This is the perfect summer read, recommended for fans of Every Summer After and The Summer I Turned Pretty. This book has a first love, second chance romance and all the beach vibes.

While I generally enjoyed this book, there were a few things that really bothered me. The pacing felt off. Switching between the past and present was good for context, but the author just kept random details from the reader for a long time, and it didn’t serve a good purpose (like why Sam thought she was getting fired). Additionally, the present day Wyatt felt like a one dimensional character and came across a little bland. If we didn’t see the past flashbacks, then there would pretty much be no romance. Finally, Sam was a hard heroine to root for. Every single thing that happened in this book made it very evident that she did not want to marry Jack and by doing so, she would lose herself. She kept on with the lie she was telling herself for so long. At one point Wyatt confronts her and also asks why her family hadn’t stepped in and that was another great point. Like, hello, they should’ve staged an intervention!

Anyways, decent book but my frustrations overwhelmed my enjoyment.

I think it might be early to say this but I suspect this will be The book of the summer. We have all read the story before. Only this time it feels so genuine and real. Sam is about to get married md goes to her family’s beach house for a weekend before the wedding planning kicks into high gear.

The story is told from two points of view, in both present time and during the summer of their years in high school. It was nice to read about an imperfect family who still manages to make it work. If you’re looking for a fun summer read, this will not disappoint.

Thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for the ARC.

This was one of my most anticipated books for the summertime and I was thrilled to receive this ARC. I loved Annabel Monaghan's first book Nora Goes off Script so I was very anxious to read the author's next book. Same Time Next Summer did not disappoint! Second chance romance is my fav of all the troupes and this one was done to perfection! I loved the tension, the connection between two families (wow, did not see that coming!) and the ending (I didn't want it to end...I wish there was more!) I thought this was unique, and fast-paced and anytime you put a story beachside I am totally in! A perfect beach read for sure! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I have been hearing all about Nora Goes Off Script and when I saw the same author wrote this book, I was very excited to check it.

Sam spent every summer at her parents beach house in Long Island where she met the boy next door Wyatt and falls deeply in love with him. Sam gets her heart broken and has not returned since. Now Sam is engaged and headed to Long Island to check out a wedding venue to please her mom, but upon arriving Wyatt is there…

The story unfolds bouncing back and forth between present and past outlining how they met, spent their summers, fell in love, broke up, how it destroyed both of them and eventually led them back to the beach.

Sam has doubts about her fiancé, but mostly who she is after reacquainting with Wyatt. Sam’s quirkly parents and sassy grandparents were fun supporting characters.

Without giving spoilers, I devoured this book in two days and absolutely loved the ending! 5 stars!

I was interested in reading this book because I loved Nora Goes Off Script by the same author. I thought this book was cute. The author’s writing style is easy to read. I enjoy reading romance novels with happy endings, and this one did not disappoint. I thought there was a hole in the storyline I would have liked to see explained. Without giving too much away, I would have liked to know how/when Wyatt forgave Sam’s father. He was the center of Wyatt and Sam’s downfall. This would be a nice book to read this summer as you lay by the pool or go to the beach.

Same time next summer

This book will make a great summer beach read. The location of this book spoke to me personally, living on Long Island my entire life and living in NYC for a few years. I loved the references to the midtown tunnel, Long Island expressway, sunrise highway, eastern Long Island and the ocean. All places I know well.

I think this author does a great job connecting to you to the characters quickly and keeping that connection throughout the entire story.

3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What I enjoyed about this book:
-Dual POV
-Dual Timeline
-Young Love
-Beach setting
-Family dynamics

What did not work for me
-I found myself becoming frustrated with the characters at times.
-I wanted more time with the two main characters in present day once they connected.

Overall, I enjoyed this book but it did not hook me as much as her first book Nora Goes Off Script. That being said, I would definitely check out any more books from this author!

Check out Same Time Next Summer

If you like books featuring…
Dual Timeline love stories
Men who play guitar
East coach beach vacation settings

Great for fans of…
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Every Summer After by Carly Fortune
The Notebook (HBOMax)

Same Time Next Summer reminded me of Every Summer After mixed with a bit of Sweet Home Alabama. If you're looking for characters that grow throughout the book and have chemistry together, this us a great read for you. It's full of small town vibes, summer love, and second chances.

The young romance between Sam and Wyatt was so sweet, and watching them grow separately and find themselves was rewarding to read.

This book gave me all the warm and cozy feels. Each time I picked it up, I didn't want to put it down. Looking forward to Annabel Monaghan's next one.

After reading and loving Nora Goes Off Script in 2022, I was delighted to receive the ARC for Annabel Monaghan’s second book. I LOVED this second chance romance and I think it is the perfect summer beach read. This is definitely one of my favorite summer romance novels that I have ever read. It was a real page turner with quick chapters and I couldn’t put it down. I really enjoyed the entire cast of characters and their development over the course of the book, even minor characters such as Sam’s grandparents.

I would have liked to read a few more chapters about Wyatt and Sam at the end of the book, but this is still a 4.5 ⭐️ read for me. I can’t wait to see what the author writes next!

This is my second Annabel Monaghan book and I cannot get enough. I effortlessly slip into the pages of her novels; her characters feel like friends. I wasn't sure if I could like another book as much as I liked Nora Goes Off Script but Same Time Next Summer is wonderful in a different way.

Second chance romance isn't always my favorite genre but there was something about Sam and Wyatt's young love that was compelling. Was Wyatt just an addiction? Or were they really in love? I enjoyed how we met the grown up versions of Sam and Wyatt first, before going back in time and seeing them fall in love as teenagers. The book is told primarily from Sam's point of view but the Wyatt chapters were nice insight into the relationship from his perspective.

My only complaint is that the book was over too fast! I would have liked to see Sam and Wyatt settle into their new, grown-up relationship.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

My love for Same Time Next Summer is huge. Initially Sam and Jack appear to be the perfect couple with their lives mapped out. Visiting Long Island to look at a wedding venue to appease Sam's parents seems harmless, until Sam finds out her childhood best friend and high school sweetheart, Wyatt is in town.

I was completely consumed, it's so well developed and written. Sam, Jack, Wyatt, and all the other characters bring so much to the story without being overwhelming but also maintaining their individuality. I absolutely adored watching Sam come back to herself and learn who she really is and wants to be. The alternating time lines and seeing how Sam and Wyatt evolve summer by summer is perfection. The heartache, the love, the support, the secrets, all come together so beautifully. Set against the backdrop of a small coastal town, Same Time Next Summer is one of the best books I've read, I can not recommend it enough.

“If you’ve loved someone your whole life, it kind of makes sense that you’d love them forever.”

After reading and LOVING Nora Goes Off Script last year I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the author’s latest book, Same Time Next Summer.

With the same great writing this book focuses on Sam & Wyatt, whose childhood friendship during summers at the beach in Long Island turns into more when they are teenagers.

Much like the books Every Summer After & Love and Other Words, something happens to break them up. Sam does not return to her family’s beach house until years later, when she is planning her wedding to another man.

Nora will always have a special place in my heart but I enjoyed Same Time Next Summer as well. I really appreciated how the reason they broke up was an original one.

Same Time next Summer publishes on June 6th just in time for summer reading. I think this would make a great beach/poolside read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Penguin Group Putnam for an advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley + Putnam Books for the gifted digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed Annabel's previous book, Nora Goes Off Script, and it was a joy to read her latest novel, Same Time Next Summer!

We follow Sam Holloway to her family's beach on Long Island, a place that she holds close to her heart but hasn't been to in several years. She's only going because her mom wants Sam and her fiancé, Jack, to consider the beach town for their upcoming wedding, and Sam figures it's safe to return because her first love, Wyatt Pope, won't be there.

But he is, and he's just as wonderful as she remembers, and being around him brings out a side of her, perhaps the most authentic side of her, that has laid dormant for years. As she tries to reconcile the past with the present so she can look toward the future, Sam finds herself questioning everything she knows about her and Wyatt's love story, her current relationship, and how in tune she is with herself. When the time comes, what choice will she make — and which version of herself will she become?

This was a breezy, perfect beach read (even with some of the heavier components). Annabel's style is very casual, which lends itself to being perfect for a book like this. I saw a lot of myself in Sam, watching her mold into a version of herself that she didn't really recognize but convinced herself was fine, because she had landed a man like Jack. I also loved that Wyatt could see right through it and help pull the authentic Sam out of the shell she had created, even if it meant tense interactions.

The pacing is good, though I'm not the hugest fan of going back and forth between tenses. Annabel did mark every time we were going back and then coming forward again, and we stopped going backward once we hit a certain point of the book. That's really my biggest critique, I think it makes sense for the story, but it's also sometimes a little difficult to remember where we left off in the present when we've been in the past for several chapters.

Some of the dialogue felt a LITTLE juvenile for adults almost in or in their 30s, but I chalked that up to being caught up in feeling 15 again, which made sense if you really put yourself in Sam's shoes while reading.

All in all, another 4-star read from Annabel Monaghan, and I'm excited for everyone to read this when it comes out June 6!

This review also appeared on Goodreads.

When a childhood lovers plot set at the beach in the summer calls, I pick up.

This is definitely a good (and quick!) read for the summer! Especially if you're looking for something to bring with you on a trip. Sam is caught between her future––Jack, her Type A fiance, who plays golf recreationally, wears button-up shirts, and never sees her for who she is, just who he wants her to be––and her past––Wyatt, the cute, boy-next-door who plays guitar and writes songs about her in a treehouse, the guy she fell in love with and got her heart broken by well over a decade ago. But...does she want to get married? Does she even want to get married to Jack, who keeps trying to mold her into something she isn't? And can she reconcile with Wyatt and forgive him for how their love story ended?

Honestly, I wasn't entirely sold on Sam as a main character, nor her fiance Jack (which was to be expected since he's intentionally written as the one to specifically NOT root for). I found her to be sort of whiny and I just wasn't all that connected to her. There's a clear difference between the love (or lack thereof) we see her share with Jack versus the love she shared with Wyatt, and it's very easy to see which one cares about her more. She just kept making excuses to stay with Jack, trying to believe he was the "perfect man" she assumed he was and realized a little too late that he could never live up to that. Sam's eccentric family and Wyatt, my love, are what made the entire book for me. Sam is sort of embarrassed by her family and their artistic and somewhat "strange" ways, but I love them. Though I especially enjoyed learning about how Wyatt got his start in the music business. And seeing how much he cares for Sam's sister, given everything that transpired before she was born, was very heartwarming.

I know a lot of people don't like flashbacks in books, but I'm always a fan of them. They were cute, and I liked seeing the progression of her and Wyatt's relationship. My only complaint about the flashbacks was the POV change...I don't understand why the present timeline was in first-person, but the past was told mostly through Wyatt's POV in third-person? It was a weird back-and-forth. Sticking to either first-person or third-person for the entirety would've been a better choice, I think. And I wish the dual POV from Wyatt and Sam carried through the whole book, too.

Additionally, I think Monaghan *tells* a lot rather than *shows*. Her writing style is very: this is what happened, then I did this, then this occurred. I like to see situations play out and feel like I'm there, you know? But it just felt like someone was reciting the events of their summer in chronological order to me. I still enjoyed the book, nonetheless!

I recommend this book if you're looking for a quick summer read about rekindling an old childhood love and moving on from a stagnant, unhappy city life to something more fulfilling and exciting by the water.

Thank you to Penguin Group Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons and NetGalley for this eARC!!

Thank you to NetGalley, .P. Putnam's Sons and Annabel Monaghan for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fun book to read. Set in the summer with alternate time lines before and now. Since we are still getting snow in April in Minnesota it was fun to get lost in a book that is set at the beach! I enjoyed both the before and now chapters in the book.

It's always fun to look back at the before and wonder what could have been. For Sam she returned to the beach planning her wedding to who she thought was the perfect man. Until she came face to face with the past, Wyatt.. It was easy to get lost in this book with Sam and Wyatt growing up together at the beach and falling in love. Current Sam is not so sure of her life and what she has made of it. It was fun to have her extended family in the now and see how they felt about the younger and current versions of Sam.

In this day and age with social media I find it really hard to believe that Sam never googled Wyatt in the years since she had last seen him. Yes she was told not to do this by a therapist but that was when she was a teenager. Would an adult really not look up her "one true love"? Regardless, this was a really fun book to read and makes you think of the one that got away!

I really enjoyed this book! There's just something very special about a love that spans from childhood to the adult years. Sam's character had gone through a tremendous amount of trauma, and I really felt for her as she began to finally deal with everything she has gone through.

There were some elements missing that I wish the book had. For one, I expected there to be more frustration and anger towards Wyatt displayed. But it seemed like she dropped her wall with him very quickly. An example of this was when she started texting with him, like nothing had happened and no time had passed. This felt a bit out of line, even though I do recognize that it was an important element to reestablishing her relationship with him. But, I think this could've been done in other ways.

I loved how Sam came to the realization that she wasn't living the life she wanted, the life that was true to her.

Overall, a great read that I very much appreciated!

If you are looking for a great book, look no further. This book is funny, witty and entertaining. Annabel Monaghan has a great writing style that grabs you from the beginning. You will sit to read for a few minutes and not want to stop. Great book!

I was a little nervous to read this because I didn’t think the author could possibly follow up with something equally as good as Nora Goes Off Script. I was wrong - I loved this book. It sucked me in from page 1 and kept me wanting more. I loved seeing the growth and evolution of all the characters. This book is going to be a huge summer hit. Definitely a beach read.

I was given an Advanced Reader Copy by NetGalley for an honest review.

it took me a week to finish this book because at 25% in, i knew i did not want it to end. this book is exactly what i needed and annabel monaghan never disappoints. perfect for readers who loved: every summer after, love and other words, and the infinity between us.

thank you netgalley + putnam for my advanced copy.

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan is the absolute perfect beach read for the summer, or really any time of the year. I couldn’t put it down, and had that feeling of not wanting it to end. Sam hasn’t been to her family’s Long Island beach home in many years, ever since her heart was shattered by her childhood friend and eventual boyfriend Wyatt. She’s engaged to marry Jack, and is returning to the place where she spent a majority of her childhood summers to scout locations for a potential wedding venue. As fate would have it, Wyatt is back in town for the summer and feelings and memories that Sam thought were long forgotten resurface.

The flashback narrative is one of my faves, and the author does it so well, making this story that more poignant by seeing what Sam and Wyatt went through as children and then teenagers, and how that shaped their adult lives. Overall, the story was beautifully written and I just fell in love with the setting, characters, and the story.

Annabel Monaghan is becoming a definite instant-buy author for me and I recommend both Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script for the perfect summer read vibes and if you want reads that you WILL NOT be able to put down.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided to me through NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Annabel Monaghan and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for giving me the opportunity to read this book!