My thanks to Flame Tree Press, Glenn Rolfe and Netgalley.
I've been reading everything and anything I can find from Glenn for years. Mr. Rolfe has been a favorite of mine for a very long time! I always say "don't fuck with me, and I won't fuck with you."
G!enn ain't fucking around here. This shit broke my heart...
Mr. Rolfe knows my depravity level on vampires. This wasn't close to what I want...but, he does know that dead happens. 😯 I do love an author who isn't afraid to kill people. I still have one favorite book from Glenn. I love his Haunted Hall books. Those s.o.b.s..scared me! This was as good as, "for me.."
I love seeing Mr. Rolfe do well! I am not a fan of most vampire books. I think most are lame.
This wasn't what I love in vampire book's, but I can't lie and say I didn't enjoy it!

Thank you to Netgalley, Flame Tree Press and Glenn Rolfe for this advanced readers copy!

This was a super fun read that gave off some serious Lost Boys vibes! There is even a dedication at the beginning that reads; “For all the Lost boys out there. Thou shalt not fall.” Great. Now I have that song stuck in my head Glenn! Lol 😂.

Until Summer Comes Around is a coming of age story that takes place in a small seaside tourist town in 1986. When Rocky’s cousin Axel leaves for the summer, Rocky is pretty bummed...until he meets November; a beautiful girl visiting for the summer. But when kids start going missing and people start getting murdered, we get to see deeper into November’s family history, and meet who’s responsible for all the gruesome killings.


As I said before, there are some serious Lost Boy vibes to this story, which I loved by the way, but Glenn puts his own original spin on the classic vampire tale. I loved the characters, they were very likable and relatable. The setting was perfectly described to make you feel as if you were a part of the story without going overboard with descriptions and details.

After reading this one, I’m definitely excited to read more of Glenn’s work. Watch for this one when it officially releases May 21, 2020!

Oh, this is such a fun vampire romp! With shades of Fright Night and Lost Boys, author Glenn Rolfe brings us tearing back into 1980’s horror and he does so with a bloody vengeance!

You’ve got characters to root for, a villain to hate, and a very damaged character who just may be a monster at heart.

Expect blood, heartbreak, and some nail-biting suspense!

A truly terrific tale that I loved,

*ARC Provided via Net Galley

My thanks to Glenn Rolfe, Flame Tree Press and Netgalley for this ARC - this is my unbiased review.

I've discovered Glenn's books about two years ago and I have read a few, which I liked for the most part. What impressed me most with his previous stories was his potential to become a truly great writer some day, one that will make a huge impact.

I had to distance myself a bit for this review, and you will understand what I mean if you read this review all the way through.

There is something truly magical when a coming-of-age story can take you back to a certain point in your life. If these stories are done right, they dig their long fingers into a place in your memory where they will stick for the rest of your life. But, in order to achieve this, they have to be done right.

Glenn Rolfe is progressing as a writer, and he is certainly heading in the right direction. Having read a bit of his newer work, this book is on the next level. And while I was silently rooting for him, the quality of this piece of fiction surprised even me. This is the book that will push him up to the level of some much bigger names in the horror genre.

And, while this book is much tamer than what I got used to from this author, it was done right for this specific story.

While I can't put it in the same league as IT, BOY'S LIFE or SUMMER OF NIGHT, I can say that this story will push the author much closer to the audience who enjoyed the three top books in this specific genre. Who knows, fans of those stories might be just as pleasantly surprised as I was.

However, I am not a fan of vampire romance - I like my vampires mean and evil - since I just couldn't get TWILIGHT (Or the bastardization of the vampire story - as I think of it) out of my head. While I completely understand that this might connect with a younger audience, it just doesn't float my boat.
And that is the ONLY reason why I can't give this book 5 STARS!

I highly recommend it to horror fans who still like their stories more PG-13.

I freaking LOVED this book. From the very first page I knew this book was going to be special. I was pulled in immediately byt he writing and characters. For me the story invokes feelings of teenage love and hopefulness. Longings for that innocence and times past, something lost you can never hold again. Again, i absolutely loved this book. There was nothing in here I didn't like.
Rocky is a teen growing up in a summer tourist town. One day he meets November and he falls for her. Only November isn't like other girls. About this time, people start disappearing into thin air. No witnesses, no leads. Something or someone is stalking the town and you find out pretty early on who it is. Although you know who it is and why, this book is hard to put down. The characters are so likable, you have to keep reading to see what happens to them.
This is a vampire book and there is gore (it didn't bother me, I didn't find it excessive or extreme). I think all fans of vampire stories need to read this book. Way to go Glenn! This is fantastic.

Thank you so much to NetGalley for the ARC and the chance to read this book early.

So, I didn't really know what to expect coming into this novel, however, I was blown away by a vampire story that reminded me of The Lost Boys in novel form. I like the characters, the environment, the gore, the background, basically everything about this novel. Recommended for those looking for a 'fun' and easy horror novel. Flame Press do it again!

I liked the synopsis of this one so jumped it up to the top of my TBR pile. I’m a sucker for seaside towns myself so the setting of this one felt like it would be right up my street. Through in what sounded like a coming of age story and I was sold. Rolfe writes a fabulous setting in this one. You feel as if you are there. I spend my summers visiting little coastal towns in the UK and this story could have taken place in any one of them.
The characters in the story were loveable and well written. Loved there names too. Rocky and November. Most teen boys have gone through the heartache that comes with meeting a gorgeous girl on holiday only to realise that it can never last. At that age, you have so little control over your life. You go where your parents go. The love seems all the stronger knowing that inevitably it will come to an end. Everything is so raw in your teens. First experiences before you are jaded by life.
Throughout all of this the book is a vampire tale. It’s easy to make comparisons to The Lost Boys with it being a vamp story set in a town with a boardwalk, but I found myself thinking of Richard Laymons Funland quite a few times. That’s not to say any of the storyline is all that similar but I get the feeling that Glenn is a fan of some of the same things that I am.
I don’t want to give away any of the story because I hate reviews that do that. What I will say is the book is well written, has great pacing and brought back a lot of memories for me of my own youth, holidays, girls I met and still managed to weave a solid horror story throughout.
I highly recommend this book.

Summer of 1986 the wind blows hot, tourists are everywhere and it seems like it's going to be a long summer for fifteen year old Rocky. His cousin, who just happens to be his best friend, has gone to England until school starts back up again. The days are pretty uneventful and long, that is until Rocky lays his eyes on November who seems like your typical all American girl. The two share an immediate connection yet there is more to her, a dark secret about her family that will change this summer forever.
You know I am not one for vampires, I have never been a big fan and with the Twilight craze a couple years ago just pushed me from the genre entirely. But with a new year is a new me which means I am going to try to read more outside my comfort zone and Glenn Rolfe’s novel “Until Summer Comes Around” did just that for me. Yes it was a love story between a very unlikely pair but it went well together without it being unhealthy and toxic like something else *cough, cough*. It made you feel like a teen again and I really loved that. Plus the killings? I dig it, that is why I wanted to read it in the first place so sweet love story with vampire murders sign me up!
Character wise I thoroughly enjoyed the main protagonist Rocky he was extremely likeable from the moment we meet him. His character growth, though it was a shortish story, went with grace along with never being a bore to read. Although I will say that despite what Glenn Rolfe was going for I found the antagonist Gabriel reminded me of those weird guys in school who thought they were vampires.You know the ones who had the fake fangs and never washed their hair, but on the other hand Gabriel does cause a lot of chaos in this book. I just couldn't take his character as seriously as I wanted or was intended. I mean when he was described by his own sister as crossing the line of wanting to be an old lore vampire, ones that go out only at night and sleeping in coffins she could relate to him being kind of a joke. I just wish he was scarier in his own right rather than just threatening his family to get away with his business.
All in all I was very satisfied with this novel and look forward to reading more by Glenn Rolfe and definitely recommend other readers to keep an eye out for his work.

I love to read thematically. And this wasn’t as counterintuitive of a choice as one might think for December 31st. This was specifically selected to take my mind from the nonfunctioning heating system and transport to somewhere warmer. Specifically summer on the beach. Though Maine might not be a personal favorite for such a destination, it certainly seems to be the state for all too many horrific tales and this is one of those. Well, technically it’s a charming nostalgia tinted boy meets girl story set in 1986 in a small beach town on coastal Maine. The boy is a local, the girl is a tourist. The boy is a regular 15 year old, obsessed with comics, cars and girls. The girl is a vampire. That’s right, a vampire. It’s a vampire story, one of my least favorite genre presets and yet…this was pretty fun. The vampire lore here (underdeveloped as it was) presents the creatures as fairly ordinary and actively trying to fit in, except for the girl’s brother who is properly orthodox about the entire thing and takes advantage of their vacation to go maniacally homicidal and blood crazy. So that eventually it’s down to his sister and her new boyfriend to stop the madness. Pretty straight forward story, really. I’ve been reading the author for a while now, mixed results, but he’s always striving to improve and I appreciate that quality. There are still some stylistic limitations, especially noticeable with characterizations, but overall the story worked. It’s probably best to think of it as an 80s pastiche of sorts, maybe like an 80s throwback movie than a narrative masterwork of young love, because it has that sort of neon charm. And such nice kids. The mad vampire brother was laughable, though, cheesy in a silly way. Some subtlety would go a long way to make him into a more menacing terror, but then again vampire genre was never really all that into subtlety in the first place. Plus the story is told from the boy’s perspective, so it’s logical for it to concentrate on his side of the experience and his perspectives. There’s a fairly serious epilogue to the story, giving things a much welcome mature finish. So yeah, not a perfect story, occasionally lacking, but overall it did succeed in delivering that slice of a forgotten time in a sunny sandy place, first love, first car, first tragedy…a proper coming of age tale, innocence demolished by real world’s ugliness. Nothing was quite as nicely done as the setting, you can hear the ocean in the pages almost. Or maybe I’m just aggressively projecting personal needs into fiction. Either way, this was pretty fun. Might hold you over until the summer comes around again. Thanks Netgalley.

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“Until summer comes around by Glenn rolfe”
Release date may 21 , 2020
Rocky is in the greatest tourist attraction, the beach during the summer. Rocky practically falling face first for this girl named November who is visiting for the summer. The cutest coming of age love story that goes terrible wrong! November has a brother who is quit controlling and oh their family has the ultimate secret! Glenn rolfe draws you in on this summer vacation fun in the sun and makes you fall in love, all the while darkest and sorrow slowly creeps in. I loved this book so much. I read and finished this book in 3 days. I wish I didn’t have to eat, work, or sleep so I could have devoured it even faster. Monsters, young love & coming of age what more could you ask for! ☺️🌟This is a perfect summer read.

I found this vampire novel to be both disappointing and uninspiring. The 1980s fairground setting was the strongest feature, giving it a nice sense of time and place, and central character, fifteen year old Rocky was engaging, but the rest was weak. Rocky meets a girl called November who is apparently visiting his town for the summer and he falls instantly in love/lust with her. However, she is a vampire and so are the rest of her family. These vampires are incredibly boring and the novel does not follow normal lore rules; they can come out in the day, live fairly normal lives and only drink human blood occasionally. Her elder brother Gabriel is the exception and is a killer. As leading 'villains' go this character was incredibly dull as he starts to kill off a few of the locals. There really was not much more to this very undemanding and fairly boring novel.

Glenn Rolfe is a recent discovery for me, my introduction to the author was the new re-release of the modern werewolf classic, Blood and Rain. Imagine my excitement when I discovered that he has joined Flametree Press, one of my favorite publishers, for his newest novel, Until Summer Comes Around.

Rocky Zukas is in a bit of a bind. His best friend and cousin Axel is going away for the summer, leaving Rocky to enjoy the season at the beautiful Old Orchard Beach by himself. Things quickly go on an upturn for Rocky as he meets a summer vacationer named November. The summer of love threatens to become the summer of blood, because something sinister has come to Old Orchard Beach, something thirsty.

Fans of Rolfe may think that they know what to expect with his latest offering, but as someone who’s been reading his whole back catalog very recently, I’m pleasantly surprised that Until Summer Comes Around has exceeded those expectations. I don’t typically mention author acknowledgements in my review, but there is one here where the author thanked Tim Waggoner for advice on outlining a story. Why is that relevant to this review? Whatever advice Waggoner shared seems to have paid off in spades because of all of the Rolfe titles I’ve read, this is far and away the tightest, most cohesive novel that Rolfe has written. Pages aren’t wasted here, everything serves the story, and there is an excellent job of building the characters and putting you smack dab in the middle of 1980’s Old Orchard Beach. I’ve been to Old Orchard Beach a few times, and Rolfe brought me right back.

The book spends the early chapters setting the scene, doing some world building and developing the characters. There’s some bloodshed early on, but as the story unfolds everything escalates and there’s some real tension leading up to the ultimately satisfying conclusion.

Until Summer Comes Around, much like Rolfe’s previous title, The Window, is a coming of age tale. I know some people found the gratuitous sex in the previous offering to be too much, I’d still recommend giving this one a try as the sex here is toned down.

After finishing Until Summer Comes Around, I’ve decided that this is easily my favorite Glenn Rolfe book. Some may disagree, they may be more nostalgic for a title such as the excellent blood and rain. Having just discovered the author recently, the nostalgia flys over my head. There’s no denying that Rolfe’s writing here is the best it’s ever been. I’d recommend this to anybody.

Glenn Rolfe and Flametree press have teamed up for a title that I’d not only rank as Rolfe’s best, but I’d also rank it amongst my other favorite Flametree Press titles.