What an adorable coming of age summer read! This book is full of summer fun, following your passions, finding yourself, dealing with grief and acknowledging your past mistakes as lessons.

This story follows Coriander Cabot as she starts her marine biology internship on Cape Cod. This was a fun adventure with a good message about caring for the world around you and finding peace in the little things that matter, or the massive, majestic beauties of the ocean, whales.

I would highly suggest this one this summer! It's a beautiful story!!

If you're a fan of Jenny Han and her Summer series, you'll love this book too.

Coriander lost her best friend and was feeling guilty about it. So she decided to fulfill their bucket list before going off to college and then interns at Cape Cod Marine Biology for the summer. There, she met new friends and this special boy, Mannix, who works as a lifeguard.

This book is about friendship, losing someone you love, dealing with guilt, regret, and grief, and of course... summer romance. A perfect summer read for teens and for those who love YA.

The narration is great. Good job to Kathryn Lynhurst.

Big thanks to Netgalley and Tantor Audio for giving me access to the audiobook ARC of The Edge of Summer by Erica George in exchange for an honest review.

After losing her best friend Coriander goes on to complete their bucket list before going off to College. She inters at Cape Cod Marine Biology for the summer. Struggling to overcome some of the guilt and grieve she meets a great new set of friends including Mannix a lifeguard.

You can really feel how these two characters are drawn to each other. Cor's main focus for as long as she can remember is the humpback wales. She soon loses focus on the things that are important.

The Edge of Summer is a quick and enjoyable listen. It gives us loads of character development and a really good storyline. I did like Cor's character and admired how she always tried to put others before her. Nice and hearty, I loved it!

Thank you Netgalley and Tantor Audio for the opportunity to review this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

If you are a fan of Sarah Dessen, this book is for you. It was the perfect little beach read and the narrator did a good job.

Great Young Adult summer read. Coping with loss of a best friend. Finding love. LGBTQ+ characters. So many whale facts!

Whales are so incredible and I know almost nothing about them, so I appreciated learning about them and seeing people work to educate the public about conservation efforts. The story also made me excited that summer is almost here and maybe I should take a trip to the East Coast, hmm.

Coriander is grieving the loss of her former best friend and in her memory decides to intern with a marine research facility. As she becomes attached to a specific whale and comes to terms with her loss, she also starts dating a cute local Mannix. Cor struggles to balance her commitments and untangle what she wants and move forward.

I struggled with Cor throughout this. She wasn't a good friend, choosing a boy and popularity over Ella. Then she kept treating Mannix poorly, not meeting him because she lost track of time, getting irrationally jealous over nothing, and choosing other things over him. Cor also didn't treat her uncle with respect, especially since he asked so little of her to begin with. I didn't feel like Cor really changed over the course of the story and wanted her to grow up a bit.

Now Mannix I really liked. He's so sweet and caring and trying to help his family make ends meet, even at the cost of what he wants. Mannix was born to be a chef and I hope he realizes that dream someday (and I wish I could try his dressing!) I thought he deserved better, but he and Cor did have some cute moments.

The whale and other marine life parts were fun and probably my favorite part. I can see why people dedicate themselves to protecting these creatures and I hope I get to see a whale in person one day!

I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All opinions are my own. Thank you to NetGalley and Poppy for the copy

THank you so much to the publisher for the Arc. I would not have normally picked this one up. I loved it! This book was a perfect blend of romance, teenage/life issues, education and again more perfect romance. Spice level was a bit more than I look for in YA but if you're prepared for that it's well placed. I loved both of the MC's and the side characters, such good chemistry between all of them. Very enjoyable listen/read!

A sweet YA summer romance between Cor, a young teen grieving the death of her friend and Mannix, the lifeguard she meets while spending the summer on Cape Cod for a marine biology internship. This book was full of heart and had a great focus on helping to save marine wildlife, especially whales who get entangled and need intervention to survive. Great on audio narrated by Kathryn Lynhurst. Recommended for fans of Sarah Dessen or Jenny Han. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my advance review copy!