Can Carley Fortune do any wrong? Not in my opinion - she’s back with a bang, delivering us another summer sizzler and it is SO good 😍

I very much enjoy books that take place over a long period of time and that is what we are treated to in This Summer Will Be Different: the blooming romance between Felix and Lucy summer after summer was an absolute dream to read, their chemistry was off the charts 🔥 the whole falling for your bestie’s brother/forbidden lover was executed seamlessly.

I adored the primary setting of Prince Edward Island 🇨🇦 Carley brought it to life beautifully and I’ve never been interested in trying an oyster until now. I could taste the salty sea air and hear the waves lapping in the ocean.

There is so much to love about this story, it’s the perfect sweet summertime read! 🌞🩷

I really enjoy Carley's books, they are an easy read and and escape from the world.

We follow Felix and Lucy's story, the struggles they face and how they realised they need to work on themselves before committing to a relationship.
I really enjoyed reading how they built upon their relationship.

I will be keeping an eye out for future releases by this author for sure!

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This summer will be different ARC Review

4/5 ⭐️

This is my second Carley Fortune book and it did not disappoint. I recently read every summer after and loved it. This story was the perfect mix of spice, charm, romance and friendship. It was the perfect book to escape into as a summer read.

This book follows Lucy on her visits to her best friend Bridget’s hometown of Prince Edward Island over the course of about 5 years. Set in between Toronto and Prince Edward Island. I loved following Lucy’s relationship developments with both Felix and Bridget and her fondness for her Aunt Stacy.

You should read this if you enjoy

Forced proximity

Summer romance

Best Friend's brother

Off limits relationship

Friends to lovers

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin for an ARC of this book.

I’ve read a few of Paige Toon’s books and they have all been 5⭐️ reads but this one right here has took the top spot ❤️

An absolutely beautiful yet emotional love story. Paige has this very special way of making you fall in love with all of the characters and making them come alive. The atmospheric description of the Cornish coast was just pure perfection too 🥰

𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 follows Liv, finishing university and coming back to the Cornish coast where she falls in love with Fin, an upcoming musician.

When tragic events change the course of her life, Liv has to remain in Cornwall while Fin has to return to his life in LA.
They make one promise, to return every summer as long as they are single.

However, Six summers later Liv meets Tom where she feels she won’t have to get her heart broken every year. Now Liv must make an impossible choice…..

As for love triangles this is one of the most grown up ones I have ever read. I was turning those pages as fast as I possibly could. I needed to know what was going to happen next. The book is full of angst and pain yet so so beautiful at the very same time.

I experienced every single emotion whilst reading this book, my heart was in my throat.
Just stunningly beautiful…..that is all! ❤️

Book contains -
🐚 Found Family
🐚 Alternating Timelines
🐚 Love Triangles
🐚 Disability Rep
🐚 Atmospheric Settings
🐚 Pulls At Your Heart Strings

So yes, as you can see I 100% recommend picking this book up this summer! 🐚💗

I loved this book! While reading it gave me all the feels, the heart dropping angst, the fluttering of butterflies in my stomach, the giddy feeling with a big, dopey smile going across my face. Everything I need and require to make a romance a 5 star read for me!

This summers beach, garden, or just about anywhere read! I had already read to books by this author and find her style perfect and easy to sit back and relax. This book drew me in from the first couple of pages. Swoon worthy. Definitely recommend.

What a lovely and emotional read! Definetely my favorite from the author. I really enjoyed how realistic the romance felt and how real our main characters were.
I would highly recommend

This is such a perfect read for summer, I've read two of Fortune's books before and she always amazes me with her writing. I will be recommending this to my friends, as I really enjoyed the premise & setting of this book.

When Lucy visits the idyllic sounding Prince Edward Island she meets the lovely Felix and is impressed with more than just his oyster shucking skills!! However when she discovers he is actually the brother of her best friend Bridget she knows she has to keep her distance, but that’s easy said then done.

I loved the setting of the book and Felix made a great leading man but for me it didn’t quite live up to my expectations after loving Every Summer After so much last year. It was a lovely romance with just the right amount of spice but found myself starting to lose interest towards the end, and the big reveal the book had been building up to came as a bit of an anticlimax.

However, would still recommend those who enjoy a summer romance to give this a try

I devoured this book, I couldn’t get enough. I loved the small island setting and the love story which blossomed. This book was more than just a love story, it was everything you could wish for in a summer based, friends to lovers tale. I can’t believe I am only just discovering this author, she is amazing. This was absolutely an easy 5 star for me.

💭 ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:
This must be my favourite of Carley Fortune so far. What a fun read. I adored these characters, they’re both fun with witty banter and have deep layers. I loved how life changing events are added, it gives so much volume to the story. I instantly want to hop on the first plane to Prince Edward Island, dip my toes in the sand, eat oysters and drink rye (with peanuts) by the bonfire. Such an enjoyable and quick read. Highly recommend.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
Multiple Timelines
Island Life
Character built
Quick & Light Read
Fun!

ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ:
𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮: 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹’𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘌𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘱 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵, 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹’𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴.

Carley Fortune has nailed the perfect summer read, yet again.

I *love* a best friend’s brother trope, so this was right up my street, but I enjoyed the gorgeous summer setting, the flirty banter, the forbidden love vibes, it was just great.

Can’t wait to see what Carley does next!

Another wonderful Summer read from this author!

Best friends brother romance ✔️
Small town ✔️
Summer vacation ✔️
Flirty banter ✔️
One night stand ✔️
Single POV ✔️

I loved the banter and chemistry between Lucy and Felix! I don’t want to give spoilers so I will just say this was another fab Summer read from Carley. I have loved all her books and this one didn’t disappoint!

I enjoyed this book. Was quite slow but nice summer read. Not sure I would pick up from this author again as the writing style was not my favourite. Would definitely recommend to friends

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% my own.

I always really enjoy Carley Fortune’s books. Her writing style is so enjoyable and I’ve found myself thinking about her books for long after I’ve finished them, and this book is no exception!

The tropes in this book are a little cliche, with forbidden love (best friends brother) and yet another dead loved one (I beg Carley to please stop killing off close family members). However, the relationships built within the book felt really genuine between all characters. The flashbacks were perfectly interspersed throughout the book and added to the story in a beautiful way.

When I say that this book makes me want to move to Prince Edward Island, I’m not kidding. And if that doesn’t describe how this is a perfect summer romance read, then I don’t know what will.

This is my first Carley Fortune book and it brought out such warm and happy feelings for me!

It didn’t feel that way at first. The story starts with all the mystery and possible conflicts going on, what with Bridget running off to PEI days before her wedding and seemingly in crisis and some tension going on between Felix and Lucy that indicates something happened the last time they were together. Add to that how they have this mutual attraction that only seems to be growing despite their attempts to hold back for years.

The story is told in past and present timelines and you can see how close Bridget and Lucy get in their friendship as well as the tension buildup between Felix and Lucy. But, yes, I was also anxious just waiting for any conflict or drama that would arise.

I’m glad to say, and reassure you if you need it, that no high drama or fights would erupt due to the good communication they have. Sure, there are misunderstandings but eventually, they choose to take the higher road and let their love for each other rule by being honest and true. I see it in Lucy and Bridget’s friendship. I see it in Felix and Lucy and how they decide to move forward with their relationship, taking into account what is best for each other. And I love it so much because it counts out any unnecessary third-act breakup or drama yet still moves the story forward.

Felix is one of the sweetest book boyfriends out there and he’s a book lover too. I love Lucy’s feminine and stylish personality and her knack for growing flowers and making beautiful arrangements. And when they finally go together, their love flows out openly, they’ve learned each other’s quirks, interests, dreams, and love languages, they keep each other accountable, and see each other as equals and as a team.

I highly recommend this one, especially if you love a summer beach read, bestfriend’s brother romance, found family, and all things Anne of Green Gables.

Thank you to Netgalley and Michael Joseph for this eARC.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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This is my Carley fortune book and I loved reading it. Best friend brother, age gap, multiple time lines. Lucy and Felix spend five years trying not to fall for each other but some rules are meant to be broken. 

It was a really fun read. I will definitely be reading Carley Fortune again. 
I was kindly gifted this book by Netgalley

Carley Fortune is my new go to author. Having read and loved her first book and then second I had high hopes for this. I was not disappointed.
I was hooked from the beginning.
I love romance! Add a stunning setting, that I now want to go to. Friendship and family sweet vibes. A gorgeous male character that is charming, caring, sweet and should be off limits, some insane chemistry and you have the perfect summer read.
Oh how I loved reading this in the glorious sunshine we have had.

I am fast becoming a fan of best friends brother trope. They just make for super fun reading.

For me this book gave me all the feels, it was the little intimate touches, the intense chemistry that was breathtaking you really could feel this.

Felix is my new book boyfriend. A man who loves reading and with a cuppa. Perfection!! Not just that, its the the little things he did that completely melted my heart,

oh how I loved the steamy scenes too.

As well as being a fun, romantic summer read this did have a slightly deeper edge to it too, which was sad but a great mix to the story line.

I will never stop raving about Carley's books and cannot wait to have all three books looking pretty on my shelf.

Favourite sentence:
The sea, the grass, citronella candles, and wool blankets from the cedar-lined chest - the perfume of Summer Wind.
Its this descriptive writing from Carley that I adore so much.

Favourite quotes:
Everything that's worth having is some trouble...
"But setbacks can be chances if you look at them from the right angle". - so inspirational and true.

Carley has done it again!
Another beautiful novel, perfect to read over the summer or whilst on holiday, which is exactly what I’ve just done!
Every book Carley writes makes me want to visit the location, so now I want to go visit PEI! I loved Lucy and Felix’s relationship, a slow burn , lovers to friends to lovers loop over a period of 5 years! Felix was just the absolute cutest!
4.5⭐️ from me, didn’t quite pip Every Summer After to the top spot, but another fabulous summer read from Carley. A new firm favourite and auto buy author, I will continue to pick up Carley’s books. I just have to wait for the next one now, please hurry Carley!

This was a really light hearted and fun read. The perfect summer romance book!

The plot follows Lucy and Felix. Bridget is Lucy’s best friend and Felix’s sister. She has one rule- Lucy and Felix are not allowed to fall in love with each other. A case of unknown identity very quickly breaks this rule and Lucy and Felix embark on a series of secret summer flings over the following years.

When Bridget has a crisis right before her wedding, she forces everyone back to her childhood home of Prince Edward Island. For Lucy and Felix this means facing something they have been trying to force down for a long time.

This was such a good pick me up book. It was fun, flirty and emotional! It is definitely one to put on your summer beach reads list