I loved Nora off script and I enjoyed this as well. The first fifty pages was a little hard to get into, but after that it was a fast read. The pacing of the flashbacks was a little too slow. This is a perfect book you can bring at the beach or lay by the pool.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this free ARC in exchange for the honest review.

I first fell in love with Annabel Monaghan last summer when I read Nora Goes Off Script and recommended it to literally ANYONE who would listen to me. I bought it as gifts and just randomly sent my copy to anyone who I thought might like it (which is to say literally anyone). As someone who doesn't particularly enjoy romance, I found this one to be my ideal romance. I read it so quickly and simply couldn't put it down. It wasn't as strong as Nora but I will still be recommending this one to anyone who read and enjoyed Nora.

My one criticism in this book is the infidelity storyline. I cannot abide by any sort of glamorizing of unfaithfulness as I truly value security and loyalty in relationships and I don't feel like adding infidelity to the story adds anything - in fact, I think it might take away from it! It didn't wholly distract me from my enjoyment of the book but I do think we could've done without it and could've been a bit more creative in how the two main characters came together.

I had a strange feeling Annabel Monaghan was going to become a must-buy author for me after reading Nora Goes Off Script. Same Time Next Summer has proven that feeling correct.

This is the story of Sam and her upcoming marriage to Jack. It’s also the story of Sam and Wyatt, first loves, in the past, learning what love is. The characters in this book are full of depth. I want to know them all. Reading this, you feel completely immersed in the atmosphere of the house, the ocean, the beach, the families. It’s beautiful and romantic. I highly recommend it.

Thank you to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for the advanced copy.

Thank you Netgalley and Penguin for the ARC of "Same Time Next Summer". I loved" Nora Goes Off Script" and was ecstatic to get this book. The book centers around Wyatt and Sam, childhood friends who spend their summers as next door neighbors at their families beach houses. Sam comes back as an engaged adult, and is shocked to learn that her old flame is still living next door. While I did enjoy this book and it was a very easy read , it felt really predictable to me. That being said, I still enjoyed the story and wanted to see if first loves conquer all.

What happens when you run into you teenage summer love when you’re an adult? And what happens when you’re back at that place where fell in love? And what does your successful fiancé think about it all?

All of these questions and more are answered in Same Time Next Summer. It’s the perfect engrossing beach read, with just enough depth to make it stand out from the pack.

This book was SO SO SO cute and I am so glad I read it. It is worth all the hype it is getting. The pace is great and the characters believable and relatable. I really enjoyed all the turns and just the cozy north east vibes.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this book.

I LOVED this book. The author did an amazing job of writing these characters; I was incredibly hooked from the very beginning, The perfect second-chance romance.

Okay, okay, okay...

THIS is a beach read...

Perfect summer book, great listening, and all the second chance romance vibes I love. On the beach, treehouse, guitar songs, small town, dual POV...you name it.

Same Time Next Summer is about Samantha, a girl who fell in love with a boy at the beach. Things fell apart and she left that seaside beach house only to return later, engaged, planning her wedding and working on making a new life for herself. But coming back to that coastline brings back memories including a boy now grown up still in their treehouse.

This story is an addicting read and fantastic writing as usual by @annabelmonaghan! I devoured this. And though there is a trope in here that's just not my thing, I loved reading this story...every freakin' second! I couldn't stop listening. Wyatt is such a dream! I love how respectful he is and how he brings that swoon without even trying.

After reading Nora Goes Off Script, I just had to get my hands on this book. And I loved it. Read both of these books STAT. #noregrets

*Romance- closed door
*TW- cheating, therapy

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3.5 ⭐️s!

This is the perfect summer romance! (I say as I just finished the book while on a lake)

I thought the story was light, the characters were great, and you get your happy ending. So what more do you need from a second chance romance?

I only knocked down a star because I guess I wanted a little more depth into Sam and Jack’s relationship.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for my eARC!

Fine fine fine. Super easy book to read floating in the lake - but didn’t love like I loved Nora. I felt like it was less substantive.

This is the second book that I have read by this author. This book has all of the vibes for summer reading. Set at the beach on Long Island and full of memories of first love. The story is told over different perspectives and timelines to tell about lovers reconnecting. Love the cover!

This is the book of the summer!! If you want perfect beach vibes, a childhood love, and a happily ever after, this is the feel good book for you. Highly recommend you read near a body of water!

Childhood sweethearts to second chance romance!! I loved seeing the changes she made to begin being true to herself and living her best life. The beach setting with the surfing and the treehouse was just absolutely perfect. Nora Goes off Script was one of my favorite reads last year, and with this one, Annabel Monaghan, has now become an auto buy for me.

This was such a good summer read 😊Reminiscent of Love and Other Words with some sprinkles of Every Summer After and Happy Place. With a smattering of wonderful side characters and the beach town community, I loved Sam and Wyatt's story. While yes, it was a romance, it was also part YA, part exploring some harder topics pretty realistically, and just an overall good book (dare I say I loved it even more than Nora goes off script?!)

Break out your fav beach blanket and go sit in the sand with the waves crashing in the background for a perfect scene to enjoy this story 🏖🌴🥰


Thank you Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for the ARC in exchange for my review!

I really loved this one 🥺 second chance romance just always hits so much and having it set on the beach during summers just brings me back to being a teen and reading the summer I turned pretty for the first time again 🥺 it was heartbreaking seeing Sam trying to shove herself into a box for people that didn’t even care to know her because she’d been conditioned to be ashamed of her feelings and watching her find herself again was beautiful! Sam & Wyatt had so much chemistry and it was obvious that they were meant to be together from the first time they talked and while I hated that they went so long without seeing each other, their breakup felt natural and what they needed at that time. I also loved Sam’s family and getting to see her relationship with each one of them! Just really really enjoyed this one 🥰

Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to receive this book for an honest review.

What would you do if you had it all? Good life, wonderful fiancee and you run into a past love and all those feelings come back.
This is what happens to Sam when she goes to visit a wedding venue. She has a wierd feeling that something is not right.
Then she runs into an old flame named Wyatt. And she starts to have old feelings resurface.

I highly recommend this book. It's is one of those books you want to find out what happens...

This book was really cute I wasn’t a fan of the “then” “now” and how that was written BUT I really enjoyed this read it gave super cute summer feels and I have several friends I will be recommending this to!

4.5 rounded to 5 for good reads.

“You cheat because you think it’s going to make you someone else, that it’s going to save you from your own damn misery. And that’s the lie you’re telling yourself.”

“Another person is not going to turn you into anything, but who you already are.”

“Sometimes you have to walk away from all the things you don’t want to make room for the future. Blank canvas.”

I totally adored this book. It’s a perfect summer read with charming characters and exceptional pacing.

I was totally invested from start to finish. The progression of the story and the relationships felt so natural. I actually forgot I was reading several times. Reading this book was like watching a movie play out in my head. Effortless reading is hard to achieve so I’m always psyched when an author is able to craft a story like this.

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the summer and it didn’t disappoint. I’m really excited to see what Annabel Monaghan comes up with next.

Annabel Monaghan has written the next feel-good summer romance for 2023. Filled with likable characters and an ideal beach setting, readers of Elin Hilderbrand, Emily Henry and Suzanne Park will love Same Time Next Summer.

Sam’s life appears to be perfect - a great job in Manhattan and an ideal fiance. When she returns to her family’s Long Island beach house to scout out wedding venues, her teenage memories come flooding back including her romance with neighbor Wyatt. Sam starts to question her life choices and begins to rediscover her true self.

A second-chance romance filled with relatable characters. You will route for the main character, Sam, as she grows throughout the novel. A sweet, light and pleasurable read for the summer. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

A fun beach read by the author who wrote Nora Goes Off Script. What happens when you come face to face with your first love 14 years later, when you bring home your fiance? Sam is engaged to Jack, a doctor who has strict rules about everything. Sam has molded herself into the perfect doctor's fiance, bending to his wishes without expressing her own. One weekend they go to the family's house on Long Island and next door is Wyatt, the one who got away and broke her heart when she was 16. Over the course of that summer, Sam begins to take stock of her life and finally confronts Wyatt about what happened so long ago. She realizes she has never gotten over Wyatt, and will have to decide whether she wants to marry Jack, or take a second chance on Wyatt.