**This book will be published on 05/21/2024!**
I received this e-book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for the copy!

St. Agnes has been Liv’s home since a little before her grandmother passed on. One summer, as a young adult, Liv goes to the local bar to enjoy her friends and their friends band. As soon as she locked eye with Finn, Liv feels something special. Finn and Liv spend the next several summers together, soaking up the time together since Finn lives in LA. Then Tom comes into the picture and although it seems like he’s the one, it also seems as if he’s holding back. What’s the real reason Tom came to St. Agnes?

The author takes us on an adventure to follow the life and loves of Liv. Although I laughed and cried a couple times, I felt as though the ending was rushed and it just kept going, and going, and going. Although I do enjoy the story getting a nice bow on it so we aren’t asking questions, it just drug on a little too long for me.

This is my first Paige toon and I had expected more from it. It took way too long to get into it and even then I wasn’t connected or invested in the story/the main character. Bonus points for the beautiful cover

Unfortunately this story was a miss for me. It was sad but I kept waiting for my heart to break. I had all these theories on what would happen as I heard it’s gut wrenching and nothing really happened until 75% left of the book.

Thanks to Netgalley, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for my e advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Publish date: May 21, 2024

Seven Summers is my first Paige Toon book.

Finn and Liv meet working at a bar in their young twenties and the future seems full of promise. When tragedy strikes Liv’s life, they are bound together. Finn’s life though is in LA and Liv’s in Cornwall. They decide each summer when Finn returns, if they’re both single, they’ll be together…and it works, until it doesn’t. Year later, Liv meets Tom, a mysterious stranger who is renting her downstairs property for a month. Slowly, Liv finds herself falling for Tom and the idea of long term love. She’s had a choice to make: fall for the man she’s loved for years or the one she’s only recently met. Tom has a secret of his own though, and it just might be Liv and his undoing.

I thought this book had a lot of potential. I really liked Liv’s relationship with Finn and his support despite their less than ideal circumstances. I also found myself loving Tom for Liv as well. The relationships were vastly different but both meaningful.

I didn’t love the structure of this book though. It vacillated between current day and the previous summers and it just became very repetitive at times, especially in the past stories. I felt like it dragged the story on and on. Also, I wish it had ended at the prior to the epilogue. Again, this felt like dragging the story along for longer than it needed to be.

Overall, I was indifferent to this book. Some things I liked, some I didn’t.

Thank you to Putnam Books and Netgalley for this ARC in return for an honest review.

Poor Liv, she certain went through a lot to finally get to her happily ever after. I can't imagine every summer waiting to see if the person you loved was going to come back to see you. Summer, after summer, after summer...... and yet she and Finn both had a lot of growing and healing to do before they were really ready for each other. Good book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

This is only the second book by Paige Toon I've read. I felt like the story started a little bit slow and it was hard to build a connection to the main characters. I didn't like how Liv treated Finn through most of the story. Overall it was a good enough read.

You really fall in love with the characters, their families and their stories. However, this is not a lovey-dovey book. It’s heartfelt but also gut-wrenching. Liv, Finn and Tom all have a ton of love and a ton of loss. I was rooting for all of them along the way. I wish the epilogue was longer because I felt there was more to be said of their stories by the end. Regardless this is an amazing book of trauma and love.

I should have started this book with the expectation that I would feel gutted by the end of it based on the other Paige Toon novel I’ve read, but I was unprepared for how heartbreaking and emotional this book made me. It’s one of those that you really want to discuss with friends as soon as you’ve finished it, and I know I’ll be thinking about it for days as I try to recover from the book hangover it’s given me.
Seven Summers has all of my favorite elements: dual timelines, summer romance, first loves, and the element of mystery as you try to figure out who the main character will choose in the end. I’m not always a huge fan of love triangles because I feel sad for the one that isn’t chosen, but in this case it worked for me and made me unable to put the book down as I tried to figure out if Liv would be with Finn or Tom in the end. I was rooting for them both, and the ending caught me by surprise. The theme of grief and loss is woven throughout this book, but thankfully it didn’t come off as too heavy and while this isn’t a lighthearted rom-com, it was easy to read.
If you’re willing to let your heart be shredded a little bit, I highly recommend this book. I couldn’t put it down!

Thank you to the author and publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I received an eGalley ARC of this book from Netgalley and Putnam Books in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the way the story-telling went back and forth from present day with Liv and Tom to each of the past summers with Liv and Finn. It really showed Liv's growth as a person by seeing the contrast side-by-side.

Liv and Finn are young adults who connect one summer in a blossoming romance. The summer ends with a tragedy that will link them together each of the next several summers. During the rest of the year, they are apart with Liv in Cornwall and Finn in L.A. Each year apart and each summer together bring different challenges.

In the present day, Liv meets Tom, a mysterious stranger visiting Cornwall. They become acquaintances, friends, confidantes, and lovers. Tom reveals a devastating secret to Liv, but they are so happy together.

Finn returns and Liv must decide who she wants to be with forever.

I was not a fan of the epilogue and this likely would have been 5 stars for me if it had ended before the epilogue or even with only the first entry of it. I'm sure there are some who will disagree, but the story would've been better if it had ended without all the extras at the end. Liv's friends could see who the better man for her was and I whole-heartedly agree with them.

This was my first Paige Toon book that I have read, and I have to say that she has exceeded my expectations right out the gate!!

Seven Summers is a story that surrounds Liv, Tom, and Finn. It recounts stories across seven summers and how one of those summers can change everything. Liv and Finn cross paths at a Cornish coastline bar, have a night of passion that ends in tragedy, and make a pact to spend the summer together every year if they’re both single. However, a newcomer to the town, Tom, enters the story and brings the reader on a whole other journey.

This book was truly both heartwarming and heart wrenching. The switch POV between past and present, the representation of disabilities, the character development, and everything in between has made this book a true masterpiece.

My ONLY gripe with this book was that I wish I could’ve read it on the beach! But alas, New England winters do not allow for that. Overall, a beautiful read by Toon and I look forward to delving in some of her other work.

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Seven Summers is the perfect summer read! It is a romance that will break your heart, piece it back together again ❤️‍🩹 and make you feel nostalgic for your younger days. This what I love most about Paige Toon’s novels. They are not rom-coms by any stretch. They are real, sometimes tragic and so incredibly beautiful. Seven Summers is a tribute to some of the best rock music of our times and the beauty of art.

Seven Summers follows Liv and Finn, who meet at a bar in their town. They have one passionate night, that ends in tragedy and leaves their lives interwoven forever. However, Finn’s life and career take him to L.A., while Liv’s leaves her in Cornwall. They promise to meet each summer in Cornwall, as long as they’re both single. They spend summer after summer together, each one harder to walk away from than the last.

One summer, a mysterious man by the name of Tom rents Liv’s apartment for a month. While learning about Tom and spending time with him, he and Liv fall in love, leaving Liv to have to decide what and who her heart wants.

This book will break your heart and put it together over and over again throughout this book. Not only is this an amazing love story, but it’s also a book about coping with grief and working through past trauma. This book has so many layers and none of them disappoint. Each characters storyline made you feel their pain and had you constantly rooting for them throughout the novel.

I loved this book but didn’t like that so much of the story was included in the epilogue. The brief synopsis of each summer after felt rushed even though it was packed with information.

Paige Toon always writes relatable, heartwarming characters and this book met all of my expectations.

Thank you NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons publishing for allowing me to get an early copy of this arc in exchange for my honest review.

28 year old Olivia is a professional sculptor but works at Seaglass bar/restaurant in Cornwall a beach town, during the summer months and also manages properties that she rents out. 6 summers ago, Liv meets Finn at seaglass where she's spending a night out with friends. Finn has a life in L.A as a musician and he's only in town for short amount of time. When it's time for him to go home, they make a deal that he'll come back every summer. Current time, Liv meets Tom who is staying in one of her rentals. It goes back and forth between current summer and the past 6 summers. Liv falls in love with both of them and she has big decisions to make. 4 ⭐️A lot of grief and sadness in the story.
But then a happy ending. I enjoyed the book but there was a lot of grief in it… not an easy read. Thank you NetGalley for the advance digital copy

I’ll start by saying the story here was well thought out, and emotional. I think the pacing really threw me off though, it took me months to get to the final chapters that I was able to get through in a day. The same amount of plot was packed into the epilogue as was included in the entire rest of the book. I also think the developments of the epilogue really negated all of Liv’s earlier decisions and growth, and really made it seem like Paige Toon just wanted to have the best of both worlds which didn’t feel very authentic yo the rest of the story. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

I loved Tom and the wider cast of characters that made up the town. I did like that this was a sadder romance - definitely not a rom-com.

Toon really dove into explanations of medical terms (this pulled me out of the book at times, they just kept going). There were some really heart wrenching lines and I definitely teared up reading. Overall an enjoyable book and story!

A story of love lost, and found again. Of summer romance, and giving your heart away. A story about loving more than one person. A story of summer. This book was beautifully written, in a way that made me smile and cry.

"Seven Perfect Summers" by Paige Toon is a delightful and heartwarming novel that follows the story of Laura and her seven best friends as they reunite at Laura's family holiday home in Italy over the course of seven summers. Through laughter, tears, and unexpected twists, the group navigates the challenges of growing up, forging lasting friendships, and discovering what truly matters in life. With its charming setting, relatable characters, and nostalgic atmosphere, "Seven Perfect Summers" is a perfect read for fans of summer escapades and heartfelt stories about friendship and love.

This book was a sweet, loving story with beautiful narrative of characters who just cannot get the timing right. It was a sweet story that was nice to read on a rainy day.

Oh, what a book this was! It was my first experience with the author, and it won’t be the last. She perfectly switched from the present to up to 7 years back and more. What a relationship, and there were definitely tears.

I loved this. Liv and Finn’s story was so joyous and heartwarming, along with heartbreaking and sad. Such a great book. Please read it!

My thanks to NetGalley for the gifted digital copy. My review is voluntary.

4.5⭐️ Well done Paige Toon! Another stunner. Great characters and storytelling mixed with art and music. I liked Liv and enjoyed seeing her come through grief and find love. I really liked that there was a character with Down’s syndrome, that really added more depth especially to Liv’s character. Get the tissues ready if you plan on reading this!

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Seven Summers by Paige Toon
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Thank you to netgalley for my arc copy of this book! I think it is a great summer read- i always enjoy alternating timelines. (Past and future) builds the story up to the present.

Paige Toon is an author I come back to many times

Keep a lookout for this book coming right in time for a great beach read!