This was a wonderful teenager to college and beyond sweet romance written by someone who remembers how it used to be when love was pure.

I loved the tone which is very rare these days and that despite it being a romance there was no sex mentioned which most books tend to centre around.

I loved the feel and I felt like I was growing up with the characters Madi and Matthew. The way it all started as neighbours next door to each other was my favourite part and I enjoyed how they both still thought of each other over the years.

This is a really enjoyable romance told by someone who hasn't forgotten that love is really the most simplest thing. When 2 people love each other then love when they are both ready finds them.

Thank you Tim for the opportunity to read your book for free in return for a review on Net Galley

This one was such a sweet read.

There is something really rare about a romance that takes its time and lets the feelings build naturally without rushing into anything. Madi and Matthew's story starts in the most classic way, two neighbors, a summer at the beach, that slow and innocent kind of connection that you just don't see very often anymore. And it works beautifully.

What I loved most is how the story follows them beyond that first summer. Watching two people carry a connection through the years, growing up separately and then finding each other again in college, felt very real and very earned. First love stories that actually go the distance hit differently.
The beach setting is gorgeous and the whole tone of the book feels warm and unhurried in the best way. It reads like a story written by someone who genuinely believes in love as something simple and pure, and that comes through on every page.

A really lovely, feel good romance for when you want something that reminds you why love stories exist in the first place.