Sam has a great life and is touring her wedding venue when she runs into her first love, sending the life she thought was perfect into a tailspin.

If you want a summer romance fulling of pining for your first love and what could've been, maybe I would recommend this one. There was nothing wrong with it, but there wasn't anything super unique about this book either. I enjoyed it, but it didn't leave a big impression on me. Maybe that's okay for a beach read, but I wanted a little bit more.

When Sam returns to her family’s summer house on Long Island to scout wedding venues, she doesn’t expect to reconnect with her old boyfriend.

Emotional writing and characters that fit their purpose. There’s nothing majorly unexpected in this book but it doesn’t even matter. Another win for Monaghan!

A sweet, nostalgic love story about second chances and what-ifs. The beachy setting is perfect, and the characters are heartfelt and relatable. A great summer read!

This book has been on my Netgalley for a bit and I haven’t picked it up. I haven’t been into romance in a minute, so I’m not the right person to review it anymore.

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan is the perfect blend of nostalgia, romance, and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of a charming seaside town, this story takes you on a heartfelt journey as Sam navigates the complexities of love, family, and figuring out what truly matters. Monaghan’s writing is warm and engaging, with characters that feel so real you’ll miss them when the book ends. The chemistry between Sam and Wyatt is electric, and the dual timeline adds depth, making you root for their second chance at love. A delightful summer read that’s both emotional and uplifting!

I want to thank the publisher, netgalley, and the author for the free copy of this book. Unfortunately this story just wasn’t for me but I will be trying books from this author again in the future.

Loved this!! Perfect summer read! So cute and poignant, with all the feelings of summer! It's a very sweet (read: tame, non-spicy) second chance love story, full of sand, surfing, swimming, barbecues, and a treehouse. I loved this book, it's absolutely perfect for summertime!

I’d give it a 3.5-4. Reads a little YAish in the “then” sections. Cute summer beach read. Wyatt came across a little arrogant/conceited to me at times🤷‍♀️

Not my favorite book. I also tried the audiobook and it took me a really long time to finish. I really enjoy this authors other work.

Same Time Next Summer is a heartwarming second-chance romance that beautifully blends past and present. Sam, a woman on the brink of marrying her perfect fiancé, returns to her family’s beach house and finds herself face-to-face with Wyatt, the man who broke her heart years ago. As memories of their intense teenage love and the reasons behind their breakup resurface, Sam is forced to confront her past and make a life-altering decision.

The dual POV structure, with alternating chapters between Sam’s present and the past, perfectly captures the emotional depth of the story. I loved how the glimpses into their younger years helped to inform their present-day behaviors and feelings. This is a story about young love, heartbreak, family drama, and the growth that can only sometimes come with time. A perfect summer read, it’s both nostalgic and refreshing, with a message about what truly matters in love and life.

My first book by this author and a new “automatic read” author! I love a good summer beach read with a good story and characters I actually enjoy reading about. If you are looking for that book to grab on your way to the pool or beach or even just to make you wish that is where you were, this is a great option!

This was an enjoyable romance read. The characters are likable and the romance believable. Sam is about to marry Jack in the Hamptons but she bumps into her old flame, Wyatt while she’s there. He’s always strumming his guitar in his treehouse and it transports Sam back to their younger years. There is plenty of good summer beach nostalgia that make it the perfect beach read. The dual timeline also worked well for this story
Pick this up if you’re headed to the beach!

the perfect beach read! Loved her previous books and this was also well written. The characters were fun and I enjoyed the love story. Overall a very good read!!!

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan was a solid read. However, it just was not for me and the genre overall was not something I would pick up again.

Ssttttoooooppppp 😭😭😭😭😭 THIS. This is a summer romance book. This is what I want to read. I’m so sad it’s over. Sam and Wyatt will forever live rent free in my head. I loved all of this book. I even loved the third act breakup. I also loved that the parents were present in the story and not just making appearances here and there. I just…. Ugh. This was *chefs kiss* ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I can't decide which of Annabel Monaghan's books I love more, "Nora Goes Off Script" or "Same Time Next Summer." Both are terrific, but Monaghan's latest may have a slight edge because of the nostalgia factor. This book took me back to summers at the beach, my first love, and the freedom of not having much else in my life to worry about. It's a terrific read.


My sincerest appreciation to Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Netgalley for the digital review copy. All thoughts and opinions herein are my own.

3.5⭐️

I adored Norah Goes Off Script and was so excited to read this one. And while there was so much potential, I wanted more from it.

I love a second chance romance, but I didn’t feel all the juicy theyearning!thepining!thelonging! that you need to really root for the two characters to get back together.

There’s a bit of a red herring that when it’s revealed felt a bit whomp-whomp.

I was really hoping to be charmed, and was left feeling ‘meh’.

That being said, I love Annabel Monaghan’s style of writing, and she remains an instant read author to me.

I enjoyed reading the book. I like the development of the characters. Truly enjoyed the story couldn't put it down.

A little surprised that this one fell a bit flat for me, especially because I loved Nora Goes Off Script as well as this year's Summer Romance. It does have many of what I now consider trademarks of Monaghan's writing which made it worthwhile, but I still struggled through parts of it and wished for more at times too.

Sam is similar to other main characters in Monaghan's books in that she is at a crossroads in her life with enormous decisions to make about her future. Does her current fiance, Jack, jump out as Wrong Man from the first pages? Yes, he most certainly does, and yet, it takes nearly the entire book for Sam to come to terms with why she wants to marry him and what she is doing with her life. To understand her current dilemma, the author sends us back in time to Sam's high school years when she was madly in love with her neighborhood friend, Wyatt. They have an intense love that ends abruptly after some painful family drama that is thoroughly explored. I found a lot of this large part of the book a little tedious and overblown. I'm not sure I completely believe that first love for a high school boyfriend endures for more than a decade after a breakup, or that it is romantic or even wise to reunite with him in your childhood hometown so many years later to rehash their previous problems. I will though admit that I am not keen on second-chance romances, and so my views are definitely colored by my dislike of this subgenre.

I can't tell either if I am being entirely fair to people who want to return home - literally return home by living in your childhood home with your parents again, sleeping in your former boyfriend's treehouse at the age of thirty, and spending your days doing the same fun activities you did as a child. Maybe for some this rings true, but for me it just felt a little problematic. Sam had moved on after high school, moved away, found a career, forged a new life with a new man, etc., but the call of the past is just too much. I worried too that Jack is not an actual fully-fleshed character but instead a concept. He serves as an Option A in life, and the past, including Wyatt, serve as Option B. Option A is full of so much adulting and is depicted in the most claustrophobic terms, including a 401K, monochrome white & grey furnishings, a well-discussed plan for children, etc., while Option B is just fun - beach, art, friends, good food, bright colors.

I get what the author is exploring, and in her other books, life options are complicated and worked through. Here in this book, everything felt overly simplistic. So while I enjoyed Monaghan's writing as I always do, I did find this book to be a surprising surface read.

It’s a very good book but unfortunately not my personal taste. I always struggle with second chance romance books specifically when the main characters are in relationships with other people at the time they reconnect and fall back in love. What I did like, though, were the summery vibes and flashbacks to their childhood because it was like a typical summer going YA story in those moments and I could forget that in the present time of the book. Sam was planning a wedding to someone else.