Wow. This book was so beautiful. I’m a sucker for a second chance romance and this one did not disappoint.

Childhood lovers finding each other again later in life.

Sam + Wyatt had the most beautiful love story, that ended due to the stupidity of just being a teenager and not knowing how to talk through feelings or properly communicate.

What a surprise that all this time, Wyatt was communicating with her through music that she didn’t know he had written.

I was rooting so hard for them from the beginning and when they finally connected again, even just watching them straddle the line of being friends again, it was so beautiful.

Oh and just for good measure - f$$k Jack.

Thank you G.P. Putnams Sons for the ARC through netgalley.

4.5⭐️

A classic beach read! A tad confusing during the alternating time periods but a fun read. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this copy for review

Review: Same Time Next Summer
Author: Annabel Monaghan

Rating: ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ 5/5
Spice: 🌶️

I absolutely loved this book. It was a sweet, nostalgic, cozy, beachy, and tender hearted read.

The first part of the story is told in Dual time lines following Sam’s current life and engagement to strait-laced Jack and her past childhood golden days and first love with Wyatt.

Sam was such a lovable character with a quirky and sweet family, and an inner dialogue that made me lol often.

The interactions between Wyatt and Sam are so lovely- They called to mind my deepest & most authentic relationships.

My favorite part of this story is Sam’s journey to her most authentic self. We all have moments where we have to chose between what feels safest and what feels most honest, I loved watching Sam figure this out for herself.

This is a must read ❤️☀️👙🌊🏖️🐚

*****Publishing June 6, 2023*****

Do you need a Summer Read that will keep you entertained for hours?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sam is engaged to be married and brings her fiancé, Jack, to her family’s summer home on Long Island for the first time. When her high school boyfriend, Wyatt, who crushed her heart reappears, will this bring back feelings she can not deny? After all, they had spent every summer together growing up! When the wedding planning comes down to all the important decisions, Jack doesn’t have time to help make those. This makes Sam reexamine her relationship with Jack. Is this the person she is meant to be with? Is it too late to call off the wedding?

A fast-paced Rom-Com that will have you turning the pages to find out what Sam ultimately decides! Is she able to create a life that makes her happy? A fun, entertaining,and refreshing read that leaves you feeling satisfied in the end! A great book to take on vacation or to read by the pool!

Thanks to PENGUIN GROUP Putnam (G.P. Putnam's Sons) , I was provided an ARC of Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I’m always amazed by how INTELLIGENT Annabel Monaghan’s writing is. Her books always offer a brilliant commentary on both life and love and always always ALWAYS make me feel something.

This story, was full of heartbreak and longing, losing and finding yourself, self discovery and actualization, and first and forever love. I continually wax poetic about how much I love when a romance story features MCs who truly see each other and are simply “better together” and Sam and Wyatt were absolutely the personification of that. It was interesting yet infuriating to watch Sam trying to make herself fit a mold she thought she needed to fit into, but I LOVED that Wyatt was the one to help her see herself how he sees her!

Once again this was a truly spectacular story from Annabel Monaghan, and I look forward to many many more!

I was given an ARC by NetGalley and Penguin Group-Putnam. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved Nora Goes Off Script so I was so excited to read Same Time Next Summer...and I was NOT disappointed. I love the author's writing style...Going between 3rd person for the past narrative and first person voice for the current characters is a great stylistic choice and kept the story well paced and easy to read. Present-Past narratives are very common now, but this choice kept this story fresh and interesting.
As far as the plot, this book is full of sunshine...wonderful complex characters, quaint beach setting, quirky family and a sweet love story that proves sometimes you just got to let go and take a chance, even if it means you might get hurt. Perfect beach read for summer!
Thanks #NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the ARC.

I am currently unable to leave a review on Amazon, but here is my review from Goodreads:

What can I say? I had high hopes after loving "Nora goes off Script" last year and Annabel Monaghan did not disappoint!

"Same Time Next Summer" is a lovely story about first love, broken hearts and finding yourself. Engaged to Jack, Sam is returning to the beach where she spent her childhood summers and found her first love in Wyatt.

Spoilers ahead...

I am always a little hesitant when a character is in a committed relationship but clearly still in love with someone else. I think Monaghan did a wonderful job navigating Sam's feelings for Jack and Wyatt and the resolution of both relationships felt earned.

Sam's family was wonderful, supportive and loving. I loved the conversations she had with her mother and grandmother. I'm still a little upset with her father, though. While there was some discussion about Sam's strained relationship with her father, I think I would have liked a little more time spent on their relationship and how they would work to repair it.

All in all, it was a wonderful read - perfect for the beach while enjoying some warm weather. Hopefully it will bring back fond memories of your own first love!

Present day, Sam returns to her family’s beach house with her fiancé, Jack. Her life is finally headed where she thinks it should be. But as soon as she discovers her first love has also returned for the weekend, she begins to question everything.
I rooted for Wyatt the whole time. Jack was so very unlikeable, so that was easy. Without giving any spoilers, I did find a couple of the plot points unbelievable. Overall, I enjoyed this book and think it’s a great, quick beach read for this summer!
Perfect for fans of Every Summer After.

Absolutely adorable. What I love about Monaghan's romcoms is that they are exceptionally well-written with sparking dialogue and real, relatable characters. A great follow up to one of my all time favorites -- Nora Goes Off Script.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. "Same Time Next Summer" is a delightful summer read. The protagonist is flawed, but likeable, and the cast of characters surrounding her are vibrant and have their own plot lines. If anything, I wish the book were a few chapters longer to flesh out the current relationship with Sam and Wyatt, but that's just because the writing was so well done that I wanted to read more of it. There's just enough lyricism to make the novel feel elevated from a standard romance novel, but it still has "beach read" vibes. I loved this book and look forward to reading this author's future (and past) works.

This was the book I needed, the one that broke me out of a slump. Fans of Nora Goes off Script need to be ready to forget the real world and get lost in Same Time Next Summer. This will make a perfect summer beach read! I finished in less than 24 hours and loved everything about Sam and Wyatt. Sam's family rounds out a fantastic cast of characters who make you want to pull up a chair and join them for dinner. Not one character is perfect and made them more likable and pulled you to them even more. Fans of summer love, childhood love, second chance romance should add Same Time Next Summer to their TBR and be ready when it comes out June 6th!
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Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Second chance romance.

Sam and Wyatt fell in love young and hurt each other. It's been 14 years since they've seen each other. Sam is now engaged to Jack. Her parents want her to go to the beach house for a week in the summer. But everything there reminds her of Wyatt, and now Wyatt is in town. The two reconnect and now Sam has a choice to make.

I loved this book. It's dual POV and past and present. It is written so well. I think it reads more as "womens lit" then romance.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the eArc in exchange for my honest review.

Same Time Next Summer is everything I love in a beachy romance. Delightful relaxed beach house setting, beautiful weather, lots of deck time, a surfer boy. Sam, an uptight city girl, brings her uptight city fiancé to her family's beach house for a few days. Her first love (with whom she hasn't spoken in 15 years) is staying next door just like old times. Sam is planning her uptight wedding. What could go wrong?! The characters are well developed and likeable (with one exception called out below), the story, while predictable, does have a twist or two I wasn't expecting, and the writing is good. I love a female protagonist I feel I could be friends with, and Sam is that for sure. Rigid job, struggles with the desire to be in control and wanting some freedom and creativity in her life.

My one pain point was Jack - he was just SO AWFUL the whole time that you want to just shake Sam and scream "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" But I guessed how the story would end up so I tolerated him anyways.

SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER is a sweet second chance romance — my favorite romance trope — that also explores identity and who we are, both in terms of who we want to be and who others expect us to be.

There was a lot I really loved about this book: the setting, the sweet cast of side characters, and the fact that it hooked me from the get go. My qualms fell with the middle, where I felt the narrative lost its spark and the chemistry between the MC and her childhood love interest faltered.

There was also one part involving the MC and her job that felt a little unrealistic and elementary to me, but the conflict it presented was a nice touch in helping the MC on the road to who she would become and, in turn, the direction her life would go.

If you’re a fan of a second chance romances and the author’s recent release, NORA GOES OFF SCRIPT, you should definitely add this to your list. It’s out on June 6 and I can see this being a summer favorite!

♥️ Thanks so much to NetGalley + Putnam Books for the advanced copy. All thoughts are mine!

First book from the author and it did not disappoint! This is highly recommended to read this summer <3

Who doesn't remember their first love? Or wish for a do-over? Thirty year old Sam has moved on from her first love, Wyatt, and is engaged to Jack, a doctor. She's happy with her life until she goes back to her parent's beach house and sees Wyatt after being out of touch for years. Suddenly, she's questioning everything she thought was right in her life.

Engaging book, I enjoyed the story and the writing style really flowed for me. The description of the beach and relationships jumped off the page, and I read this book in two days.

Thank you Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for the ARC!

Annabel Monaghan does it again, striking the perfect balance between a fun summer read and an exploration of love, relationships, identity, and longing. Wyatt is the dreamiest!

Sam's life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiance 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.
I loved the second chance aspect of this book. I liked the relationship between Sam and Wyatt and how it evolved from then they were teenagers to adults. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy.

I loved Annabel Monaghan’s first book and SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER was no different! It was such a lovely, warm read - like meeting a bunch of old friends. A really sweet story with great characters!

By 10% I am still completely uninvested and not interested in continuing, so I’ll be DNFing this. I’ve seen mixed reviews from friends and am not sure how I feel about knowing this is a 2nd chance romance, but the female MC has a fiancé. Hopefully others enjoy this more than I did.