Unfortunately for me I never really connected with the characters from this story. Wyatt and Sam never really felt like they had what it took to stick together in the present time and I struggle with romances when they are kids because it feels a little too YA for me. So really all around this didn’t work for me the way I was hoping it would. Everyone else I have seen has been raving about this book so I was very surprised when it just wasn’t my cup of tea. Anyone who loved “Every Summer After” I know will devour this book.

Same Time Next Summer is sure to be a favorite this summer. It takes me back to first loves and summers at the beach. Sam thinks she has her life figured out. She returns to her childhood summer home with her fiancé to to meet up with her first love. Throughout the story she learns about herself and that things aren’t always what they seem. I appreciate NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

You know a book is perfection when you don’t want it to end and when you are thinking about what the characters are doing while you’re not reading the book. Annabelle Monaghan has crafted a beautiful love story that spans decades between Samantha, daughter of hippie artists and Wyatt the son of parents who seem to have fallen out of love. Wyatt and Sam come together every summer at their beach houses until one summer when something happens to change everything. This book, just like her last one, Nora Goes off Script, will be in my top 10 Reads of the year I’m sure!

Thanks to the publisher for my advanced copy of Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan. I absolutely adored Nora Goes Off Script last year and was sp looking forward to this book and I was so sad in didn't like this more.

It seemed like a watered down Every Summer After mixed with Sweet Home Alabama. And just couldn't root for Sam, the emotional cheating isn't a storyline I can get behind. Loved the family and setting though...

Read if you loved:
🏖️ Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
❤️ Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Automatic 5⭐️ if you make me cry, and this book did it. I absolutely loved Sam’s & Wyatt’s story. This is the perfect beach read. I just flew through it. Run, don’t walk to grab this book when it comes out on Tuesday!!

TY @netgalley and @putnambooks for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Sam’s life is on track- she is engaged to a doctor, has a well paying job, and is planning her wedding. She and her fiancé return to her family’s summer beach home and she is faced with the one who got away- her teenage heartbreak, Wyatt. Sam can’t escape the memories of her past, and needs to decide what it means for her future.

This is a perfect summer beach read! It reminds me a bit of some of my favorite summer reads- Every Summer After and Love and Other Words, though the plots are different. The beachfront setting, it’s always been you/second chance at love tropes, and family drama all add to this romance for a binge-worthy summer book. This was my first book written by this author but I’m looking forward to reading more from her!

Thank you to Annabel Monaghan, GP Putnam’s Sons, and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

I WILL eat up second chance tropes for childhood sweethearts EVERY TIME!!!

𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 - a decade ago, Wyatt and Sam were irrevocably 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲. She was the 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲 to his 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. But then like sparkles, their relationship exploded and they lost touch. Now, Sam's getting married to a steady guy in their very predictable wedding but her heart's not in it. Cut to Wyatt dropping in on unfeeling wedding preparations to jerk back Sam's heart - if only it was that easy.

That man was 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, in love. The whole I'd marry you t̶̶o̶̶m̶̶o̶̶r̶̶r̶̶o̶̶w̶ today sort.
But then he broke Sam's heart and lost her. Now he's got some groveling to do and Sam's got some forgiveness to give(? idk).

"𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯," 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴.

"𝘋𝘰 𝘸𝘦?" 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.

"𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳."

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.

Anyways those two are head over heels and they'll be okay together. I wanna talk about who's teaching little Gracie to act bigger than her age 😭😂.

My mini review in French!
C'est la perfection et je suis amoureux <3

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Get your tbr lists ready, it'll be out June 6th.

Perfect for fans of The Infinity Between Us and Every Summer After.

3.97 / 5✩

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯.

SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER, what a great way to kick off summer reading.

Sam and Wyatt summer teen love that starts even before they know it. First childhood friends that bloom into teen love. After several summers and a family shock turmoil sets in that Wyatt finds tough to handle. Fast forward 14 years. Sam revisits the beach with possible plans to marry Jack. Stay at the beach with her family, which is quirkier when at the beach than in the city. Jack shows his true colors of not loving Sam's dreams. Paths cross with Wyatt Hmm, I wonder where this will lead.


Thank you NetGalley for this amazing ARC.

Annabel Monaghan has done it again! Same Time Next Summer is such a good beach read with emotion. The story of young love, how it broke, and how it came back together again. The beach makes the perfect background to this romance. I loved this book and read it in 2 days. 5 ⭐️!

3.5⭐️
Sam is back at her family’s Long Island beach house looking at wedding venues when she runs into her childhood friend and first love, Wyatt that she has not seen in 14 years since they split. This story has a past and present timeline where you get to see her and Wyatt grow up together and fall in love and what led to their breakup in the past and their reunion in the future. Sam has to make a choice on what life she wants to live and who she wants to be.

Such a cute & quick second chance romance summer read!! I loved the Long Island and beach house setting so much! I enjoyed the past and present timeline and seeing how Sam became the person she became in the present time. I thought her character development and how she really found herself again by the end of the book was really great! I wish we had gotten a little more in the past chapters to help connect a little more with Sam and Wyatt, but overall it was a cute second chance story!

A perfect summer romance that you will not be able to put down! Sam returns to the beach with her glossy fiance, ready to commit her life to a solid, organized, reputable man. But when she has a run-in with her first true love, Wyayy, everything she thinks she wants turns a little fuzzy.

Thank you, NetGalley, for an advanced copy of this novel.

This was a cute summer romance second chance love book! I liked how the story jumped timelines to show how the characters acted back in their teens and how that led up to their point in the present day.

I felt like I’ve read similar plots to this one before. I wish it had a twist to it. It was easy to predict what was going to happen which isn’t a bad thing.

I read Nora Goes Off Script last summer and LOVED it!

Thanks for letting me read this before it was published on June 6th!

It’s hard for any book to follow Nora Goes Off Script, which spoke to me so personally. I loved this story, about Sam and her relationship with/to herself and her past even moreso than it was about Sam and her relationship with/to Wyatt. It tugged at your heartstrings and was uplifting and really felt like a day at the beach.

I adore second chance romance novels, especially with main characters in their thirties, and jumped at a chance to read Annabel Monaghan’s newest adult novel. I always appreciate how the stories focus not just on the MCs’ love lives, but also their careers and where they see themselves settling down. Those struggles are so realistic and relatable for me.

While I appreciate those tropes, this story didn’t add any new or novel elements. Maybe I’ve just read too many romance novels lately, but while I emphasized with Sam’s heartbreak and Wyatt’s anger, this story just seemed like a carbon copy of all the others. The writing style also made it hard for me to engage with the book. It felt like I was reading someone else’s narration of the characters lives rather than experiencing their unique POVs. After loving Nora Goes Off Script, this one just didn’t live up to my high expectations. Overall, though, this was a quick read and I think readers will enjoy it as intended - during summertime on the beach.

Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam/G. P. Putnam’s Sons for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

This will certainly be on my Top 10 List for Summer 2023. From the first paragraph I couldn’t put it down… and I didn’t. I read the entire book in an afternoon. The perfect summer setting returning to the summer home on the beach. Nostalgic memories of a first love who just happens to be there. A fiancé who doesn’t really know who she is. Start to finish a great summer read. Thank you Net Galley for a copy of this book.

*3.5

I really enjoyed this. I think that the past and present storylines were done very well and fit together nicely. Wyatt and Sam are a good second chance couple. There was just something about the writing of the book that threw me off. I feel like something about the super short chapters and it being in third person made it so I couldn't connect to the characters.

I received an arc through netgalley.

“Her body felt so right in the summer that it stretched and grew until the straps of her bathing suit left deep marks on her shoulders”

I think this is the genre of romance that I love the most; summertime first love/second chance. This one is for those who loved Every Summer After and Love & Other Words.

highlights:
east coast summer (long island & nyc)
romantic nostalgia
likable characters
satisfying ending
dual POV & timeline
main character named Wyatt causing me to picture Wyatt from Ozark the entire book
perfect beach read

I loved this book so much & will definitely be picking up Annabel's first book!

Oh what a lovely summer 2nd chance romance! I just couldn't put this down and fell in love with the main characters and their journeys apart and together.

Nora Goes off Script was my favorite romcom of last year and Monaghan didn't disappoint with this one! She has a beautiful way of creating a main romance you root for and care about along with an incredibly entertaining cast of family members that you just fall in love with.

I love that this novel is a second chance romance featuring a friendship that blossoms into a romance all in the setting of a small town beach community. There was one little trope that bothers me in books - especially in this modern age of social media and googling - but overall this was such an enjoyable read and gave me all the good feels.

I also appreciate that Monaghan writes romance is a sexy way without going into all the details and spicy scenes. That's just me but I must prefer a closed door romance to an open door romance that has my face read and checking to make sure no one is looking over my shoulder and seeing what I'm reading!

I highly recommend this book - but first Nora Goes Off Script if you haven't already read it! This will definitely be the romcom of the summer and I cannot wait to see what this author does next!

Thank you to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

What a fantastic summer read! Truly the epitome of the perfect beach read. I can’t wait for readers to get their hands on this one!

Similar to Every Summer After, we have Samantha (Sam) and Wyatt spending every summer together at their families’ beach homes on Long Island. They find a rare love in each other that most people can only ever dream of. They dream of forever together. But then, an unexpected bombshell between their families forces them apart. Neither of them deal well with it.

Years later, Sam is now engaged & Wyatt is out in LA. They’re both back at the beach for the summer. Sam’s planning her wedding & Wyatt is in town to help with a music festival. They realize how much they’ve grown and changed, not necessarily for the better. The thing I loved about these two is that they only wanted the best for the other, even if that meant they couldn’t be together.

I was very anxious because I was afraid we would have cheating in this book. Sam is, after all, engaged to Jack. Sam & Wyatt’s reunion is a foregone conclusion given the nature of a book like this. I didn’t want to get to that finish line if it involved cheating, though. Thankfully (and hopefully this isn’t too much of a spoiler), there’s no cheating.

This book was very reminiscent of Every Summer After, but I didn’t find that the similar story lines kept me from enjoying the book at all. I felt so many emotions as I read it. It truly felt well thought/mapped out. The author knew what her end goal was & she told a beautiful story to get her readers there.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Be sure to check this out when it hits shelves on June 6th!

Sam is engaged to her seemingly perfect for her fiance Jack and they have what is what she would describe as a nearly perfect relationship and life together. Everything just fits. Sam heads to her childhood beach house to visit wedding venues when she gets hit with a blast from the past or rather an ex, her first true love, maybe her only true love? Wyatt. Beautiful, soulful, heart- crushing, guitar playing Wyatt.

Annabel Monaghan, the author of Nora Goes off Script has written another masterpiece and the book of 2023 in Same Time Next Summer. A beautiful, thoughtful and thought provoking novel that takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions and years of love and hurt and the reactions to that. We see these beautiful characters grow from their experiences and turn into the people they are today who can maybe learn to love again? But whom do they fall in love with?

Read this stunning novel to find out everything you ever needed and wanted to know about love and life!