This was the perfect summer read!
Taking place on Long Island, I could smell the salty air and feel the warm breeze. The story switches from now to then through several summer flashbacks. The characters were quirky, lovable and relatable. I loved Sam and Wyatt’s wholesome friendship as kids and watching them evolve and grow together throughout the years.
This story is about taking chances and following your heart. I got lost in the pages and swept up in that “first love” feeling.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group for a gifted ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Annabel Monaghan is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. “Nora Goes Off Script” was an unexpected delight and “Same Time Next Summer” is following in this lofty footsteps as a smart, insightful romance book for grownup readers who still crave the wind in their hair and the carefree feel of childhood.

When Sam and her doctor fiancé return to her family’s beach house on Long Island, she packs more baggage than what’s in her suitcase. Specifically, a long-flickering torch for beach house neighbor Wyatt, her summer love and the boy who broke her heart when they turned 18. I have little patience for teenage drama typically, but in Annabel’s capable hands, Sam and Wyatt have a genuine, sweet love story that sings and helps you see why it’s following Sam well over a decade later.

With Wyatt back in his parents' home and Sam ensconced in hers, the salt air of the beach brings back more than memories and leaves Sam to wonder: Is she the responsible HR consultant with the sensible soon-to-be-husband - or is she the confident, carefree girl with dreams of art and finding love with the person who has always seen her clearest?

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Sam vacations with her family and fiancé and runs into her first love. Old memories and feelings of what once was come back and make her question what she has now.

I struggled to make connections with Sam and the other characters. I loved the interactions with the family, especially at the beginning, but I just couldn’t find myself liking Sam, Jack, or Wyatt. I really loved Nora Goes Off Script, so I feel as though I was looking for this to be similar. I really felt the romance come alive in that book and it just wasn’t there in this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for this ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was an ARC received in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Edelweiss, NetGalley, and Penguin for this advanced copy!

I am eternally a sucker for a second-chance romance, flashbacks to former love, and tension with that love getting revisited years later in the same place where it all started. Like, that’s just my THING. It has been my thing since middle school, it will be my thing forever.

So, I loved the premise. I loved the love between Sam & Wyatt and the history between them. I had a hard time at some parts with the characters being frustrating - Sam’s complete lack of a spine, while I understood as a (in the words of Taylor Swift) pathological people pleaser myself, was tough at times.

Overall, this story was sweet, it had me grinning like an idiot for the final 15%, and I am so excited to recommend it to others.

I was looking forward to this one as I’m a big fan of a “summer beachy romance”. For the most part this satisfied me but I found the characters could’ve been fleshed out a bit more. I did however like how it all came together at the end and enjoyed it as a quick sunny day read.

Having loved Nora Goes Off Script, I was so excited to receive an arc of this one! It really is the perfect summer read - nostalgia, beach house, first love, secrets, etc. The story unfolded slowly, I couldn’t wait to found out what had caused the rift between Sam and Wyatt when they were teenagers, and I can say it definitely wasn’t what I expected.
I will say, I found that I definitely had to suspend belief that one of the secrets would’ve remained so until almost the end of the story. And also, Sam’s fiancé Jack was truly such an annoying human being. I get he was a “safe” option for her, but the dude had next to no redeeming qualities.
Overall, I didn’t love the characters as much as I did in Nora, but I would definitely still recommend this book as the perfect pick for a summer or beach read!

Absolutely loved Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan! The storyline is very reminiscent of "Every Summer After" by Carley Fortune which I also loved. For the first half of the book, I couldn't 'unsee' the similarities in the two books, but by the second half, I could feel the seams between the two stories. I was so into the book, I read it in one day and had a little book hangover. I saved this book until I was sitting on the beach and ready to fall into a summer beach read, and it was perfect! Highly recommend this for your summer vacation read!

I received an ARC from NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons in exchange for my honest opinion.

Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance
Spice Level: med (almost closed door)
Tropes: Second Chance, Best Friends to Lovers
Representation: Dyslexia, LGBTQ (side characters in a relationship)
Content warnings are listed at the end (so you can avoid reading them if you don't want any spoilers)

This book, SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER, is filled with warm feelings like a day at the beach.

As I got into it, I felt like the pacing was different because there are multiple chapters that go back in time, filling us in on the past between Sam and Wyatt. This gave the book a nostalgic feel of summers at the beach—something that I experienced a bit in my childhood.

Getting to know Sam at her childhood haunts made me worried about her life. She just seemed like she wasn't really living. I think this is a good question for us to ask ourselves. Not to burn everything in a dumpster fire, but to figure out if we can add joy into our lives if we've lost it along the way.

I was a bit bugged how dyslexia was represented. It just seemed like teachers were off on how to work with it. Is that accurate? I don't know...
Dr. Judy also bugged me (but I think she was supposed to, so it's okay). Seriously? Does she even listen? I was enraged by her analysis!!!

Seeing the transformation in Sam and Wyatt was so sweet and affirming. Love exists. It's worth it. And forgiveness is often necessary.

I really adored so much about this book, and I recommend it for adult readers.

**Content warning: there is infidelity in the plot, teen sex and drinking**

Happy reading!

3.5 stars
It's a good summer read. Told almost entirely from Sam's point of view, the majority of the book is over a week that she and her fiance, Jack, go to her family's beach house. She's been avoiding it for more than a few days for years, afraid of the memories of Wyatt. Being there causes her to reevaluate both her job and her relationship, in addition to trying to be friends with Wyatt
The book was ok but I didn't love it. It was obvious that Jack wasn't right for her and she was trying too much to conform to what he wanted and what her job expected.

It was a decent read but I felt like you could see the ending coming from the very beginning and it wasn’t incredibly interesting getting there.

**3.5 stars

If you like The Summer I Turned Pretty and One True Loves, you need to add this book to your summer TBR.

Sam and Wyatt are beach house neighbors on Long Island; over multiple summers, they become more that just childhood friends. When a major life event changes both of their lives, they drift apart until Sam brings her fiance to her parents' beach house for a week during the summer to plan their fall wedding. What a coincidence that Wyatt is also back at his parents' beach house for the summer. They have both changed over the past years, but what happens when Sam and Wyatt keep being pulled to each other while they are both at the beach?

I loved piecing everything together with the dual timelines; I was not a fan of the miscommunication, and I thought the ending seemed very rushed. Overall, a good beach read that you should pick up this summer!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for the advanced reader copy.

I am a big fan of Nora Goes Off Script but this book did not have the same charm, connection to the characters, and I never got on board with the romance. I found it highly unbelievable that the main character never googled the love interest in 10 years!!

This was a great first love second chance romance. I enjoyed the way that Sam grew during the book in more ways beyond her romantic life. Wyatt was a total dream hunk with a guitar - a prime book boyfriend! The spice level was medium low - some sex happens but it’s not graphic. The beach setting is idyllic and I love the little town. I would recommend this one for romance lovers!

Thank you to the publisher - I received a complimentary eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book!!! I absolutely loved all the sweet summer nostalgia!! I adored the duel timeline chapters and getting to know these characters both past and present! The book was full of sweet swoony first love, angsty tension, and beautiful second chances!!! I also appreciated the fade to black content. Definitely recommend this as a wonderful summer beach read!

Thank you to #NetGalley and Putnam Books for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion! expected publish date: June 6th, 2023

THE perfect book for a beach trip!!!
Paints such a nostalgic picture of childhood summers✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

Jack and Sam aren’t even an option in my mind…
So wish wet got more scenes of Sam and Wyatt together before the end/as adults!
Loved the dual pov but sometimes the structure of the flashbacks was confusing

Childhood friends to lovers and second chance!

After reading and loving Nora Goes Off Script, I was so excited to read Annabel Monaghan's latest. Unfortunately I didn't particularly care for this one - I found the characters to be a bit one-dimensional and the romance didn't feel like an actual adult relationship.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free e-copy.

what a beautiful book about how one quick decision can cause so many people around you so much pain that they make bad decisions and hurt those that they love. it’s about first loves and second chances. it’s about healing from heartbreak and realizing that you lost your true self along the way. it’s a beautiful book and i highly recommend everyone reads is when it comes out on june 6th!!

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an early digital edition in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you to G. P. Putnam’s Sons and NetGalley for an Advanced Reader Copy of Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan.

Sam and her fiancé, Jack, have left the city to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Sam has dreaded this trip and the awkwardness it could bring as Jack sees how eccentric life can be in the home where she spent all of her childhood summers. When her first love, Wyatt, shows up at his own family’s house next door, the awkwardness is taken to a new level. As Sam becomes flooded with memories from those long ago summers, she begins to remember the girl she used to be and the love she and Wyatt once shared. As they interact throughout this week, Sam must come to terms with choices they both made in the past and the powerful feelings that are threatening to resurface.

I found this story to be funny and sweet and full of nostalgia for summer love. I love that this book shows the value of family and that you should never sacrifice who you are for the sake of “playing it safe.” Monaghan has created a swoon-worthy love story that is a perfect beach read without all of the graphic scenes that, in my opinion, can sometimes devalue what is happening in the novel overall. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves sweet rom-coms that include a cast of quirky characters with a side of family drama. I loved it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I adored learning more about Sam and Wyatt, while also seeing Jack’s sweet and safe side. I found this one to fit into a couple different genres, which made it more enjoyable.

The altering timelines worked for me. I think there is so much truth to not knowing who you are when you are 16 and the importance of finding yourself.

A special thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC, available on June 6!

This was a great book to read as we approach summer to get me in the summer reading mood. I liked the family dynamics, the settings, and the grandparents so much. I'm really torn though on my feelings about Sam and Wyatt. I feel like so much of the conflict in this book could've been avoided had they talked to each other. The miscommunication trope is one of my least favorites, so that is hard for me to get past.

I think I liked Nora Goes Off Script better than Same Time Next Summer, but I will definitely read more books by this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for this digital ARC.