrets are revealed, will Piper be able to forgive those that hurt her? Be sure to one-click Say You Still Love Me by K.A. Tucker.

Say You Still Love Me follows Piper Calloway, a powerful corporate woman with the world at her fingertips during present day, and thirteen years prior when she meets her first love Kyle at Camp Wawa. At 29 after a big promotion at her father's multi-billion dollar real estate development company, Piper discovers her first love, Kyle (who broke her heart) is now the security guard at her building.

What Worked for Me:
I loved how powerful and strong Piper was, even with insecurities relating to Kyle. I enjoyed reading about her success, how she handled difficult men in her very male-dominated industry, and stood up for herself. I also really enjoyed the alternating timelines and the nostalgia of camp and first love.

What I Didn't Love:
My only complaint about this story is that the majority of the detailed "steamy" scenes are in the past when Piper and Kyle were in high school. I understand the concept of setting the stage for their romance, but I think the descriptions could have been a little more mild when discussing that time, and the steaminess could have been utilized better in present day, not describing teenagers.

My review will be posted to Instagram at: www.instagram.com/readingandsunshine in July, closer to publication date.

Well that was just lovely and boy do I want to go to summer camp. Flipping back and forth between time periods actually worked really well in this book and I liked both stories equally. Great summer read.

This contemporary romance told for alternating characters and timelines was just okay for me. The story was definitely interesting (young love, found again after a decade). The book had several love scenes while the characters were teenagers that were fairly graphic and felt inappropriate to me personally since it's an adult novel. I found myself siding most often with the parents and wondering where the adult supervision was- I guess that's me aging into a parent as a reader ha! To me, it read more like a young adult novel with only slightly greater depth. It was a quick read, but not one I see myself recommending to others readily.