ee Review

I'd like to start this review off by saying I haven't read the first two books in the series. I requested this book off of NetGalley and I didn't realize it was part of a series but it's all good as I'm sure this can be read as a standalone and I don't think I missed anything too important.

Anyways, The summer girl is a cute and fun friends to lovers summer love story. This is a dual POV novel starring Cassie and Tate. Cassie is on the hunt for a summer fling at Avalon Bay. Her first night staying at Avalon Bay, she meets Tate, her neighbor. He of course, friend zones her but not to worry because this is a friends to lovers story! I really liked the small town beach setting in the book and the overall vibes it gave me. Just to mention there was a little spice!

My reasoning for two stars.
I felt like we barely knew the characters and unfortunately this is one of those books that I'm probably going to forget about by next month. I mean all I really remember was that Cassie was insecure about her big boobs and Tate is a really hot playboy. I really wish there was more moments between Cassie and Tate that would make me absolutely adore them. (The spicy moments in this book were just okay. Nothing too much.) Final statement: I guess you could say I was just a little bored reading this since I didn't really connect with the book.

Would I recommend The Summer Girl? I think this book is a good transition for YA readers to New Adult readers. If you're looking for a book a quick summer love story little spice then consider reading this book!

e-ARC provided by NetGalley and publisher (Thank you!)
I requested and received an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
All thoughts and opinions are mine.
EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: July 18, 2023
REVIEWED: 3/2/2023

Cute and fun summer romance read with a two lovable main characters that experience some bumps in the road.

I absolutely love Elle Kennedy and having been a fan for years now and her new book, The Summer Girl, does not disappoint. This series has been a fun one to read and Cassie and Tate's story continues on perfectly. I found the story to be a fun, quick read. The Summer Girl is another great summer read, or anytime read if your looking for a great summer romance. I will defiantly recommend this one, thanks the Net Galley for the ARC and the author for allowing me to enjoy this new novel!

Elle Kennedy never disappoints. This was a great third installment to the Avalon bay series. I wish I was on the beach reading this rather than looking at snow out my window. The author delivers everything you could want in a short romance novel, lovable characters, build up, tension, humor, easy to read. This is a perfect beach read. Would recommend.

Thank You St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

I love Elle Kennedy’s books, they’re cute with some steamy scenes and are quick easy reads. I didn’t really love this book.
The Summer Girl takes place in Avalon Bay and is Kennedy’s third book in this series. The books aren’t interconnected and you don’t need to read the other two to understand this one, but characters flow over into each book.
Our main character, Cassie, is staying with her Grandma for the summer in the small beach town that she grew up in and decides she needs to have a summer fling before she graduates college. She proceeds to meet Tate, who is apparently the king of summer flings, it doesn’t work out at first but he agrees to help her find a summer fling and plays her wing man over the summer. There is A LOT of family drama throughout this book and i would say its 25 % romance, 25% smut and 50% family drama. Cassie has two parents who are lacking in the ‘being a good parent’ department and Tate has two parents who are seemingly perfect that he is afraid to disappoint. There’s some good themes throughout this and some good takeaways throughout this that I actually enjoyed. Both main characters show a lot of development through dealing with their parents issues.

The romance was cute but a little predictable and played out, but I will say the sex scenes were top tier. (Especially the first one, oh my god) They were creative and showed real chemistry between characters, and left me wanting more.

The real issue I had with this book is the first half is just talking about how MASSIVE Cassie’s boobs are. You learn little to nothing about her other than she has a ginormous rack, and of course it’s mentioned later that shes “tiny everywhere else”. Every time it describes what she’s wearing or anything about her appearance, her boobs are mentioned without fail. This got old really fast. Cassie’s ‘cute quirk’ is that she babbles a lot. Like a lot. This is also brought up way too many times and gets really annoying.. On top of this, she is described as insanely hot by all the guys in the story but is convinced shes not attractive at all. I understand being insecure and not knowing if you’re really that hot, but there is no way she has no clue. (I think I just didn’t like Cassie).

Tate is also supposedly very respectful towards women and never plays them, but several times in the book is called a player. He also describes how he constantly has different girls to hook up with, but it’s okay because he always tells them he only wants to sleep with them and wont be sleeping with two girls at the same time. It felt really like Kennedy wanted him to fit the whole ‘nice guy’ vibe but also be a player at the same time? It didn’t make sense to me.. The whole nice guy vibe is also destroyed any time the story is from Tate's POV and he just talks about how much he wants to rail Cassie and how big her boobs are..

Overall, some good themes in the book and some good scenes that kept me reading. The plot was cute and had enough aspects that it didn’t get boring but the characters had some issues that I could not get over.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book.

I really enjoyed this book. I had no idea where she was going, but loved it when she went there. Elle Kennedy is becoming one of my favorite go to authors when I want a fun romance book. She nails it every time and this book is no different. I started it one morning and finished the next. I could not put it down. I loved the characters so much. Had just he right amount of spice and humor.

I really connected with Cassie in this book, coming from divorced parents and still carrying around the baggage. I loved seeing Tate help Cassie with her self-confidence.

I will for sure recommend this book. I loved it.

I was going to wait til summer to read this eARC, but honestly the weather is gross where I am so I decided I needed some romantic summery cheer and OMG I am so glad I did!! I finished this so quickly. I literally have no notes. There were laugh out loud funny moments and Cassie the main character is SO pizzazzy while being still realistically relatably human. The romance was top notch, I truly loved everything about it. I just want more! So many thanks to the author and NetGalley for the advanced copy to read and review!!!

I already know this will be popular in the summer.. Elle Kennedy never disappoints! I really enjoyed this book - the characters were well developed, the story kept me turning pages until I was finished and set me in the summer mood! Thank you NetGalley.

always like Elle’s books, but I was a bit hesitant to try this one after reading Bad Girl Reputation and just not clicking with its vibe. I loved this one though.

I really enjoyed the family aspect of this. The drama. The healing. The hard conversations and the BOUNDARIES. A part from the family being rich, I related so deeply to Cassie’s relationship with her mother.

Tate was such an easy going but lovable MMC. And his chemistry with Cassie was great!

4.5 rounded up!
There’s something special reading a book whose FMC name is yours 😝
You go in thinking it’s Alana and Tate’s story, but a born local comes back home for the summer and inserts herself with the crew, enter Cassie.

20s age main characters
Summer fling turned LoVe
Stomach twisting plot twist
Girl next door
Narcissist mom
Secretive dad
Amazing grandma
Spicyyyy

I loved it. ❤️

Cassie sets her expectations for summer as finding a summer hook up, settling for an 8 if she can. Finding Tate the first night she goes out in Avalon Bay by accidentally eavesdropping on Alana dropping Tate, she finds herself in an awkward situation when he realizes she heard the whole thing.

Story goes on to Tate trying to stay in the friend zone and loving it, but realizing how easy being her friend is and how jealous he starts to get when he’s supposed to be her wing man. After a super spicy - girl next door - window watching encounter, the whole dynamic of their “friend zone” starts to shift.

Lots of drama. Lots of growing up.
I genuinely love these characters and following their journeys.

Elle Kennedy is a power house. I really enjoyed this third installment of the Avalon Bay series. I have been waiting to read Tate's story and it did not disappoint! Super sexy, a quick read that'll be great for the beach!

I enjoyed this book. The characters were well developed and I enjoyed reading of the relationships in the book. Kind of a typical beach read which I enjoy as it was a quick read/rom com type feel.

A new Avalon Bay? Oh yes, please!
I devoured the previous books and needless to say TSG didn't disappoint.

This small town, friends-to-lovers story hit all the right spots.
Cassie and Tate are engaging characters. Seriously I couldn't get enough of their story.
Both were funny and sweet with a bit of spice.
I absolutely loved the snarky banter and the romance between these two.
I loved it so much that I was laughing out loud numerous times and had a permanent amused smile on my face.
The storyline had me hooked from the beginning, the characters were so likeable.
This is one of those books that will undoubtedly leave me in a slump for days because I want to be back in Avalon Bay with Tate and Cassie.
Such a fun and steamy romance, that had me in such a fog.
Elle Kennedy, knows how to tell one remarkable story.
I just love her damn books!

Looking for that spicy, sweet summer romance… look no further because this is it!

Elle, whatever you’re doing keep it up because you girl are a rockstar!

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Thank You St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

It has been years since Cassie Soul has spent an entire summer in her hometown of Avalon Bay. After moving to Boston with her mother after her parent's divorce, her trips back to the bay were short and sweet. But now her grandmother has sold the family hotel, and is planning to move north as well. Cassie decides to spend her grandma's last summer in the bay with her. Mrs. Tanner (Cassie's grandma) wants Cassie to have a great summer. She introduces Cassie to McKenzie Cabot, the young lady who bought her hotel, in hopes that Cassie will have a friend group to spend the summer with. Enter Tate Bartlett. The fun loving, never serious, sailing instructor is exactly what Cassie is looking for in a summer fling. Bonus: He is spending the summer house sitting the house next door to her grandmas. But does he want what she has to offer?

I was skeptical going into this book, I loved the first two Avalon Bay books so much, and I was afraid that had so much to do with Hartley Twins. Their friend Tate did not disappoint. He was charming, sincere and so funny. I was also skeptical because I was not sure how Cassie was going to fit in with the previous stores, but she was immersed into the Avalon Bay Group so seamlessly.

Cassie and Tate together were both hilarious and spicy. I love a book with good banter between the MC's, and this book was jam packed with it. It also helped that their attraction to each other was electric.

Another five star read! Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Griffin for the digital ARC. It was so exciting to be able to read this book before it was released.

With fun characters, summer romance, family issues (to spice things up), and a few very steamy scenes., The Summer Girl, by Elle Kennedy, is an easy beachy read. This one will put you in the mood for a summer vacation at the shore. Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with an ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Super cute fun read! Cassie is in Avalon Bay for the summer. Although she grew up there she is considering herself a summer girl since she is visiting for the summer and looking for a summer fling. First night in town she meets Tate and it’s an insta-attraction. Shortly after Tate friendzones her, and becomes her wingman.
Cassie and Tate are cute together and I love their banter. I love how Cassie nervous babbles and Tate appreciates it.

This book put me in such a summer mood, I can't wait for it to be the beachy season! I loved this book and I think fans of Beach Read by Emily Henry or Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey would love this!

1st of all I want to thank Elle Kennedy, The publisher's, and Net galley for this arc and exchange for an honest review. I absolutely could not put this book down. The characters are so well wrote and very easy to get attached to. The plot is amazing I loved the little plot twists all throughout the book. Cassie was such a relate-able character and I don't find a whole lot of those in books for myself. The story moved at a very steady and intriguing pace. I love everything i've read by this author and will continue to read her works. I love the way she writes and tells stories and I love visiting avalon bay!

First off thanks to netgalley for providing me an ARC!

Cassie is back in town for the summer and looking for a fling while she's helping her grandmother get ready to sell her home and attend their family's recently sold hotel reopening.
And then she keeps bumping into Tate.. the smoking hot neighbor boy..
This book was SPICY!!! And overall really fun, I didn't want to put it down. The climax had me shooook because I didn't see it coming.
I really enjoyed this book and definitely recommend this book.

I have read all the Avalon Bay books- and this was by far my favorite! I finished it in literally less than 24 hours because I couldn’t wait to see how it ended, and I wasn’t disappointed!
I loved Cassie’s character so much. This book tackled a lot of important topics and presented them in a great way! I loved how parental relationships were integrated into this book, as well as their impact on our personalities and thoughts about outselves.

We also get to see the characters from past books like Mac, Cooper, Evan, and Gen. Tate was a great character and he was perfect for Cassie! I found myself tearing up more than once while reading this book. I was not anticipating the plot twist at all.