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!

Seven Summers by Paige Toon is an emotional roller coaster ride and is worth every tear. Liv and Finn meet at a bar in Cornwall and fall in love but he's only there for the summer, so when it's time for him to leave they agree to meet every summer and if they are free they'll get together and for six summers, that's what they do. You'll fall in love with them and their love story. But then Liv meets Tom and has another great love, who gets two in one lifetime? This book has everything, it is a gift. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

Liv & Finn met 6 summers ago, she’s just returned to her hometown on the Cornish Coast & he’s filling in as the lead singer for a local band that headlines at a local bar where she finds herself working. They share a sweet summer together knowing he’ll be back to the US at the end of it. Then a life altering tragedy for Liv bonds them for life.

Liv decides it’ll be more heartbreak than she can handle to try to make the long distance work. Knowing he’ll return for a short visit each summer they decide, if they’re both single, to enjoy their time together. For a few summers they do, until one moves on. We get to revisit their time together up until the present, seventh summer.

I loved Finn from the get go. I wanted them to find a way to make to work. When Tom entered the picture I wasn’t prepared for how much I would love him as well. Who gets two perfect matches in one lifetime?!

The final summer/epilogue took me on a journey I wasn’t sure I was prepared for. It broke my heart & put it back together.

I LOVED THIS BOOK. There’s not a single aspect I would change. Seven Summers was my first book by Paige Toon & after reading I immediately looked up every past book & added it to my TBR list. This isn’t your easy beach read romcom (which, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE). This book was so well written, I can already tell Paige Toon will become an auto buy author for me.

Thank you to GP Putnam & Son’s, NetGalley & Paige Toon for the opportunity to read Seven Summers ahead of its May 21, 2024 release date!

I am truly not okay.. This book was absolutely gut-wrenching, heartbreakingly, beautiful.

This will go down as one of my favorite books of the year hands down.

I can't stop the tears.

Finn and Liv and Tom and Liv's journeys are both once in a lifetime kind of loves, but Liv was able to live them both. But with all of the tragedy and heartbreak, it took her awhile to find her complete happiness.

I am not usually one who likes love triangles, but this book was so unique, where it didn't necessarily feel like one.

There are so many things that happen during this book that I want to talk about, but you need to go into this book blind. I absolutely and whole heartedly promise you that there is a happy ending at the end of this book, even though I felt like my heart took a beating in the process.

I cannot say enough good things about this book. The emotions I felt. The pull toward the characters. Fantastic. Another great read from Paige Toon. I cannot wait to see this released into the world.

Liv is a sculptor who comes home to Cornwall for the summer to work in a bar to save money. There she falls for a musician named Finn. After a horrific tragedy, Liv decides to stay in Cornwall with family, but Finn’s life is in LA. Liv doesn’t want to keep in contact. She’s not interested in the long-distance thing, but if they are both still single when he returns to visit . . .

The story is told in two timelines. In one, Liv and Finn fall in love and have their hearts broken each summer—he spends what time he can before returning home for his music obligations. It’s also told when Liv comes upon an intriguing stranger, Tom, with secrets he doesn’t share right away.

Tom is great, but I found myself rooting for Finn. Parts of the ending felt a little rushed, but this is well done. There are more sad elements than I’m used to in traditional contemporary romance (which I liked). I think it’s more women’s fiction with romantic elements.

NetGalley provided an advance copy of this novel, which RELEASES MAY 21, 2024.

Paige Toon always knows how to break your heart! This was an emotional read. I really enjoyed it. Grab this if you want to FEEL something.

Thanks you to Netgalley & PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Such an emotional book that pulled at all my heartstrings!
I couldn't put this book down, I was so entrenched in the story and the journey that Liv was on; from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. Finn was a constant in her life; although for only smalls amounts of time, that just kept her wanting more. But his visits were at the perfect time, when she needed him most, after an unexpected tragedy. Finn keeps showing up for Liv for years, but their relationship is ever changing and may not last the test of time.
Liv finally makes the decision to not restrict her life to just the small bits of time that she can see Finn and at just the right time, she meets Tom. Tom fulfills her in ways she never knew were possible; their love comes quick and easy but is so steady and strong. Liv is forced to make some difficult life decisions but she never looks back once she's made them. Her journey was full circle and I loved every moment of the ride, even through the devastating parts.
This story was a true testament that you will find the right people, at the right time in your life and when you do, everything will fall into place.