SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER
Annabel Monaghan
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I loved NORA GOES OFF SCRIPT so I knew I needed to get my eyes on this second book by Annabel. I loved it and highly recommend you pre-order it…out 6/6/23.

“The sun was low but not down, that last whisper of a summer day that you want to suck dry”

Samantha and Wyatt meet at their summer homes on Long Island when she is 5 and he is 6. Over the summers, they form a great relationship and finally a romance. They surf, swim and hang out in his treehouse basically every day of the summer. A family secret is exposed and Wyatt leaves for CA and Sam is devastated and it takes her a long time to be able to move forward with her life. Fast forward about 12 years and Sam returns to the beach with her fiancé, but she also finds out that Wyatt is there too!! Will they be able to return to the love that they had as teenagers or did they miss their chance.

This book had me laughing and cheering for Wyatt and Sam. I was transported to summer and the beach…one of my favorite places!! I loved this story and it will be one that I will be telling everyone about!!! It will be one of my favorite reads of 2023 for sure!! I devoured it in one sitting as I ignored everything that I needed to be doing!!!

The wildly popular “Nora Goes Off Script” by Annabel Monaghan was one of my top ten reads for 2022, so you can imagine how excited I was to read her follow up novel “Same Time Next Summer”!

30 year old Sam and her fiancé Dr. Jack have the perfect life in New York City. Neat and tidy and full of lots of “clean lines”. Everything is just fine. Except that part where Sam did something out of character (or was it?) at work and now might get fired. It’s really nothing she can’t fix with a week on Long Island at the beach with her family. Probably. When they arrive at the house where Sam spent every summer from age 5 to 17, something feels off. The sounds of an acoustic guitar from the neighboring house can only mean one thing. Wyatt’s here. Her Wyatt. The Wyatt she grew up with and loved intensely the summer she was 16. The same Wyatt who broke her heart and who she hasn’t spoken to in 14 years. Suddenly, Sam is drowning in memories and the need to prove to everyone, including herself, that she’s moved on. Because she has moved on, hasn’t she?

There’s so much tension in the opening chapter you just can’t wait for the whole situation to fall apart because of course it’s going to fall apart! There’s no big whammy here though. Just a slow unraveling of everything Sam ever thought she knew about her family, her relationship with Wyatt, and most importantly herself.

“Same Time Next Summer” is the perfect summer beach read. You can’t help but picture yourself eating dinner with the family on the deck or surfing with Sam and Wyatt in the Atlantic. It’s told in two timelines with two points of view and features themes of coming of age, self discovery, and forgiveness. It’s a short one that I read in a day. At times, I just wanted to shake Sam for being so obtuse, and although it didn’t give me quite the butterflies that “Nora Goes Off Script” did, I still thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Out on June 6, 2023. Definitely pick this one up if you loved Monaghan’s previous book or if you’re a fan of Kathrine Center’s works.

4/5 ⭐️

Thanks to the publisher, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, and NetGalley for sending an eARC copy for review. All opinions are my own.

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ARC READ THROUGH NETGALLEY. All opinions are my own.
When I first started reading this book I had a hard time getting into it because the whole oh we had a summer romance when we were teenagers and then we broke up because life but now that we're adults and see each other again, do we still love each other? is not my favorite trope. It feels overdone to me and I just don't really like it, but this book turned into something more than that. It was also about finding who you are again and maybe making some hard choices to get back to that person. It started off slow for me because of the trope that it follows, but I ended up enjoying it.

As soon as I read Nora Goes Off Script, I became an Annabel Monaghan for life. I’m happy to say that, after reading Same Time Next Summer, that hasn’t changed. This book was all things summer, second chances, and first love. In a mix of present moments and flashbacks, Monaghan tells Sam and Wyatt’s and I quite enjoyed it. I loved the look at family and dreams and the unexpected ups and downs of life.

Note: contains swearing, skippable steam, and infidelity of minor characters.

*Thank you for an e-arc of this book. All opinions are my own.

I really like the nostalgic summer/beach vibe in this book. It’s cozy, relaxing and a great escape from realty. I loved the vivid description of the beach and the scenery. Also really appreciate that the book was clean and had the fade to black scenes. I wish there would have been more focus in the present time. Personally I enjoy it more if there were less flashbacks and more development in the present since that’s where we get our happy ending. Overall I would highly recommend this book. Grateful to NetGalley for this ARC for an honest review.

Loved getting to read this fun summer read early! Absolutely loved Annabel Monaghan’s first book and this one didn’t disappoint. I was in my feels and loved rooting for Sam and Wyatt! Big fan for dual POV and all the back story! Such a fun read!

This is the book I’m recommending all to read for Summer 23!
I’m a sucker for romance like this. Friends to lovers, to not friends, to reunited.
Absolutely loved this one. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this novel ahead of publication.
Annabel Monaghan is a fabulous writer.

This books really gives all the feels and is such a delight to read!

In this book we follow Sam & Wyatt with a dual POV and dual time line. Sam and Wyatt meet as children during the summer at their families neighboring vacation homes in Long Island. Flashing between their childhood and adulthood, it follows them growing up as friends, falling in love as teenagers, and who they are as adults.

Personally, I found my heart breaking for teenage and adult Sam and I really rooted for her throughout the book. This is sort of a second chance trope, but I would say its also a hidden message to always stay true to yourself and you'll always be happiest being yourself.

I highly recommend this as a "beach read" or even rom-com romance.
There is also not explicit/sexual content, so I would recommend this for YA readers also

Arc from NetGalley

I saved this book for my Spring Break, and it was perfect for sunny mornings in bed with coffee! If you loved Every Summer After and Love and Other Words like I did, you will adore this first love / second chance romance too!

Same Time Next Summer isn't quite as original as Monaghan's first novel, Nora Goes Off Script (in my opinion), but it's still so good! ☀️ 🌊 🎸 🏄

Warm, sweet, and romantic, I suspect this will the book everyone is talking about this summer! You're all going to fall in love with Sam and Wyatt (and with the idea of having an oceanfront treehouse on Long Island 😉)! **P.S. It's mostly "closed door" too, so you can confidently recommend it to your mother in law -- unless you are still pining over the guitar-playing guy that lives next to your parents at the beach... Then it might be a little awkward. 😉

Out 6/6. Thanks for the early copy @netgalley!

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I didn’t have super high hopes for this book, but it still fell flat for me in a few ways.

To start, I think romances where one of both of the main characters are in relationships with other people are hit or miss, and Jack and Sam’s relationship dragged on for me. I think the complex emotions that come with ending an engagement with someone battle with the emotions of reconnecting with an old love. Neither experience felt fully developed.

The plot felt generally a little predictable and formulaic is a way that made it difficult for me to enjoy the story.

This is the perfect summer book. It’s a quick, easy read that will make you feel like you’re on the beach with the characters.

I really related to Sam (not just because we share the same name). Sometimes I can get caught up in the safe, predictable choice so it was fun to follow her journey from her buttoned-up, monochromatic life to rediscovering the freedom of easy beach days and life’s messes. I also liked Wyatt and I loved that we got some Wyatt POV chapters. His speech at the end when he tells Sam that she’s the chocolate cake *swoon*

I really enjoyed this book and I loved Nora Goes Off Script, so I think Annabel Monaghan is an auto-buy author going forward.

Highly recommend picking up a copy of this book for your beach (or pool) bag this summer!

Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam/ G. P. Putnam’s Sons for sharing this advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I read Nora Goes Off Script and fell in love with Annabel Monaghan’s voice and I knew I would want to read whatever books she writes going forward. I liked Same Time Next Summer . . . a beach location is always a favorite of mine and the summer traditions of the families involved made me think of the good summer memories from my own childhood. I liked the eccentricities of Sam’s family and could envision the creative chaos in the summer house. I enjoyed the supporting cast of characters but wished I liked Sam more than I did. I was reminded that I am weary of stories with dual timelines and I realized that second chance romance is one of my least favorite tropes but fans of both those things will find lots to like about this book. I believe that there is the right time for the right book, and I think I experienced a mismatch of those two things when I sat down to read this one. Still, Annabel Monaghan’s voice carried the story and made me want to read to the end and I will look forward to reading whatever she puts out next.

Monaghan’s “Nora Goes Off Script” was one of my favorite reads of 2022, so I’ve been looking forward to her new book. “Same Time Next Summer” is the most perfect beach read. It’s so readable and even though you know exactly how it will end, you can’t help but enjoy the journey. The last 10% of the book was my favorite. I wish it could have been a larger chunk of the book. This native Long Islander loved the Long Island setting and it made me itchy for summer. Put this one your summer 2023 reading list!

Five stars, good lord yes. Wow Annabel. Just wow.
I loved Nora Goes Off Script, but this is even better. Rip my heart out and put it back together, why don’t you.

Wonderfully written, evocative contemporary romance about long-lost love and second chances. I loved the way the author brings the feel of perfect summers on the beach to life.

*Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!*

In this book, we follow a dual timeline of Sam and Wyatt as they fall in love as two young kids at the beach each summer while growing up and the present day reconnection they find themselves in. I loved the setting at the beach, the treehouse, and the fact that they were neighbors growing up. The beach is really a third character in this book supporting Sam and Wyatt as they grow into their own. I thought the author did a stellar job putting me into the scenes, making me feel the breeze on my sun kissed shoulders, or the sorrow as we experience the aftermath of a life-altering event occurs tearing these two apart.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I thought the journey we see Sam on as she comes back into her shelf was done in a way that really helped me to connect with the character.

Tropes: Second chance, brothers best friend, childhood friends to lovers, close proximity
CW: Cheating (but not by the main characters in the book)

This is my first book from Annabel Monaghan and it won't be my last! Loved the tension between Wyatt and Sam after so many years apart. Loved the flashbacks between present day and the past. I did feel like the reason they split up was drawn out too long and the I wanted the ending to be more than it was. But, all in all, a great book and can't wait to read more from this author!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I loved Nora Goes Off Script, but this one just didn't hit for me. The main Character Sam is indecisive and aloof. It seems that making her a surfer, was an afterthought to make her seem less boring: She's not. Wyatt was an interesting character, I didn't particularly care for him either. The parents always had some good wisdom to impart, which I enjoyed; to they learned from their mistakes and help Sam make the right choices for her. Sam's Fiancé seemed like a tool and someone you'd give a second thought to about marrying, which makes him harder to leave I suspect..

All in all, I enjoy the author, so I'll be looking out for her next book!

Well, it’s official. I would enthusiastically read Annabel Monaghan’s grocery list, and it would likely be one of the best things I’ve read in a long while. Thank you to the publisher for my free review copy.

SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER perfectly captures first love, first heartbreak, and finding yourself as an adult. The characters, flawed yet lovable, feel so real that I got the urge to look up their photos online. Their story was a perfect example of “God bless the broken road” and man, what a journey that road was. My heart swelled, broke, and felt like it stopped over and over again.

The beach house and the town were characters themselves, with quirks and descriptions that had me longing to pack up and head to the nearest small beach city. Monoghan doesn’t waste time with unnecessary details, but gives just enough so you can feel like you’ve opened up the book and walked right into the story. The wind, waves, salty air, and sunsets were satisfying and idyllic, making this book the perfect summer read.

Another thing Monoghan does well is creating conflict that feels believable, painful, yet solvable. While Wyatt and Sam’s characters have a complicated past, the reader doesn’t sit there and think, “Is it best for these two to want to be together?” Throughout the story, I never lost confidence in who these two were as individuals and what they could be if they came together.

I recommend this book to anyone looking to read about first love without it feeling cheesy. Or anyone who wants to be transported to a small town getaway where everyone feels like family. All in all, you can’t go wrong picking up SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER.

*Thank you to Putnam Books via NetGalley for the ARC*

I blame Bug Juice on Disney channel. Or Sandy and Danny crooning Summer Lovin’ in Grease. Either way, it’s been engrained in me since I was a youngster…I loooove a good summer romance.
I started Same Time Next Summer like walking into the ocean. Tentatively at first, unsure of what to expect. Stalling when the water is up to my knees, pausing to take a long break because I didn’t feel ready. Then, finally fully submerging myself in before asking myself “why didn’t I just do it sooner?!”

Because. I’ve been burned by books I’ve had to review in the past. Y’know how it goes. You request a book by an author you’ve always liked. Then when you get that ARC, it’s just a letdown. So here I am, coming off a 5 star for Monaghan’s only other book I’ve read (Nora Goes Off Script) and it starts out…just ok. That sinking feeling of regret starts to bloom and I think wanna get out of the water. But I carry on towards the water. STNS is about Sam, who’s 30 and returning to her family’s summer house with her shiny new fiancé, Jack, in tow. She discovers that her long lost summer love, Wyatt, has not only returned as well, but has also been getting chummy with her family unbeknownst to Sam. The ocean tides take over and you’re suddenly submerged in a story about first love and heartbreak, growing older and hopefully wiser, and finding a way back to yourself and your place in the sun and all the feels that came with the best summer of your life.

Truly such a satisfying read! Monaghan does such a great job setting the scene and capturing the intricacies of the characters’ relationships. I really felt like I was at that beach house and could feel the ocean breeze while reading. 4.5/5 stars only because the pacing can be slow but otherwise exactly what I love for a beach read, short chapters and all.
🎤“Ahhhhhh those summer niiiiiiiiiiights!” Same Time Next Summer publishes June ‘23, just in time for everyone to dive right in!