I absolutely loved this book. I am obsessed with the writing that Elle Kennedy produces and knew this book would not disappoint. This book starts out with Cassie Soul who is about to go into her senior year at Briar U going down to Avalon Bay for the final time as she visits her grandmother who sold the family business ( a hotel). While at the bay Cassie meets Tate Bartlette and there is clearly chemistry. They both come to realize that they are actually neighbors for the summer as Tate is house sitting for a couple that lives next to Cassie's grandmother. As the summer continues Cassie wants a summer fling and while Tate wants that too he is afraid she will fall in love with him so it is in both of their best interests to stay friends. Shortly later being friends is not something they both can do so they decide to have fun this summer. The amount of spice in the book is crazy especially that window scene. As the book goes on there is a secret that lingers within the families and Tate and Cassie come to see if their love can survive it all. Overall this book was amazing and the perfect summer book. Thank you MacMillian and Netgalley for this amazing audio ARC review.

This is the third in a series. I did not read the first two but had no problem jumping into this. This is a very open door romance with a beachy, summer setting. At first I thought it was going to be too cheesy for me but it ended up having some depth and a fairly big twist toward the end that I absolutely did not see coming. The book was told from both the male and female main characters and the audio had dual narration. I found the male viewpoint obnoxious at first but he grew on me. Definite beach read material

This book was soooo cute!
Thank you so much to Net Galley and Macmillan audio for sending me a copy of this before it was released.
It comes out on June 17th!
The perfect, cutesy, all the summer feels, with a splash of spice book!
I listened to this on audio and Teddy Hamilton and Caitlin Elizabeth were just a joy to listen to.

Tate and Cassandra were just so delicious and wholesome. I loved their chemistry and the maturity they emitted. Tons of character growth, some childhood / adult family trauma, lots of summer fun, some fun spicy scenes, honestly an great book to read on the beach!

My first book by Elle Kennedy and i must say I will definitely be reading more by her!

THIS BOOK. MY HEART. TATE. CASSIE. I AM IN LOVE. Tate is 100% my new book boyfriend. This is my first Elle Kennedy book, and I loved it. This is the 3rd book in the Avalon Bay series, but can be read as a standalone. Cassie has come back to the bay for the summer, and is looking a summer fling. Will Tate and Cassie be able to keep it just a summer fling or will it turn into more? This was the perfect summer beach romance that I did not want to stop listening to!
The narration of this book was perfect. Although I don't know Cassie I could not imagine someone else voicing her, the accents, the emotion, and the humor was amazing through out the book.
Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me an ARC audio book!

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Quick Hitters:
💋Virgin FMC
👀F-Boy MMC
🫶🏼Friends-to-lovers

Quick Summary:
Cassie hasn't spent time in Avalon Bay since her parents separated, but with her grandmother selling her boardwalk hotel, she decides to spend the summer there. Cassie went looking for a summer fling, and finds the perfect candidate, Tate Bartlett. But when Tate meets Cassie, he feels differently about her than he has other girls and friend-zones her. But he soon realizes that was a mistake because he wants Cassie...

Thoughts/Feelings:
This is the third book in Elle Kennedy's Avalon Bay series. They are standalones but interconnected setting and people. Honestly, this was my favorite book of the three in the series! I really, really loved the characters. I loved their growth as well as their relationship and how it was shown on the page.

Thank you @netgalley and @ellekennedy33 for the #advancedreaderscopy of The Summer Girl! All opinions are my own!

This was definitely a change from Bad Girl Reputation for me. I thought this was a good book and a great audiobook too. The storyline was so fun and sweet. I loved Tate and Cassies' friendship/relationship. They very clearly had a strong connection and great chemistry. The way their relationship developed was written so well. I also really liked how all, but one, of the characters were in this. Cassie’s mom is a list of horrible words. But everyone else was great. I think Elle Kennedy did a great job writing the new and former characters from the other two books. It was nice having those little updates of their lives without focusing too much on them.

My heart broke for Cassie and her strained relationship with both her parents. I know what it’s like being a child of a divorce, especially when it’s bitter, but her experience was so difficult and emotional.

There was a huge plot twist that I in no way saw coming. All I’ll say is wow.

The narrators were amazing. At first I wasn’t sure, but once I got more into it, they really fit the characters well and they did a great job with voice changes for other characters and conveying the emotions. They really brought the characters to life and made me feel like I was hearing the story right from the characters themselves.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this gifted copy in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed the summertime vibes and this kind of easygoing plot. It wasn't too heavy and had just the right amount of spice and angst.

Overall, I enjoyed the experience. It was playful and entertaining at times. It definitely had some of the major plot twists that left you gasping. It felt like watching a soap opera! Listening to the audio version definitely gave me more of the emotions and had me tearing up towards the end.

I think personally, the fluffy romance type stories just aren't my thing however. I am really glad I gave it a try though because I know so many are going to love this!

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Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy
Book 3 - Avalon Bay series

I really enjoyed Good Girl Complex; however, Summer Girl was by far my favourite of the Avalon Bay series though. It was a light summer read, with some original and unexpected twists and developments that kept me coming back for more.

Teddy Hamilton & Caitlin Elizabeth did a wonderful job of the narration, and represented their characters well.

The dynamic between Cassie and Tate was fun and flirty, yet mature and not dramatic. The straightforward and direct communication they had with each other was a refreshing change for a college age romance. It was fun and romantic and a little spicy. A perfect combination for a quick summer read!

Thank you to Elle Kennedy & Macmillan Audio for this ARC to review through Net Galley.

THIS REDEEMED BOOK 2!

I really really enjoyed Cassie and Tate's story!! What started out as a flirty and banter-filled friendship turned into a sizzling summer affair which then grew to even more. There was a lot of family drama (honestly didn't see THAT twist coming) but I just loved the evolution of these two and how well they fit together! I even got a little emotional at times!! 🥹

⛵️ friends to lovers
⛵️ virgin heroine
⛵️ sizzling chemistry and fun banter
⛵️ CUTE NICKNAMES
⛵️ great communication (so refreshing!)

Okay, here’s my honest rating: 3.5/5 stars, and I actually rounded down to 3 stars. I was honored to be gifted the audiobook for Summer Girl from Netgalley, and I seriously hoped that this would make me an Elle Kennedy fan… but it didn’t. Honestly, it’s not the author or her stories. It’s me. I’m not into the lovey/sexy books anymore, and I just skim over s*x scenes nowadays! I like a whole plot where the romance is intertwined. This book is all about the romance… and THAT’S OKAY! My review is truly based off of my life right now. Had I read it 7 years ago, I would’ve ate it up!

The book itself has really relatable characters that brought me back to my early 20s! The characters are lovable and propel our main female forward. My favorite dynamic is how Cassie engages with her narcissistic mom. I am lucky not to have a narcissist as a mom, but I know a person or two who I would label on the narcissist scale. It was nice reading something that validated what I go through when I’m around those people, and it’s really nice not feeling alone.

I hope everyone who reads this book enjoys it even though it wasn’t for me! I can see this being a top read for the generation in their early twenties! And guess what?! You don’t have to read books 1 and 2 to get the full effect of book 3!! They’re all different stories with character appearances in each book!

This book was fantastic!! I loved it!! Couldn’t put it down! I have read the first two books as well . You don’t have to read them in order to enjoy this book but it does bring to life all the side characters. Bravo to the author and the audiobook narration was on point! They did a fantastic job with this book and I loved it!

I adore Elle Kennedy's writing and am absolutely addicted to The Avalon Bay series. I was so excited to be getting Tate's book and our fun-loving golden boy did not disappoint. We also have our FMC Cassie, who was once a summer girl in Avalon Bay but hasn't spent a summer there in years. Her parents went through a bad divorce and her mother moved her away to Boston. But now Cassie has returned for one last Summer since her grandmother is selling her beloved boardwalk hotel (we know this place well from the first Avalon Bay book!). Cassie has big plans for the summer, spend time with family, celebrate her twenty-first birthday, and have a summer fling. As fate would have it, Cassie meets Tate on her first night out and he seems like just the guy for a summer fling, but he is reluctant and doesn't want to break her heart even though he is no stranger to summer flings. He soon realizes his mistake after putting Cassie in the friend zone. He realizes he can't resist her and wants the fling with her badly. As we know, things in Avalon Bay can get complicated and Tate and Cassie's relationship is no different.

Tate was so swoony and I adored Cassie. This book was just the right mix of spice, emotion, humor, and cuteness. I can't wait for the next book in the series! I can't recommend it enough, especially for summer <3 I also listened to the audiobook of this and I was stoked to see that Teddy Hamilton was narrating Tate, he was perfection. This was also the first book narrated by Caitlin Elizabeth and was also phenonomenal!

This is my favorite book in the Avalon Bay series!

If you're looking for a perfect summer read with the beach vibes, look no further. Cassie is looking for a Summer fling when her neighbor puts her in the friend zone. She also has a manipulative mother, who constantly tears her down. Tate has such large dreams, but wants to support his family business.

I adored this small town, summer romance and the wide variety of characters. Easily devoured the entire book in a single day and was so glad to have another adventure in Avalon Bay with some characters we've previously met and loved.

The dual narration was perfect, especially with the amazing Teddy Hamilton and Caitlin Elizabeth.

Hands down - The Summer Girl is the best of this series. I love this beach series by Elle Kennedy. I think the town and the hotel and the group up friends is just great. Summer Girl is a fling romance. Let's do this just while I am here for the summer. A fling. It won't last. until it does. Filled with great friends, summer fun and family drama that blew my mind, The Summer Girl is the book we want to read poolside or at the actual beach. You can totally read it as a stand alone. But there's some history in the first two books that you won't be sad to get.

I absolutely loved this book. I loved the characters in this book. I especially loved that both MC’s voiced their opinions and communicated with each other and had a relationship that didn’t feel toxic. The only reason it was not a 5 star audiobook is because of the female narrator. She sounded like a my little pony character and I couldn’t see how anyone would want to listen to that. It wasn’t 100 percent her voice but her tone where it sounded like a children’s show narrator.

The Summer Girl is book three in the Avalon Bay series. The Good Girl Complex is my fave of the three, but this one was a very close second!

I love the setting & how previous characters, and their stories, are woven into this book. Cassandra & Tate's story is sweet and I enjoyed their banter. At times Tate seemed immature but it was nice to watch him mature as their relationship progressed. Not a huge fan of the twist that is sprung on us late in the story, but overall I have really loved this series. Hoping it will continue with a book 4.
Caitlin Elizabeth & Teddy Hamilton really brought these characters to life. I, like most audiobook lovers, have favorite narrators but these two are giving the best of the best a run for their money! Thank you to Macmillan Audio for allowing me early access to The Summer Girl in exchange for my honest review. 4 stars.

Leave it to me to start my Elle Kennedy journey in the middle of a companion series. Oops. While The Summer Girl is book three in the Avalon Bay companion series, and the past characters do show up in this book, my reading was not hindered by starting here. I liked the past characters and plan to go back and read their stories.

After Cassie and Tate's initial "meet cute," I struggled with this book until the 30% mark. I even considered DNFing at one point. I struggled with the dialogue, and the inner monologues of the two main characters. Once I got used to it, the story fell into place.

Cassie and Tate are great together. Their banter was good, and they had a lot of chemistry. I liked seeing a playboy-type character who cares about the girl's feelings.

There is a lot of family drama involved here, and Cassie's character grows significantly because of it. The third act break up wasn't even obnoxious, it made sense with the story, and neither of them is the "bad guy."

I think a lot of people will enjoy this. It is the perfect, mildly steamy beach read.

The narrators were both great. Teddy Hamilton does Tate's narration, so it is perfection.

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, and St. Martin's Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this. I initially started reading not realizing it was part of a series, but ironically, I read the first two. Loved the storyline, loved the character development. I could see this group of characters grow and even more written about them.

The perfect spicy Summer romance story that will take you for a ride. From stranger, to friends, to a Summer hook-up to maybe something more but will it last after Summer?

Thank you to NetGallery and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC!

Let's start with what I liked about this book. The narrators for sure. Elizabeth and Hamilton were a perfect duo and I enjoyed both (especially over having only one narrator). Their tones were perfect for this summer beach read and they really captured the characters. Onto the story itself. It was binge-able and perfect for laying out in the sun by the pool or the beach. Cassie did have some growth throughout which was nice to see. The romance was cute, swoon worthy, and spicy. (And there was no miscommunication troupe which is such a win)

My biggest issue with the writing was that some of it seemed to fall flat. Besides Cassie, none of the characters seemed to have much depth. Sadly, for me, the secondary plot also fell flat. It tackled some serious topics, but I think there was too much overgeneralization and keeping things light and happy.

Overall I enjoyed this novel, but I do wish more had been put into the side plots.