The Summer Before Forever

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Pub Date 22 Aug 2016 | Archive Date 10 Jul 2017
Entangled Publishing, LLC | Entangled: digiTeen

Description

Chloe Stone’s life is a hot mess. Determined to stop being so freaking skittish, she packs up her quasi-famous best friend and heads to Florida. The goal? Complete the summer bucket list to end all bucket lists. The problem? Her hot soon-to-be stepbrother, Landon Jacobs.

Landon’s mom will throttle him if he even looks at his future stepsister the wrong way. Problem is, Chloe is everything he didn’t know he wanted, and that’s…inconvenient. Watching her tear it up on a karaoke stage, stand up to his asshole friend, and rock her first string bikini destroys his sanity.

But there’s more than their future family on the line. Landon is hiding something—something he knows will change how she feels about him—and she’s hiding something from him, too. And when the secrets come out, there’s a good chance neither will look at the other the same way again…

Chloe Stone’s life is a hot mess. Determined to stop being so freaking skittish, she packs up her quasi-famous best friend and heads to Florida. The goal? Complete the summer bucket list to end all...


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Getting into a frame of mind to read New Adult/Young Adult can be difficult especially after going at very adult books that don’t hold back, well, anything.

But Melissa Chambers makes this transition easy, delivering a coming-of-age book – as the Teen/YA ones typically are – without shying away from the issues of sex, school and identity that these hormonal people live and face. I liked that we got a story that was more than simply a crush or a forbidden relationship or meaningless hook-ups, and that her lead characters do face problems that go beyond whose bikini is skimpier or whose muscles are larger. And it’s a layered interpretation of a summer that changed everything that Chamber writes about so sensitively – which makes me think this is a series to watch out for.

*Best recommended for YA/NA fans

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The Summer Before Forever (Before Forever #1)
Melissa Chambers
Book Review: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ❣
I really enjoyed this book. The writing style has an innocence to it but I would say it is suitable for the 16+ age group in which it is aimed at. A lot of characters in books these days seem to have an older feel of confidence to them but this one takes you back to the awkward teen years.

Chloe's dad has decided to re-marry giving him a new family and step-son. Chloe agrees to spend the summer with her new family with the understanding that her best friend will be there to help her enjoy a sun kissed beach summer.
Unfortunately just before she heads out for the vacation she gets into a sticky situation at home which leaves her lacking in social confidence. When she meets her future step-brother he is the perfect gentleman to help her over come her new fear. He is more than she ever could have imagined and they hit it off from the start, as the lines begin to blur she realises her feelings maybe less platonic and more lustful. Can she really have it all?

Landon has a secret of his own and his hardworking summer sounds less than fun but he has a good support system to help him through it. He welcomes Chloe as a distraction and realises there is more to life than avoiding the hard stuff.

This is a sweet step romance that ticks all the right boxes. 4.5 stars out of 5. I would recommend it to ages around 16 (uk) and those who are young at heart. This book offers a diverse look at teens struggle with accepting who you are and not caring about what others think.

*I received this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

ebook £4.35. 274 Pages
Expected publication: August 22nd 2016

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This book had a lot more depth than I originally excepted. Chloe has been sent to spend her summer with her father and soon to be step mother after an incident she won't talk about with a boy she thought she really liked occurs. With her best friend, former contestant on a reality singing show (and a lot of personality) arrive in Florida and she meets her soon to be step brother, sparks fly. What I liked about this story is the slow relationship between them isn't over shadowing of the issues Chloe is facing and the way that situation is revealed and resolved. I liked this book, I wish it had a little more development in the relationship but it was a good read and had a nice lesson about speaking up for yourself and learning to trust others.

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Loved this book! I loved the characters! I loved everything about it! Perfect for a nice summer read!

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Loved, loved, loved!! This is a fabulous YA read that had me hooked from the first page. Chloe and Landon are such great characters and their story is so heartwarming. Jenna is outrageous and I hope we will see her story. You just know there is so much more to her than her big personality lets on. The writing is great and the pace of the story is quick and easy. I was almost to the end of the book before I ever realized.

Chloe and her friend Jenna are off to Florida for the summer to visit her Chloe's father and meet her soon to be stepmother and her son. The trip couldn't have come at a better time for Chloe. Getting away from her small town is exactly what she needed. When she and Jenna make a bucket list for Chloe to complete to regain her confidence they laugh about it but it turns out to be exactly what she needed to do. What she never expected was the reaction she would have to meeting her soon to be stepbrother Landon. These two hit it off immediately and the attraction between them is hard to miss. But that would be weird, right?? They just seem to get each other though. Should they continue to resist or they just what the other needs??

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