Seven Months of Summer is a beautifully written, introspective novel with a strong sense of time and place. Saskia Sarginson crafts an emotionally charged story about love, loss, and self-discovery, with rich prose that draws you in.

However, the pacing is quite slow, and some parts of the story felt drawn out, making it harder to stay fully engaged. While the characters are well-developed, their emotional journeys could have been more compelling at times.

Overall, it’s a thoughtful and atmospheric read, but it may not be for everyone—best suited for those who enjoy slower, character-driven narratives.

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Another good read
Perfect book to curl up with and to get lost in
Will have you hooked from the first page
Thanks NetGalley

Thought this sounded like an interesting take on the classic tragic love story, but unfortunately I couldn't connect to either narrative and couldn't particularly find myself rooting for them.

A beautiful story, very uplifting.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

A tender yet gripping story of two people who find each other, then lose each other. Saskia's characters are so real and human, you find yourself identifying with their struggle to understand their feelings and at the same time try to control them. Their journey towards themselves, and finally each other, will keep you turning the pages. Seven Months of Summer is an emotional roller coaster of a read. I cried with joy and sadness, but nobody does emotion quite like Saskia. Such a brilliant writer.

I adored this read from Sarginson, the plot is quite simple but it very effective. We start with Summer and Kit meeting and falling for each other. Then dramatic events happen in their lives that pull them apart and we follow them as they learn whether they can get back together or not.
The plot is effective and kept my interest whilst also being a very emotional one. There are some very sad aspects to this, as well as happiness and laughter, Sarginson captures all the emotion perfectly and I felt everything the characters were going through.
Summer and Kit are two wonderful characters to get to know and follow on their journey. I adored both of them and seeing them together made them all the more special.
'Seven Months of Summer' is the perfect, feel good read and I loved every page of it.
Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for an advance copy.

It took me a while to get into this book but once I did I enjoyed it, very well written and all the characters were believable, some I liked, some I didn't but the storyline was interesting. Overall four stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you liked One Day In December by Josie Silver or even One Day by David Nicholls, I have a feeling that you will enjoy Seven Months of Summer.
This gives you the dual perspectives of Kit and Summer and I always appreciate when romances do this as it allows you to get inside the head's of the two main characters.
It was frustrating to see how many times they didn't get together because of a misunderstanding or miscommunication. I could feel myself willing them just to speak to one another.
Having it take place over a longer time period might have been more interesting too but I was definitely hooked and think that this would be a great summer read, unsurpsingly.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately this one didn’t grab me and hold my attention the way Saskias The Central Line did so I was unable to finish

A cute book with a sweet ending.

Kit and Summer meet in India and fall in love, and then a series of events breaks them apart. Will the number of misunderstandings and missed connections be a barrier forever? Or will they make it back to each other before it's too late?

For some reason I thought this was based on a longer period of time (7 years rather than 7 months maybe?) and that might have been more interesting to me. Although the romance was light and the main characters very well written, it was difficult for me to get over the number of misunderstandings and difficulties that could have been resolved if they had just spoken to each other and been more true to themselves. Even up until the very last minute Kit's assumptions and inability to talk to Summer nearly ruin things for the couple.

Overall, this is an easy romance but one that made me want to strangle one main character or the other quite frequently.

It was a poignant tribute to love, this book, and I liked it, although there are few things that didn't work so much for me. I mean, there came a moment that I really couldn't take more of the main characters missing each other, it was too much and too foten and I really wanted to bang my head on the wall with the millionth missed chance / at least it felt like a millionth one). Because of this the book felt slow, very slow, and also a kind of meh. It also felt repetitive and there weren't many dialogues or banter, it was more marration - focused and sometimes I just longed for a some exchange between the characters.

Nevertheless, it was a beautiful story about grief and second chances. The characters were close to life and felt realistic and had some dramatic and sad backgrounds that, probably, made them feel so firm and stable. The duel point of view was a very good idea and it worked really well.

Seven Months of Summer by Saskia Sarginson is a stunningly beautiful tale of love lost and found, and one of finding yourself and figuring out what path you wish to take in life. This is a book in which the characters are so well drawn that they feel incredibly real, but be warned with that you are likely to feel all their highs and lows right along with them!

Seven Months of Summer is the story of Kit and Summer, two strangers who meet by chance whilst in India in 1993. They soon come to the same conclusion, despite not telling the other, that in each other they have found their other half. Life, however, gets on the way and they are cruelly separated. Yet when Kit returns to England to track Summer down, it would appear the person he thought he knew doesn’t exist.

Heartbroken at Summer’s lies and with no way to contact her, Kit resolves to move to Suffolk for a fresh start. Little does he know that Summer is living just a few miles away - and is incapable of forgetting Kit too. But as the months pass, Kit and Summer's paths never collide, and their lives move on. When they finally meet will it be too late to start again?

Seven Months is a beautiful story. Its foundation relies upon the idea of finding your person and the immediacy of love that follows. I know some shy away from ‘insta love’ but I think to do so here would mean missing out on what feels like a feel real connection. Kit and Summer seem like each others missing piece and I rooted for them throughout. It was heartbreaking to witness all the near misses and how life kept them from colliding. They were such real characters, each having been through some pretty heavy trauma which came to shape who they were. (There are trigger warnings to bare in mind related to this.) The duel POV worked wonderfully to tell their story.

In addition to loving both Kit and Summer I thought the secondary characters of Summer’s father Donald, neighbour Loretta, best friend Laura and Kit’s friend Blue were excellent. There are others, of course, but these were the stand outs to me. Each were so different but vital to the story in their own ways.

A beautiful romance and one not to be missed.

This book had me hooked since the very first moment and I couldn’t seem to put it down. It was beautiful and captivating. I loved everything about it. I can already see it going to be on my list of tops reads!!

Highly recommended this beautiful book to absolutely everyone. The cover and the blurb really don't do it justice and it is such a beautiful uplifting and heartwrenching book.

Lovely read, perfect for summer!

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance copy of this book.

So much more than it appears on the surface. This is one of those stories where you read the blurb and thing great, a fantastic story to while away some time, then you start to read it and get sucked into the story and the world slips away, I have read this author before and simply loved the way they bring characters to life, making them feel real and honest, not all pretty and happy, but having issues that many of us deal with, and taking life on or sometimes hiding away from it all, presenting one face and having your real one secretly away like Summer does in India. This story is so well written that it will resonate with so many people, Summer and Kit will suck you in, you will be able to see the stars with them, and then feel their physical and mental pain alongside them when they no longer see the stars. Then when they meet again, both are changed in different ways, will the magic ever come back? Well you need to read to find out, but I know you will be like me by the end confused as to what you want, but happy with the path it took.

Seven Months of summer had such a great premise. I was instantly drawn to it and it did not disappoint. Full review to follow. Kit and Summer had a great chemistry and romance. Easily one of my favorite reads in a while. Got me out of a reading slump. 5/5

One week to fall in love. Seven months apart. A summer to make it right.
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1993. When Kit meets Summer on the backpacking trip of a lifetime, he falls head over heels in love, certain that what they have is much more than just a holiday romance.

On returning home, Kit is confident he'll be able to find the magical girl he met. But when he follows the clues Summer told him about her life, the person he thought he knew doesn't seem to exist.

Heartbroken that she lied to him, and with no way of contacting her, Kit moves to the Suffolk coast for a fresh start. Little does he know that Summer is living just a few miles away - and is incapable of forgetting Kit too.

But as the months pass, Kit and Summer's paths never collide. Their lives move on, and a hazy, sun-drenched summer begins.

By the time they meet, will it be too late to start again?

Urgh this was so gripping and heartbreaking at points. It was almost painful - having the two MCs torn apart so cruelly and then them being so close to each and missing each other 😭 I couldn’t put it down. It had a One Day feel to it, two people meant to be and too much in their way.

Kit and Summer meet in India and fall in love but then circumstances pull them apart. Can they find each other again. Told from dual perspectives a good read. Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

This was a brilliant love story. Begun in India and ended up on the Suffolk coast. It was told between two characters Summer and Kit. Lots of near misses and twists. Old and new love and real love. I loved all the sea descriptions . There was deep sadness but it ended beautifully . Loved it