This was the first book I have read by Toon. I wanted to give this a 5 star for the second 1/2 of the book but I felt like the first 1/2 was a slow burn and just lacked much excitement. The last 20% of the book had me wanting to come back more and see what would unfold.

I loved the character development of Liv, Finn and Tom. I love that the story didn’t go the typical way you would think. I loved seeing Liv grown into her own as the summers unfolded and the choice she ultimately made between Finn and Tom.

Just when you think the story is over though there was a giant epilogue which I loved! The way Toon describes love in Livs perspective was super well written. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to other.

Someone told me it had Taylor Swift vibes but honestly I never got any of those vibes!

Oh my goodness, I was not prepared for what a heart-wrenching read this would be!

Liv is a sculptor who lives in Cornwall, England, while Finn is a singer/songwriter who lives in L.A. One summer they meet in Cornwall, and bound together by tragedy, they are quick to fall in love.

Finn only visits Cornwall in the summers, so they are forced to part ways. Before they do so, they vow that if they are both still single the following summer, they will pick up where they left off.

We then watch the relationship between Liv and Finn unfold over the course of the next seven years. The author alternates between past and present timelines so that we are able to see where Liv and Finn are in present day, but also watch them rekindle their romance for each of those seven summers. It’s heart wrenching each time they part ways, but they really do make the most of the time they have each year. Their romance is a beautiful one and you just feel like they are truly destined to be together someday.

In the present day, Liv finds herself with a huge choice to make because she meets Tom, a wonderful local man who falls in love with her. Liv recognizes that it’s a different love from what she has experienced with Finn, but she’s torn because there doesn’t seem to be a sustainable path forward for her and Finn. Tom is a sweetheart, but I was still rooting so hard for her and Finn to figure out something.

I flew through this book in just a couple of sittings because I just had to know who Liv would find her happily ever after with.

Seven Summers was such a wonderful read. The writing is beautiful, the characters are layered, & the storyline is captivating.

I really enjoyed this as an immersive read with the e-book & audiobook. Natalie Simpson is a new-to-me narrator and I loved the way she delivered this story.

If you’re looking for the perfect beach read, look no further than Seven Summers!

4 1/2 stars

I love Paige Toon's books and have read almost all of them. I came across her books years ago, and she quickly became a fav of mine!

🐚 Seven Summers has multiple timelines, which I always enjoy - it jumps between the six past summers of Liv and Finn and the current summer of Liv and Tom. I loved the atmosphere of the beach/pub where it mostly takes place in Cornwall, and as usual with her books, tissues are needed (I definitely cried 💔)

Paige Toon writes such amazing characters that I always fall in love with - and Liv’s brother Michael, who has Down Syndrome, is one of my favourite secondary characters ever! He is very charismatic - blunt and loving at the same time. 

I really enjoyed this book, but felt that it was similar to Five Years From Now - another one of the author’s books  - which just happens to be my favourite. If you haven’t read that one I’m sure you will absolutely LOVE Seven Summers, but if you have, you might feel the same way.

💌 Thank you @netgalley and @putnambooks for my EARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book was EVERYTHING!!! My heart cracked and healed so many times.

Fifteen! Twenty!!! A million stars for this book!!!!

Liv was strong and courageous and I loved that she finally fought for the love she deserved in the end. Michael was the sweetest most hysterical downs brother ever and he kept it raw and real which is what she needed!

The amount of music and songs in this book has me starting a full playlist for this book because I just wanted to listen to everything Finn sang and played for Liv. Finn was a dream of a man who adored Liv and I hated so much that distance kept them apart. 💔💔

And Tom with his sand art! And openness! Oh god he was the most incredible vulnerable human being! Give me Tom allllll day long!

The ending had me completely tore up. I sobbed on a plane staring out the window as it poured and my daughter told me the sky was crying with me. And then in true Paige Toon fashion, she patched it back up with a happy ending that even I never saw coming.

Another winner from Paige Toon! I love her use of characters that feel realistic and relatable - you grow so fond of these protagonists and can't help but continue to root for them. Her writing is beautiful and always tugs at my heart strings. I loved watching the characters interact each summer and grapple with their choices. This one is definitely a roller-coaster for your emotions but is a story I will not soon forget.

Paige Toon has quickly become one of my new favorite authors. I see her name on a book and quickly find myself requesting it.

Seven Summers is a beautiful, albeit heartbreaking read. Liv and Finn seem destined from the beginning to constantly be surrounded by grief and loss. And they are also separated by an ocean. Can they work through the distance and their own insecurities and heartbreaks to be together? Or are they even meant to?

There is just so much about this book that I can't get into. It's a hard read at times but it's well worth it. If you don't mind using a box of tissues and losing more than a few tears, give this one a chance. It's truly a beautiful story and pulls at the heartstrings time and time again. It's life at it's most real and raw.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.

What a great summer read. Wow. I truly and thoroughly enjoyed this book. It had the perfect amount of romance / heartbreak. Love triangle elements but none of the drama. I love sweet books with happily ever afters. Highly recommend

So many feels! You are sent an emotional roller coaster right along with the main character. The whole story actually spans well more than seven years. I felt many different ways about her love interest met in the beginning of the book. At one point I didn’t really want them to end up together, I had a different desire for how it all ended, and have mixed feelings about what really happened.

SEVEN SUMMERS by Paige Toon is my first read of hers, and will certainly not be my last!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam | G.P. Putnam's Sons, for the ARC which I received in exchange for my honest review.

SEVEN SUMMERS tells the story of Liv and Finn, who meet in Cornwall and spend part of every summer together, getting to know one another, falling in love, sharing grief and loss, trying to figure out if they can have something that lasts for more than a few weeks a year. This will they, won't they love story was enjoyable - I loved the cast of characters, really enjoyed the setting and the music references, and I enjoyed most of the plot. Some of the plot devices in the very end of the book were not my favorite and prevented me from truly loving this book. Toon's writing is lovely and I will absolutely be exploring her back catalogue, along with watching out for any new books.

Seven Summers by Paige Toon was full of heartbreak and hope. It took me longer than expected to read this book. What I thought was going to be a light-hearted beach read surprised me. The story is about a woman named Liv and her experiences with heartbreak and grief. Her story is about finding love and losing it and finding it again. Through her grief and heartbreak, she also finds herself through her art and through her work. Her devotion to her brother is touching. I enjoyed this book. I'd give this book a 3.75 star rating round up to 4. Thank you, netgalley, for sharing this book with me in exchange for my honest review.

What the heck? Everyone loved this but I am annoyed by the ending. I read this in two days and enjoyed most of it. I kept wondering how Liv would choose between her two love interests. What would then solution be? And the answer is, with a cheap epilogue. I thought I finished the book and then the entire ending changes in the long epilogue. That just didn't sit well with me and it seemed like an easy out for her to figure it out.

If you are looking for a summer romance to take to the beach or to get you in the mood for summer, look no further. Paige Toon has a way of taking readers on an emotional rollercoaster and leaving them feeling so satisfied at the end. I love her books! This one is actually my new favorite. The story follows Liv and Finn who met 6 summers ago while they worked in a bar on the Cornish coast. But now, Finn lives in LA and is a musician, and Liv is in Cornwall, keeping an eye on her family and working at the bar. Finn and Liv cross paths for seven summers and the book goes back and forth in the timeline. Then Liv meets Tom, and the course of her summers change a bit. Such a sweet, heartfelt love story and I loved every minute!

It's absolutely stunning!! Paige has a way with words, and it hits me right in the heart. This story was beautifully written, and the character progression was so well done. I liked the twists and turns that led to sad and happy endings. I loved the time frame layout of the chapters and brought more to the storyline. I would highly recommend to all my romance lovers out there who like real, raw love that doesn't always go as intended.

This book wrecked me in this best way. Paige Toon is a genius. Every book of hers I want to read and then reread. I loved the course of time told throughout the novel. The journey the reader travels with the characters. READ THIS. You will not regret it.

Paige Toon, you had no business coming out with a book this good.. don’t get me started on the emotional roller coaster I was on… Fin and Liv have a special place in my heart! I can’t even begin to describe the chokehold this book had on me.. 10/10 recommend to all my friends! Thank you for the ARC!

Love! Love! Love!
I truly enjoyed the character building and the story line. Thank you. It had me on an emotional roller coaster.

One of my absolute favorite tropes is the summer love year after year. Paige Toon has perfected this in Seven Summers, as she follows Liv and Finn through the ups and downs over seven summers. I love seeing how the characters, and their relationships, change, develop, and grow over the years. If you want a dreamy beach read with a touch of realness, this is your book!

A very endearing story full of grief and second chances. I loved the use of intertwining timelines to show each characters progression. There were so many characters I absolutely fell in love with. My heart was broken several times over which only made me appreciate the story even more.

I recommend this read to lovers of How to Kill a Rockstar by Tiffanie DiBartolo and Summer Island by Kristin Hannah.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this ARC publication for an honest review.

I am a fan of Paige Toon. She has a way of emotionally manipulating your heart into breaking, but then putting it back together again. I fully enjoyed this newest writing. There is a lot of dealing with grief and life circumstances that keeps our main couple, Finn and Liv, apart. While it is an interesting concept, the flashback of their past summers gives you only a snippet of their relationship. And I really did not like the fact that some of those "off seasons" of separation there was no contact until summer. The summers Finn and Liv were together held so much promise for something beautiful and permanent. Sadly, neither one would be brave enough to make the move to cement their relationship together in one place. The NOW chapters was the building of Liv's new relationship with Tom. I'm not a love triangle fan, but I enjoyed both of our love interests. Tom was a solid guy, but the connection felt instantaneous...then it was love, and the entire relationship felt at warp speed...and while we had a sad end for the secondary love story, I hate to admit, I didn't cry. I think I invested too much of my emotions to the Finn and Liv aspect of the book and Tom (though I liked him!) felt like a consolation prize and Finn was always going to be the end game. The epilogue does give a complete full circle and a happily ever after for our original couple, but it also felt rushed.

Still, I am a fan and look forward to the next book!

4 stars

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 Paige Toon does it again!! What a crazy rollercoaster ride! I love every character in this book! Especially Michael even though he isn't a main character. People with DS always bring joy to every situation. I didn't want to see it end but I'm very happy with the ending. One main thing was when I thought I hit the peak/plot twist, I WAS WRONG! So happy that Tom didn't cause the deaths of Liv's parents. I read that part which pumping gas and he guy next to me look at me to see if I was okay. Thank to you NetGalley and Random House UK for giving me the opportunity to read Seven Summers. I first fell in love with Paige Toon when I read Only Love Can Hurt Like This so when I saw Seven Summers as a "read now" I didn't hesitate to click that button.