I really enjoyed this book. I loved the writing and the depth that and the emotions that it invoked. I kept wanting to read and did not want to put it down.

I absolutely adored the author's first book, "Nora Goes Off Script" and could not wait to read her latest. Being a huge "Beach Reads" reader, it takes a lot for me to give a book 5 stars. I would give this one 6 if I could. A timeless love story, a picturesque setting, and loveable characters were a few of the aspects that made this a total home run for me.

Same Time Next Summer
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Author: Annabel Monaghan

I requested a digital advanced readers copy from NetGalley and Penguin Group and providing my opinion voluntarily and unbiased.

Synopsis:
Beach Rules:
Do take long walks on the sand.
Do put an umbrella in every cocktail.
Do NOT run into your first love.

Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt. But there’s no reason for a thirty-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was seventeen. Right?

Yet being back at this beach, hearing notes from Wyatt’s guitar float across the night air from next door as if no time has passed—Sam’s memories come flooding back: the feel of Wyatt’s skin on hers, their nights in the treehouse, and the truth behind their split. Sam remembers who she used to be, and as Wyatt reenters her life their connection is as undeniable as it always was. She will have to make a choice.

My Thoughts: While this does not hold the same place in my heart as “Nora Goes Off Script” did, it was still a good book that I enjoyed. Monaghan’s ability to curate special and meaningful supporting characters ring true here and the previous book. This was a slow burn, especially building Sam & Wyatt’s backstory, that part probably could have been cut down some. While Sam did not cheat on her fiancé, her behaviors could be construed as cheating behaviors and that part did not appeal to me. I understand the direction of the novel, but she should at a very minimum, had a conversation with her fiancé about what she was feeling. This follows the tropes of beach read, second chance romance, and small town romance.

This felt more like a women’s literature versus romance. This is narrated in a dual timeline, then (fourteen years ago) and now, until it is only in the now timeline. The then timeline shows the carefree young love developing between Sam and Wyatt, and how freeing it could be. The now timeline shows a more conservative relationship between Sam and her fiancé. The characters were well developed with depth, witty banter, chemistry, creatively drawn, especially the past and present tense Sam and Wyatt, and the supporting characters were superb. The author’s writing style was complex, swoony, intriguing, and engaging. I wished the ending was more. With this being a second chance romance, I wanted to know more with their relationship as adults.

Overall, this was a good read and I would recommend to other readers, especially as a beach read.

I loved Nora Goes Off Script so it was a no-brainer to request this one.

In the Same Time Next Summer, we meet Sam. She is going to her family's beach house in Long Island in search of a venue for her wedding. Her fiance Jack is going with her.

Sam is shocked to find out that Wyatt, her first love is there too. He broke her heart when she was eighteen. Now more than a decade later, she is not ready to see him again.

This second chance romance was just what I needed. I loved Sam's character and learning about her romance with Wyatt. The dual POV helped me root for Wyatt.

I won't second guess requesting Annabel Monaghan's next book.

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs

A complimentary copy was provided by G.P. Putnam's Sons via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars for this romance that's good but suffers from my hating overly dramatic teenagers.
Sam spends her summer growing up in a beach house on Long Island with her parents and older brother. There, she befriends the boys next door and eventually falls in love with Wyatt. They spend a summer fully immersed in each other, planning their future together, and swearing to always be there. Until an awful discovery blows everything apart for both families and Wyatt disappears from Sam's life without a trace. Sam does not take it well at all. But time and therapy let her create a firm and safe world where she feels secure and her fiance, Jack, makes all the decisions. Until one summer day when her parents convince Jack to visit the beach house and the past comes rushing back into Sam's life.
I loved that Sam was brave enough to risk it all to be true to herself and didn't let the wounds of a traumatizing first love rule her life. I did feel pretty bad for Jack because he was his true self from the beginning and it's not his fault Sam was hiding her true self out of fear, but it wouldn't be an emotional romance if there wasn't a perfect, jilted fiance left in the dust. Wyatt is all around the perfect romance lead because he's perfect, even in his slightly violent reaction to the event that ends up breaking his first-love relationship with Sam because it shows the author recognizes trauma.
There are some good points and the second-chance romance is sweet and played really well against the fact that Sam reunites with Wyatt while engaged to someone else. It's just the dramatics of teenage Sam losing it so completely after Wyatt leaves that I quite honestly despise. It's not just this book, it's in every book that perpetuates this happening because I hate the example it gives. I hated it even as a teenager and it's only gotten worse since then. This is a bit sad because everything else about this story is pretty good.

Happy thanks to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for the read!

DNF @ 15%.
I absolutely loved Nora Goes Off Script and I was hoping that Same Time Next Summer would capture my attention like Nora did. For some reason it's just not holding my attention. Sam feels so...boring and I'm not feeling invested enough to find out what happens here.

Thanks to Netgalley for my complimentary e-arc of this book. All opinions here are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! *Slight spoilers ahead*

Wow. WOW. I finished reading this last night and already want to reread it. The setting, the atmosphere, the dialogue...I LOVE this story. If you're into second-chance romance, singers, and stories set at the beach, this one is for you! I especially appreciated HOW and WHY the protagonist and her childhood love interest stopped talking in the past, and it avoids the cheating trope! YAY!

Perfect for fans of Every Summer After!

I really enjoyed this, substantive and contemplative while still delivering on the will they won’t they romance of it all. Certain things felt unrealistic (her lack of friends or much life at all outside her family) which allowed certain surprising actions to go unchecked, but it didn’t take me out of the story.

When Sam takes her fiancé home to her Long Island beach house, she doesn’t expect her first love Wyatt to be next door.

So I loved Nora Goes Off Script, LOVED IT. This was not Nora, but I couldn’t help comparing it to Nora. It was good, but I just didn’t like Sam as much as I liked Nora. I listened to the audiobook, and I did enjoy it. It was good…just not as good as Nora.

This book got a lot of "book of the summer" buzz and I think it was well deserved. Well plotted and full of fun characters this is a beach read in the best possible way.

Same Time Next Summer has pretty much all the elements that I love in a romance book!
•Summer romance
•Second chance at love
•Coming of age
•Beach read
•Dual POV
•Past and present timelines

I liked, but not loved, Nora Goes Off Script, but wanted to give this author another shot. This one definitely did it for me. Super cute story. I could definitely see this romcom coming to life on the big screen. 4.5 stars
Thank you to Penguin Random House & NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

If Annabel Monoghan ever needs a hype woman, I would like to volunteer for the job!!!

Samantha (Sam) and Wyatt have known each other since they were five. Each summer their respective families trade their lives in the city for a beach getaway. While Sam and Wyatt started out as childhood friends, they soon evolve into each other’s first love. Sadly, when Wyatt makes a devastating discovery, the two are torn apart. After successfully avoiding the summerhouse and Wyatt for fourteen years, Sam finally returns with her fiancé, Jack. Will seeing Wyatt lead to unresolved feelings resurfacing, or will the two go their separate ways once and for all?

Annabel Monoghan’s Same Time Next Summer is the second chance romance I have been searching for! It features dual points of view and alternating timelines. Perfect for fans of Love and Other Words and Every Summer After, but who don’t want all the explicit scenes. This unique book offers readers discretion without sacrificing chemistry.

I immediately connected with Monoghan’s writing style. What started out as an afternoon read, kept me up until the early hours the next morning. I literally couldn’t put it down until I finished. The only downside I could find was Monoghan did not write an epilogue. I would have loved more time with Sam and Wyatt before leaving them on the beach!

I was gifted an electronic copy of this book from Netgalley, Annabel Monoghan, and Penguin Group Putnam (G. P. Putnam’s Sons) in exchange for my honest review. I highly recommend everyone check this book out. I will be securing a physical copy of this and every book Monoghan has ever written.

Nora Goes Off Script was one of my favorite books last year, so I was very excited to read @annabelmonaghan second adult novel.

I'll start by saying this falls way more into the women's/contemporary fiction genre than romance (at least for me). It's absolutely a second chance romance, but the focus of the story is really, on who Sam was pre-childhood heartbreak, and who she is now. How is she the same and how is she different? And is she OK with who she is now?

The story is told in two timelines, so we get to see Wyatt and Sam's relationship when they were young and also current day. In current day, Sam is back at her family's beach house with her fiancé to look at nearby wedding venues. This is the first time she's brought her fiancé to see her family in this setting that was such a big part of shaping her identity. She hasn't seen Wyatt since they broke up years ago and he is at his family's next door beach house.

Sam's family members are engaging side characters. The setting is gorgeous and there's just a nostalgic feel to the story. I really enjoyed it. It will stick with me and has me me reflecting on my own life (for me, this is a sign of a great book.). Read it!

Thanks to the publisher for a copy. All opinions are my own.

A sweet second-chance romance. I liked this one, but didn’t love it nearly as much as I loved Nora Goes Off Script. I think there was almost too much build up and not enough time with the two characters together at the end for me!

Sam and Jack seem to have the perfect life, successful jobs in the city and a wedding on the horizon. A trip to Long Island for the summer changes everything. Sam’s ocean life personality resurfaces in a tumultuous time with her job. And her childhood sweetheart makes an appearance. Things with her and Wyatt ended poorly, but she’s engaged now, what more could there be?

I love Annabel’s writing style. I read both of her books back to back and I was not disappointed. She has the perfect balance of sweet and angst to pull you into the story and keep you hoping for the HEA.

**I would like to thank NetGalley, Penguin Group, G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Annabel Monaghan for an ARC of this book! This is available as of 6/6/23!**

I wrote and rewrote this review multiple times, which is why I'm just now posting 2 months after finishing it. All I can say is I loved it and you should read it.

"If you've loved someone your whole life, it kind of makes sense that you'd love them forever."</i>

Once I picked up this book, I couldn't get enough of it. Its a dual timeline/dual POV and Annabel totally nails the nostalgia of summers on the beach and first love. Similar to Every Summer After but I thought this had a better developed storyline and more likeable characters.

"I can't believe I've traveled so far in my hunt for a happy life, and my happy life is right here, in my treehouse."

This book is for you if you enjoy second chance romance and being transported to the beach.

Yesterday after I came home from The Depot, I promptly announced to my family that I’m going to curl up with a book for the rest of the day. I decided to read my ARC of Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (the author of Nora Goes Off Script) It was the perfect choice to kick off my summer reading! I finished it in one sitting and absolutely loved it!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I had VERY high expectations for this book after reading Annabel Monaghan’s debut novel, ‘Norah Goes Off Script’, as it was one of my top reads of 2022. This book DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

The main character, Sam, has her life together and on track. Perfect job, fiance and life plan. This all goes awry when she returns to the beachtown where she spent her summers and runs into her first love. They cannot deny that there is still a connection that could upturn everything in Sam’s predictable, stable life.

This book had ALL of the feels. It was such a wonderful summer read and made me want to immediately buy a house on the beach to spend all of my summers.

I was so incredibly pleased to give this author another five star rating! Cannot wait to see what she gives us next!!

I liked this romance book alot! I'm a big fan of second chance romances so it definitely hit the spot! I wish I was connected to the characters more, but overall a great summer romance read!

This was a great summer read! It was everything I would want in a book a read on a beach or by a pool!