I've been in a bit of a romance mood lately so when I saw this book on NetGalley, I knew that I needed to try and go for it. I got the email that I had been accepted to read it and I instantly started. It took me awhile to finish because of work but it was worth it.
It was the perfect summer romance book and I loved the way that the relationship was written. I loved the dual point of views so you could see how they both viewed the relationship as well.
Usually I don't like the instant love trope but I completely adored how this was told. I loved the main couple and I think that Shae might be one my new favourite YA contemporary romance protagonists.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy in exchange for an honest review...To be honest, I am not sure what made me request this book...yes the cover is nice and the title is good but it isn't one I would normally request as it is more of a young adult novel and I don't really read those anymore. As it stands, however, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. It was a nice and easy read that didn't require too many of my brain cells and it didn't have a lot of drama or characters I didn't like...Most of the characters were perfectly likeable and ones that weren't likeable weren't supposed to be...As I am not the target audience, I wouldn't really recommend it to other women my age but for the young adult lovers of romance, this would be a great book. Good characters, great location, lots of entertainment...what's not to like?

I went in blind on this title with no expectations. I quickly found that I was not the audience for this story. While I enjoy a good YA novel, this felt was not for me. The story was very much young love and just not what I was looking for in a story.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

3 stars.

This was a tricky review to write because I enjoyed the fun summer romance we got to read about, but was expecting a lot more from it. This is supposed to be a New Adult romance but some of the dialogue and interactions felt very young to me. I'm not a fan of when books include song writing, but I know that this will really sell the book for some people and the lyrics were meaningful and added to the character's journey. I do love that we have demisexual representation in this story!

Overall, a 3 star read for me!

I would recommend Nicole Bea’s The Summer I Loved You to anyone from the ages of 14 and older, as a fun, insta-love, new adult romance. The physical romance is all off page, and the characters are very respectful of their elders.

Shae is an easy to like character, and since most of the story comes from her point of view, we get to know her best. A talented pianist, Shae’s last summer before college didn't start out very well. Her boyfriend and bestie are cheating, and she’s lost her job to boot. But timing is everything, and she’s just a quick ‘run in’ from a meetup which changes everything.

I really like is Asher, and I’m disappointed that Nicole Bea didn’t let us get to know him a little better. We get information about how he’s feeling now, how he’s dealing with his future, and why he falls for Shae the way he does. I’d have loved to learn more about him as a person, and understand how he got to page 1.

The past tense had me anticipating a break up at the end, and I’m glad to provide a spoiler here… this one ends in a happily for now.

Shy pianist Shae is looking forward to a summer of fun in her small hometown before she leaves to study music at the University of Tampa, Florida. After saying goodbye to her mother–who is leaving to visit her Canadian rodeo-clown boyfriend for six weeks–Shae meets up with her boyfriend Evan and her best friend Livi to organize plans but is thrown for a loop when they announce they have been cheating together.

As Shae’s perfect summer turns into a perfect disaster, she has a run-in with traveling guitarist Asher Lohan who is in town for a single week. Unable to resist their sudden attraction, opposite personalities, and reeling with residual pain from their pasts, Shae and Asher soon find themselves falling into a summer that is punctuated with broken friendships, self-discovery, and learning to trust again. I really enjoyed this book. It was hard to put down as it drew me in immediately and before I knew it I was in the middle of the book!

I only read this because I saw it was tagged as a LGBTQIA+ and for most of this book, I was expecting someone to be queer or at least Asher to be trans. Instead, someone apparently went tag-happy...unless there was a blink-and-you-miss-it Disney-esque gay background character, there was absolutely nothing queer at all about this book! It's a super bland summer (het) teen romance where literally nothing interesting happens at all. Shae and Asher meet, become obsessed with each other in a matter of hours, decide they're in love and it's the greatest love of all time, and conveniently every other character in the book is revealed to be an asshole. Stakes? HA! Challenges to overcome? Double ha! Nope, this is an incredibly simple (and hella boring) book where teen love is the most amazing thing of all. Zzzzzzzz.

Very sweet. I'd never heard of this author but I like the excerpt so I thought why not so glad I did. Great reading

After reading so many infuriating books ,this book was such a welcome reprieve.

The Summer I Loved You follows Shae , a shy pianist after a betrayal from her boyfriend and best friend. She meets Asher, a guitarist passing through her hometown on vacation with his band. As they start to talk they realise there is a connection that they can't beat and soon Shae's summer starts to turn around.

The book is a YA summer romance that features demisexual/demiromantic ( characters don't really specify) rep from our main characters, I can't and wont speak to the rep as I am not demi myself. I would classify as a true YA romance as the most that is explained is kissing and not in great detail and there are 'fade to black' scenes as well.

If you are adverse to insta-love, maybe skip this one? The whole romance takes place over a week starting just a day after the characters meet, so if that infuriates you then this won't be the one for you. I don't really mind insta-love and especially in YA I think it can be fun and adds to the whole , heightened feelings when you're a teen thing. I enjoyed it in this book but I will say that this was super fast considering the intensity of their relationship.

The love interests were cute but I had no intense feelings towards their characters,. Asher was sweet and Shae was also cute, I did sometimes feel they didn't have too much depth? Or they just didn't feel properly fleshed out. I liked them together and loved the musical threads throughout the story and their romance.

Yeah, again I thought this was a decent ya romance, if you were looking for a "pg" true ya, quick straight forward romance with demi rep and lots of music influence, then this book would be great for you

Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for this eArc.

When I got this book I was really excited to read it. I honestly picked it for it's cover. To me it represented freedom. But, and it is a big But. It was nothing that I expected. I guess I am the wrong person to read this. But I did.

I enjoyed the music. Before you ask, no this isn't a review for an audible book. Music was woven throughout the pages and I enjoyed that.
The best I can say is that its a cute book. It is well written and easy to follow. I didn't like how some characters appeared then seem to disappear.

Enjoy!

Going into this book I had very low to mid expectations, but I'm happy to say I liked it a lot. The romance was sweet and it had really sweet moments. Really liked the main male protagonist and all the talks on demisexuslity. Really appreciate it. Both main protagonist were really good.

Got to read this book thanks to NetGalley. It wasn't my kind of book though. Was expecting lesfic. The lyrics weren't really my thing either. Might be good for some, but not my cup of tea.

**Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review**

I was quite surprised by this book to be honest. I didn't know much going into it except that it was a romance and that one character was demisexual. In the beginning, I didn't know what to think about this book especially because things moved really fast between Asher and Shae and I'm not the biggest fan of insta-love, but in the end it was well done and didn't feel that weird. I liked the main characters a lot, they were both really genuine and nice people but I found they lacked a bit of flaws to make them more real. The other characters however felt very real with their many many flaws but that made them more human in my opinion. Regarding the plot, I quite enjoy stories revolving around art, in this case music (though I'm not a fan of reading the lyrics in the book), because they always show how passionate someone can be in life and that's just beautiful; so I really liked the plot points and the way everything unfolded. One thing I particularly liked was that there were no third act miscommunication, which is a classic in romance books that can be annoying sometimes, and at some point I feared this would be happenning but thankfully it didn"t. Overall a really great book for fans of romance.

Sadly i'm not going to finish this book. I liked maybe the first two pages and then stuff started happening in this book due to convince of the plot and I don't like that. She runs out of the restaurant and mentions " I don't even care that i'm not looking cars know to slow down here." and then boom a car almost hits her and then theres the love interest. It just seemed really cringe and something i'm not going to bother to finish. so sorry but not for me.

I'm absolutely not the target audience for this book. I was confused because this book has an LGBTQIA+ tag, I guess it's true as the leads are demisexuals, but I was expecting lesfic. I don't know why, maybe because Asher wasn't gendered in the blurb, Shae is a young woman and there is a woman on the cover.
This book really is a YA/ NA novel and it just isn't for me. It's cute and all but it all feels way too young and too puppy love for me.

I really disliked all the song lyrics in the book, especially the ones that kept on returning. I understand they are a means to tell the story, but on the one hand, you have these immature young adults and on the other, they write these deep song lyrics? Just doesn't click for me.

I'm sure there is an audience for this book, but it isn't me.

This is my first ARC Reader Book
RELEASE DATE 16th August 2021

From the beginning, this book has you hooked on a whirlwind summer romance between Shae, a shy pianist and Asher, a tattooed rock guitarist.

It is such a beautiful book about how love can sneak up on you, when you least expect it and its worth taking risks for.

As Gabe in the story puts so perfectly...

"People search a long time for what you happened to stumble upon" and "don't get so hung up on timing that you miss out".

I highly recommend this book and hoping there is a sequel as you never want the story to end where hearts are joined over music. An honest love story that gives us all hope for a Mermaid Avenue in our lives.

Thank you Nine Star Press for this wonderful ebook!

I thought this was a wonderful read.
The pacing was done very well, and the storyline had me interested throughout the entire book!
The Characters were great. And I just loved the summer romance that was going on! Super fun!
Overall I loved this book! Quick and entertaining.

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of The Summer I Loved You in exchange for an honest review.

It's entirely my fault I didn't love this one because I'm not the target audience so I'll give it a perfectly average rating. I'm not a band romance person and knew that going in, but since I got it off the LGBTQ+ shelf on goodreads, it features a female protagonist and a love interest with a neutral name who's never pronounced in the description, and only a woman on the cover, I just assumed that both MCs were women and this was sapphic so picked it up because often times when I think I don't like the trope, it's just because it's a trope I don't feel personally represented in. This isn't sapphic, it's queer because the MC is demisexual which I could have realized if I took a closer look at the tags and I hope it finds it's proper target demographic.

If you’re a fan of INSTALOVE this is the book for you. A very cute read, with likeable characters.

Shae quite possibly is having the worst day of her life, but then she meets Asher and all bets are off. With him it’s the beginning of something exciting, real and fulfilling.

** fuller review with synopsis on Goodreads
** review to come soon to Instagram

Thank you NetGalley and NineStar Press for sending me and ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Going into this book, I was pretty excited. The first few chapters seemed like they were setting up for a very cute romance, and I was excited to see how the main characters relationship developed. While the romance did end up being cute, there was no "development" to be found. This story follows the Insta-love trope, which is one of my least favorite romance tropes, so I was not a huge fan of the relationship from the beginning. If you enjoy this trope however, I do think you will enjoy this book. The relationship between Asher and Shae is pretty healthy, they focus heavily on open communication and consent. At times, both characters seemed to struggle with trust in their partner, but that makes sense given the circumstances of their relationship, and the fact that they are both young adults who don't have a ton of relationship experience. This book also has dual perspectives, which I loved! It's really great to see that both characters were feeling strongly towards the other, and I probably would not have been able to trust Asher's feelings as much as I did if I had not seen them expressed in his chapters.
The biggest issue I had with this story was the fact that it was tagged as "LGBTQIA+" and specifically "demisexuality". Due to these tags, I was expecting more representation, but that was not found in this book. The words "demisexual' or "asexual" were never used, and the characters sexualities were only mentioned in passing. Despite specifically saying that they do not want to have sex until they have developed a deeper connection with someone, both Shae and Asher are immediately sexually attracted to each other?? I guess this is because they are instantly connected and feel as though they have known each other forever, but it felt odd for that to be the representation of demisexuality that grants this book the label of LGBTQIA+. As someone who identifies as fully asexual, i cannot speak to how accurate this is for demisexuals, so I may be incorrect. Therefore, I cannot say that this book is inaccurate, and I ask that anyone who disagrees with my perspective to please correct me.
Overall, this is a fun and quick read, but not the book for me. I probably would've enjoyed this story more if any of the characters had more depth, or if the plot was stronger, but the romance was cute and the writing was easy to read. If you enjoy insta-love, then I do recommend this book, but if not, it is probably not for you.