A great novel full of romance, fond memories, heartache, and the rekindling of old love. Piper is a successful business woman. She comes from a hardworking family, works at a high pressured job, and is a strong, independent woman. She is faced with many pressures such as working closely alongside her ex-fiance, working for her father’s company, and the pressures and stressors of everyday life. One day she runs into someone she thinks she recognizes from her past. A man who looks very similar to the young boy she fell in love with at summer camp many years ago….the boy she fell in love with, who left her broken hearted. Is this the same boy she loved all those years ago?

I enjoyed Piper’s character. She was powerful, strong, and knew what she wanted in life and wasn’t afraid to fight for it. She was an interesting character and was kind, funny and smart. I enjoyed reading glimpses of the past when Piper was a young girl and attended the summer camp where she met many people including the love of her life, Kyle. I enjoyed reading about their adventures as teens together and their love story unfold. A great novel that you will enjoy from beginning to end.

REVIEW: 2.5-3 STARS
"I'm an addict and Kyle is my drug of choice."

I LOVED the idea of this story. The cover was beautiful, the synopsis was inviting - I just knew I was going to meet a new author's voice. I was very excited for this one. Unfortunately, I can't say I was impressed. I can't complain too loudly either, because I was able to finish the book even though a few times I wanted to DNF because it felt bland - with quite a bit of filler in between. While this book didn't resonate well with me, I could hear Tucker's voice in the story and it's one that I want to try again. Her descriptions were on point and I could visualize everything she described with her words, so that gave me something I could easily hold on to and envision. Even though I didn't love this one, I most definitely want to read more by her. I still have The Simple Wild sitting on my bookshelf, as well as a few others on my kindle. I will not be giving up.

Honest truth: I am bummed at how bored I was with the majority of this book. Thankfully, I'm just one opinion in a sea of happy readers, so I wouldn't take too much stock in my opinion at this point - it's clearly a me thing. While I was reading it, some parts felt long-winded and boring, and when I put it down, I wasn't rushing to get back to it. That explains why it took me almost a week to read it. BUT, having said that, around the last third of the book, it picked up and I was turning the pages with vigor trying to get to the end. I just wish it didn't take me that long to get into it. Unfortunately, the ending was blah. Again....boring. It just kind of ended. There were no ups and downs, no real drama to contend with, definitely no angst - and I kept hoping for something to give me a rush. Some of it was cliché while other parts were predictable. It was good for me. It was ok....but it wasn't amazing.

Ok. Enough of me complaining about why it didn't work.

I never went to summer camp growing up, so this was an experience for me to watch all the antics that went on. Sure, I've heard about them from friends, but reading them in this book certainly made me smile. I loved Kyle - no lie on my part there. His earnest side was admirable, but his emotional side tipped the scale for me. Kyle had such a mood, a demeanor to him that made me want to dive deeper into the book to figure out the dynamic of his and Piper's relationship. I was not disappointed in that aspect. I loved the camp flashbacks SO much. They kept me reading because the beginning of the book with their "present time" wasn't quite as interesting to me until quite a bit later into the story. This was a book full of flashbacks, and I generally don't mind those. This one carried on for quite some time and overstayed its welcome, I feel. Buuuut, the nostalgia and laughter brought on by the past made the confusion and the pain, as well as the anticipation, smile-worthy for the present. Double edged sword for me there.

"He was attractive as a seventeen-year-old boy; he has become dangerously handsome as a man."

This was a slow and paced story. It was a little clichéd in some spots, but it was a cute story overall. It's hard to reconcile my rating with how I truly felt because while a 3 isn't bad, the problem was some sections read as a four, others as a two - max. But the times that it worked for me, the smiles were aplenty. The abundance of memories made for a great look back, albeit somewhat distracting at times to the crux of the story, once it was all said and done.

Tucker propagated a life long love seemingly out of nowhere; a summer camp crush as teenagers. She told a story of taking chances and falling in love with the the truth instead of the outward appearances. She showed that love has no boundaries and doesn't understand classes - and that's one of my favorite kinds of love to read about. A love beating all odds, no obstacle is too great. Kyle's guilt marred his ability to see his future with a clear mind, which was a disservice to his heart - and I loved that side of his journey. Kyle and Piper definitely had chemistry between them, and I enjoyed when they were together; talking, working, flirting. They were definitely the highlight of the story for me, when they were together.

I know this was an ARC, but it was very roughly edited. I don't normally comment about errors in them, but when a name changes spelling and then back again - all in the span of a paragraph, that's a little concerning to me. That did not affect my rating, but that gave me pause and I hope the errors I did spot were caught in the final editing stages.

"He weaves his fingers through my hair and tugs gently, just enough to pull my head back and expose my neck. The kiss he sets just below my jawline sends shivers through my body."
~BEE

It is no secret I adore Kathleen’s writing and Say You Still Love Me made me fall deeper. Yes, I absolutely do still love you 😍

While I have a tendency to struggle with alternating timelines, the dual threads of past and present were necessary for Say You Still Love Me to fully appreciate the character growth and the depth of emotion the characters felt.

While Kyle and Piper may have been for very different backgrounds and social status, it is their core values as individuals that click during their first meeting. Though their relationship could easily be dismissed due to their age, their connection was palpable and every emotion heightened.

Say You Still Love Me offers insight into the way in which our experiences shape our identity. Alongside the environment, we are subjected to in our formative years. The ultimate transition from childhood often comes with the realization that our parents are in fact human, and as such fallible. How we deal with this knowledge contributes to the person we become as well as the type of relationship we have with our parents.

Although Piper and Kyle’s reconnection and ensuing romance along with a number of issues concerning male-dominated careers are a large part of the plot; it is the summer they spent at summer camp that is the pivotal contributing factor to all of the events within Say You Still Love Me. Altering the course of their lives from the friendships they made to the way in which they view relationships. I adored seeing all the characters mature from that summer in their teenage years into adulthood and the bonds they created because of the time they spent together.

True love always finds a way 💖💕

I've only read one other book by KA Tucker, The Simple Wild, which was one of my favorites of 2018. I loved it so much, so when I found out she was releasing a book this year I knew I had to read it.

I really enjoyed this! Say You Still Love me is told in two different timelines and follows Piper Calloway in two periods of her life. In the present, Piper is working in her father's real estate development company and trying her hardest to prove herself to him and to everyone that she's fully capable of taking over someday

The other timeline follows 16-year-old Piper is working at Camp Wawa for the summer at her mother's insistence. Priviledged and rich Piper is spending six weeks away from her life into a brand new place and will be working as a camp counselor. There she meets and falls quickly for a fellow counselor.

I surprisingly liked the dual timelines, even though it's not something I typically enjoy. I found myself drawn to both storylines, but specially to the summer camp storyline because I didn't realize how much I loved stories set in summer camp. But I do now! 16-year old Piper is immediately drawn to the "bad boy" Kyle, the boy her parents won't approve of. They have an instant connection and fall quickly for one another in the few weeks they have together at camp. It all leads up to a a turning point near the end of camp, and Kyle and Piper don't talk to each other for years.

Cut to present day and Piper is dominating the real estate devleopment business, which is dominated by men. Her father has a multi-billion dollar business and wants to leave it to Piper when he retires. One day a new security guard starts working in her building, and Piper realizes Kyle has made his way back into her life.

This book was such a fun read. Like I said, I loved both storylines. I'm an avid YA reader so I particularly enjoyed the summer camp atmosphere and the feeling of young love. There's something about summer camp stories that just pull at my heartstrings. It's so full of nostalgia and memories of first loves and first heartbreaks. Piper in present time is such a strong, determined woman and I am so happy to see more characters like her in romance books. Characters who aren't afraid to go for what they want and won't back down from their believes it's so refreshing!

Say You Still Love Me is a take on the second-chance romance, and while yes I've read so many books with that same trope, this one is definitely one of my favorites. KA Tucker's characters always have such a deep, meaningful connections, and her books are filled with emotion, humor and steamy romance. I loved it!

Thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books for an e-arc of Say You Still Love Me!

As a fan of KA Tucker for years reading her novels, I loved this concept of first love at summer camp, and being reunited with that love. It’s such a fun trope of summer camp romance, complete with a bad boy crush that the parents disapprove of, and I could not wait to read this book!

I would say that this is the perfect novel to dip into for new romance readers, because it’s more of a slow burn, but reads back and forth between her summer camp past, and empowered woman present for main character Cassie, and her boy crush Kyle.

It did ebb on the slower side at times for me, but I could see myself falling head over heels for bad boy Kyle.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars!

*Thank you to the author for the gifted copy and netgalley for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Say You Still Love Me is a book that tells the story of two young people Piper Calloway and Kyle Miller who were once madly in love during the holidays on Camp Wawa where they worked as counselors. They were never meant to be together because they come from different worlds. Although as teenagers they promised themselves they would do anything to keep in touch. Piper never heard anything from Kyle when she returned home and that completely broke her heart. Now she is 29 years old powerful woman, VP at her dad's multibillion-dollar real estate development firm, and she buried old sentiments a long time ago. But one day she unexpectedly runs into Kyle Miller who just started work for her company as a security guard and their past has returned to her mind with all ugly and wonderful feelings they once had. Say You Still Love me is a second chance romance which will take you on a journey to your teenage memories of first love and bring you all the feelings that you may have long forgotten. Also, reminds you of how you once thought everything was possible and how much you were ready to fight for it. The chapters are told from the present and the past and I like this kind of layers in books. Of course, this book contains several schemes many times used in this type of literature but that didn't discourage me at all. I like this book, these characters and I think Say You Still Love Me is great summer read. I highly recommend it for fans of the romance genre and of course K.A. Tucker's writing.

𝑴𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌: ★★★★½
•Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a complimentary copy of Say You Still Love Me by K.A. Tucker in exchange for my honest review•

While I loved the flashback scenes and storyline of this book (I mean, hello, summer camp! Gave me all the counselor vibes), I just couldn't buy the character's decisions when it came to present day. They did really dumb things that were uncharacteristic to what the author was trying to portray them as. If Piper is such a smart and powerful woman, why is she making such stupid choices when it comes to a boy? And there was no smut! I thought K.A. Tucker wrote smut! So much fade to black it got infuriating...

I really liked Tucker’s last book - THE SIMPLE WILD - and this one is different in a lot of ways but the writing and character development that I loved in the last book is definitely present in this one.⁣
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So far, this book centers around 28-year-old Piper, the daughter of a billionaire real estate/redevelopment mogul. She’s being groomed to take over his company one day, but she can’t shake memories of her first love, Kyle, who she met at summer camp 13 years ago. This is a story of opposites attract and re-connection after many years apart. ⁣

While I definitely enjoyed this book, THE SIMPLE WILD is still my favorite! However, I found this to be a fast-paced and very entertaining read.

Say You Still Love me - by K.A. Tucker is an amazingly emotional second chance romance story!

Team Kyle & Piper for sure here. 🙋‍♀️❤️

I’m normally not a “romance” reader- but I won a novel by this author in a giveaway and wound up loving it so much (Ten Tiny Breaths 😍- a must read) - that I wanted to continue reading her books.

I did enjoy this book, although it was a bit predictable at times (why I normally don’t read romance ). I would recommend this one though - especially if you are a fan of K.A. Tucker - she definitely delivers here. ❤️.

If you like a sweet - emotional - romance that gets a second chance - this is for you . I love the writing as it goes from past it present so smoothly here and that’s difficult to do!

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 - 3.75 stars from me!
Thanks to all involved for giving me this opportunity to read this early copy and in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own here . Grateful reader always- ✨

Oh young love!

I absolutely adored K.A. Tucker's last book The Simple Wild so I couldn't wait to get my hands on Say You Still Love Me. I've noticed she has a thing where her female protagonists are kinda snobby at the start. Calla (from The Simple Wild) ended up being much more likable than Piper. Some of Piper's comments really rubbed me the wrong way and I was super bummed that I didn't love this one. I will say it picked up towards the end which ultimately bumped it from a three star to a four star for me. If you love second chance romances and went to summer camp as a kid I think you'd enjoy this. My parents never sent me to summer camp (rude) so I wasn't as in to the nostalgia and I just couldn't with some of Piper's privilege so this one wasn't one of my favs.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the e-galley

Say You Still Love Me is my second KA Tucker book and I am a fan! Tucker's writing seriously just hooks me. Piper Calloway is a 29-year-old VP at her dad's multibillion dollar firm and life is good. Yes, she's dealing with all the BS you'd expect in an environment of mostly middle-aged men who don't take kindly to take orders from an attractive, young woman but she loves what she does. She's out of a relationship that didn't make sense and living with her two best friends. Then she finds out her first love, Kyle Miller, has taken a security job at her firm and sparks (plus questions) fly. We alternate back and forth between the present and the past and I genuinely enjoyed both sides of the story. The first-time all-consuming and passionate love that existed between them as teens is captured perfectly on page. But I'm also a sucker for second chance romances and that was done well in the present too. The reason why I docked a star is because of the one points of conflict didn't quite have the emotional impact it was supposed to and then it got wrapped up too quickly and neatly. But otherwise, I think this is another winner from the author and I already own another book of hers I hope to read soon! (But The Simple Wild is still my fave.)

It takes a special author - and a special book - to make you feel nostalgic for a place you’ve never been and experience you’ve never had. K.A. Tucker was just that author, and Say You Still Love Me was that book. I pretty much suspected I would love this book as soon as I read the blurb. I don't think I realized just how much Piper and Kyle's second chance romance would get to me though. These two worked their way under my skin and into my heart.

One of my favorite things about Say You Still Love Me was the format in which it was told. Jumping back and forth between present day and the past can be messy, but it was far from that in this one. I loved how the details of Piper and Kyle first falling in love at Camp Wawa were woven in with their second chance. I can't think of how this book would possibly work any other way. Basically I lived for the bits I would get from both time periods in each chapter. It made me feel as though I really was right there beside them, part of the story.

It could probably go without saying, but I absolutely loved the romance in Say You Still Love Me. From the first love at Camp Wawa and the albeit more complicated second chance in present day, I was 1000% in. I couldn't get enough of Piper or Kyle (together or separate!) or the secondary characters, for that matter. While present day Piper and Kyle (understandably) had their issues to work through, Camp Wawa Piper and Kyle just warmed my heart. Is there anything as pure as first love?

Say You Still Love Me was an absolutely joy to read. I adored the characters. Piper was especially wonderful. Present day Kyle got a pretty healthy dose of side eye initially, but it wasn't long before he had me swooning all over the place. I never went to summer camp, but somehow while reading this, I felt like I had. The setting and characters were so rich, it was easy to imagine myself right there. I laughed and cried and reminisced on my own first love and some fun summers spent with friends and big time crushes. What a sweet and special read. Hands down one of my favorites of the summer.

Favorite Quotes:

But is this what my life has become? Managing fragile male egos all day long?

Kyle Miller has always been a sliver in my heart, a shadow in my thoughts. A lingering "what if" that I have never been able to truly shake.

I'm going to be madly in love with Piper Calloway for the rest of my life and I only just met her.

|Thank you to @atriabooks @netgalley and @katucker_ for the eARC #partner|
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Piper and Kyle meet as summer camp counselors at Camp Wawa. They have an impassioned teenage summer romance that's driven by hormones and filled with promises to stay together after the summer is over. Unfortunately, their summer fling doesn't survive the return to real life. Piper is devastated, heartbroken, and left wondering what went wrong when Kyle doesn't contact her after the summer is over. 13 years later, Piper sees Kyle in the lobby of her office building. The emotions from their summer together come rushing back and she can't help wanting to reconnect with Kyle. As she continues to encounter him around the office, Piper realizes that her feelings for Kyle are still alive and growing stronger. She's determined to figure out what brought him back into her life and if there's any hope for a relationship after all the time and events that have passed.
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Say You Still Love Me is told in a dual time line switching back and forth between summer 2006 and present day. I love the way this worked for this story. Reading how Piper and Kyle met and fell in love at summer camp brought back so many memories of my own summer camp adventures. K.A. Tucker wrote the feelings, thrills, and nerves of young love so beautifully that it truly felt like I was going through it again. Not only that, but Piper and Kyle get a second chance at their romance 13 year later so the reader gets to fall in love with and through this couple twice in the same novel.
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If you ever went to summer camp or wish you went to summer camp, this story will take you (back) there. If you ever experienced first love, you'll relive it through the Piper and Kyle. If you love a swoony love story that will make your heart leap and drop like it's on a roller coaster, you'll love this book. When I finished Say You Still Love Me, I flipped it over and immediately started reading it again -- it's THAT good. It's an extraordinary story that will take you on an enchanting summer adventure full of heart and second chances. I loved this book!

I don't know what took me so long to indulge in a KA Tucker book. Not to mention she is a fellow Canadian. Say You Still Love Me was a beautiful story filled with the nostalgia of living one of your best teenage years and first love. Kyle and Piper's story was writing in "then and now" POV and I loved the reminiscing aspect of the story. All the characters had such great chemistry and interactions with each other. I enjoyed that there wasn't any loser characters rather they just hadn't found what they needed yet. Tucker wrote in the perfect balance of angst and fun that by the end of the story my literary heart was full and smiling. I also love that the story crosses the YA, New Adult, Contemporary genres.
Such a beautiful read.
D 5/5

I loved The Simple Wild, but just didn't connect with this one as much. I think I would've liked it more if it was just the camp story and not the back and forth time frames. I connected with Piper as a teen but not as much in the present day chapters. This won't stop me from reading future KA Tucker books though--I do love her writing style!

A headstrong, badass business woman and a man from the wrong side of the tracks? Check!
A summer camp romance? Check!
Lots of angst and tension? Check!

This was absolutely everything I wanted it to be and so much more.

Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance full of feels. You know that first love feeling you get when you meet your seemingly perfect match in your teens. The all consuming first time love between Piper Calloway and the boy she meets at summer camp at age 16 is like no other. Almost from first site, there was something about Kyle- his rugged tattoos, confidence...aura surrounding him. She’s the high society girl from the city whose mother makes her spend a summer as camp counselor and he’s the guy who has more family in jail than not, him <I>needing</I> this income to survive. Different backgrounds, different lives...one connection. One summer and then nothing until he walks in the door of her high-rise building. She the CEO and he the new security guard. Still huge social differences but one connection that seems to stand the test of time but can social differences, standings make their relationship impossible?

I liked this. I really did. It took me a while to get through it though. Not sure if it was the length or my attention span to it was a bit wavering. Regardless, I love a good second chance romance but the added angst of their huge social differences and just how they intend to make that work captured my interest most. A slow burn romance that’s a great story for all romance readers!

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This book was made for summertime reading! Summer camp sweethearts Kyle and Piper reconnect after 13 years. Piper never knew what happened to Kyle after camp and when he shows up in her life in the most unexpected place, she doesn’t know what to do. It doesn’t take her long to decide though :)

Even if that’s all there was to this story, it would have been good, but there is so much more. I would say this book was more chick-lit with romance as the underlying catalyst of the story. Piper and Kyle’s story had twists and turns that kept me reading and KA Tucker really has a gift for storytelling. This was a really good read!

Aww man this book gave me allllll the feels! It took me back to hat summer days, diving into the lake at summer camp with terrible food but amazing friends. It made me remember all the awkward interactions with strangers that turn into friends and the little moments that happen when you meet someone new. It took me back to all the good summer memories.

K.A. Tucker wrote in, what has become, one of my favorite styles for a novel. The then and now. I love the alternating chapters giving you a little bit of the previous story as you go, along with the current story.

Then 2006, Camp Wawa: Piper has always had everything she has ever needed and wanted, and often times more. But her mother believes being a camp counselor, at a camp she attended at a girl, will give Piper a little bit of normalcy that her privileged life so far hasn’t allowed. Being 16, Piper is not looking forward to eight weeks with strangers in the wilderness. She is only thinking about the end of summer. But when she arrives, she meets new friends, and spots Kyle Miller, a fellow counselor and realizes this may not be so bad after all. As the summer unfolds, Piper is able to experience a lot of first’s. First time jumping off a cliff, skinny dipping, knitting and getting probation to name a few. But the one that sticks with her the longest, the one she never got over ... first love.

Now: Piper, now 29, is newly appointed as the VP of her fathers very profitable real-estate company. She is being primed to take over when her dad retires even if not everyone thinks she is deserving of the role, (like her fathers long time employee Trip). Not only does Piper have to work harder to prove herself not only to her employees and her ex fiancé, but it also to her father as well. Working hard has never been a problem, Piper has always been up for the challenge up until their building hired a new security guard, named Kyle. She suddenly finds herself distracted, reminiscing and questioning everything that took place at Camp Wawa, years before. Thirteen years doesn’t seem like that long ago when your first love, the one that broke your heart, is now looking at you each day when you walk in through the front doors of your office building.

Piper now has the chance to get answers to the questions she has spent years wondering about. Questions that not even with time and new relationships have been erased from the back of her mind. She just needs to decide if hearing the answers (the truth) is going to be worth it.

“I have to stop thinking about the mischievous, playful guy from Camp Wawa. The one who was chasing and charming me from the moment he first laid eyes on me. The one who grabbed my attention from forty feet away and seized my heart not long after.”

As soon as I finished reading Say You Still Love Me, I already wanted to reread it. And spoiler ... I totally did go back and reread/skim some of it. It was that good! I cannot wait to read more of K.A. Tuckers novels, if they are even a fraction as good as this one.

I really liked this book. K.A. Tucker does a great job of mixing the past and the present through alternating chapters. I felt like I was able to get the whole story of these two. Kyle and Piper had that instant connection and since they were at opposite sides of the road-how would they make it work? This was a second chance romance and I just love those types of stories. Kyle was just the best. He was the bad boy with the good heart and I can see why Piper fell for him. What is there not to like? He is what made the book for me. Piper was fierce. Being in a male-dominated world, she needed that strong backbone but I liked how vulnerable she could be at times. It made her real. I enjoyed the parts of when Kyle and Piper together-whether in the past or present. These two had the “it” factor. I loved seeing how their story progressed. The only thing I wished for was more of an epilogue-in the distant future. I was satisfied with the ending but I truly great story leaves you wanting more and that’s what this book did to me. Say You Still Love Me is one of my top reads this year, in a year where everything was ok-good. The writing style, the plot, the characters-it was all amazing.