What a sweet summer second chance. The growth of the characters was the best. Happy ending, yes, please. This story includes family, beach, summer, romance, healing, and betrayal. It is a fast easy fun read. It is a beach read for sure.

Will every second chance romance I read make me cry, probably, because I love them so much. The second chance aspect of this book was on point. The dual POV and dual timelines allowed you to really see and understand all the angles. I kind of liked that there was almost three parts, the before, the now, and then there is the after. I really liked the after. I think that Sam and Wyatt are sweet together. They understand each other like no one else and that Carrie’s forward to their grown up selves. The conflict that caused the ‘break’ was really well done and made for a realistic and genuine heartbreak all around that they had to deal with. All around I really enjoyed this book, it was funny and heartfelt. The audio is really good too.

Same Time Next Summer is a light and heartwarming beach read. Thank you #NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is a lovely second chance at love with a great beach setting. I love the last/present vibe. I am now looking forward to reading Nora Goes Off Script Hulu this author as well.

This was my first time reading something by this author. I must say this story was okay. It sounded like something I've read before, so I wasn't that impressed. I like that there was dyslexia representation. That's a disability you don't always see in books, so that was great to see in a character. I also liked the setting. It's set on Long Island NY at a family beach house, which makes for a great summer read. This was quick and fast paced, which is always a plus. I found the characters unlikeable. I didn't really connect or care for them, but yet I still wanted to read about them. Not sure how that happened. I still was annoyed by Sam's immaturity. She is in her 30's, yet she reads like a teen. Wyatt was just okay. Not book boyfriend worthy.

The romance in this just didn't do it for me. This is a childhood friends to lovers second chance romance that wasn't executed right. I found certain aspects of the past teenage summers cute, but as adults I wasn't rooting for them. I think it was hard for me to see a romance between them because for about 75% of the book Sam was engaged. Then their time together felt rushed and not well fleshed out. The main thing I look for in this trope is the cute moments that make you swoon and want them together, but I didn't get that. Matter of fact, I didn't care if Sam and Wyatt got together, so that says a lot.

Overall, I wasn't wowed by this, but enjoyed my time here. I would recommend to anyone looking for something that's light on romance, quick, and as a summer read.

Sam has a seemingly perfect life. She has the perfect fiance, a great job in Manhattan, and she’s about to embark on planning her dream wedding. But something feels off. So when she sees Wyatt, the guy who broke her heart when she was 17, she’s afraid old feelings may start coming back. Now she’s faced with an impossible choice.

If you read Annabel Monoghan’s debut novel Nora Goes Off Script last year, she probably got added as an auto-buy author. It was a fantastic debut and I couldn’t wait to read what she wrote next. Her sophomore book was cute and reminded me a bit of The Summer I Turned Pretty, but a little more grown up! I really enjoyed the dual POV with flashbacks to the past, it helped to know Sam and Wyatt’s time together! Their chemistry was undeniable and it perfectly captured the feeling of your first love. I related to Sam quite a bit in this novel as I ended up reconnecting with my highschool love (whom I later married) so I enjoyed reading this one!

There is something about first love, the way it pulls you in, that's so enchanting. In Same Time Next Summer, Annabel Monaghan spins a tale about Sam, a woman who seemingly has it all together (including a fabulous fiancee), and her summer encounter with the man she was in love with years ago.

This story pulled me in and really took off - I was immediately rooting for Sam and Wyatt and the tension was out of this world. Annabel Monaghan has easily put herself in class with some of the best American summer writers. If you love Elin Hildebrand or Emily Henry, I highly recommend you check her out.

A perfect summer read brimming with nostalgia! A really enjoyable, pleasant beach read with characters you root for to get together. The setting was lovely and vivid, and the writing was clever and easy to read.

I absolutely loved this second-chance romance. Sam and her fiancé are visiting her family in Long Island and preparing for their wedding. She has no doubts about marrying Jack until she finds out that her ex-boyfriend from when she was seventeen is also back in town. Wyatt broke her heart 14 years ago, and for someone who is happily engaged, Sam is starting to wonder if she really wants to be with Jack. She's faced with a choice: "perfect" life with Jack or risking everything for a second chance with Wyatt, her first love. This book was adorable and I loved the dynamic between Sam and Wyatt. My only complaint is that I wish we would have gotten a glimpse into their future, instead of just seeing them talk about it.

*Thanks to PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Annabel Monaghan, and NetGalley for the ARC, in exchange for my honest review.*

Annabel Monaghan is now an auto read/purchase author for me. Loved her first book, and there was no sophomore slump with this novel. A quick, easy read that moved at a quick pace. Loved it!

I’ve been in a slump for a couple months and this seems to have snapped me out of it. I loved Sam’s story, especially part 2. I felt the first part was disorganized and I had a hard time getting hooked. But at about 40% I couldn’t put the book down, I loved it.

DNF I lost interest after 3% into the book.






************************I received an ARC for my honest opinion from NetGalley.***********************

Same Time Next Summer is a fun easy beach read that I enjoyed. Monaghan writes an interesting story that had a twist that I did not see coming.

Sam and Wyatt grew up together spending every summer together at their respective beach homes. The two develop a close friendship that turns in to a first love but then suddenly everything unravels.

I enjoyed Sam's family and their quirkiness. I wanted to yell at Sam to ditch the fiance.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is such a good book! The ultimate beach read and I loved the characters. This was my first book by this author and it definitely won’t be my last!

She has a fiancé and runs into her ex-boyfriend at the beach, how I love when an ex shows up at just the right moment to make the MC question everything in her current relationship.

Rating: 4/5 Stars

LOVED THIS! Such a good beach read!

Sam lives her life by the book - she has the perfect job, perfect fiancé, and the perfect apartment in NYC - a life that she’s crafted after dealing with life-changing heartbreak in her teenage years. When Sam unexpectedly loses it at her job, she finds herself with a week of unexpected vacation time at her parents beach house, right next door to the love of her life, Wyatt’s, house.

Wyatt appears back into Sam’s life as quickly as he left it. After a summer romance that changed his life, Wyatt abandoned Sam to work through his feelings when his family fell apart.

With Wyatt living next door to Sam for the first time in 10 years - the two ex-lovers find themselves drawn together over and over again and tension lingers for Sam as she’s asked to plan her wedding - is she ready? Or is it possible that after all these years she’s still been waiting for Wyatt.

Same Time Next Summer is equally as lovely as Annabel Monaghan’s first try, Nora Goes Off Script. Romantic and insightful - Same Time Next Summer captures the essence of falling in love for the first time and the heartbreak and questions that come after. This NEEDS to be on your summer reading list.

Thank you to PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, Annabel Monaghan and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

I loved that this book made me feel like it was summertime. I also love a good second chance romance. It was very easy to read and the characters were so loveable. I can’t wait to read more by this author.

I absolutely loved Nora Goes Off Script so I was super excited for this one. It was an easy enjoyable read but it ultimately wasn’t among my favorites. It reminded me of Every Summer After but had less chemistry and I felt less invested. Overall, it was fine but not a standout.

[4.25 stars]

The author of 2022's hit romance, Nora Goes Off Script, is back with her sophomore novel and it's NOT a sophomore slump! Same Time Next Summer is a second chance love story featuring Sam, who is engaged to her "perfect on paper" doctor fiance (Jack). When Sam and Jack visit her family's Long Island beach house to look at wedding venues, Sam's childhood love who broke her heart (Wyatt) is at his family's house next door. This story captures the best parts of young love in spades...and some of the warts. I got Joey and Dawson from Dawson's Creek AND Sweet Home Alabama vibes. The quirky, artsy family beach house is the perfect summer setting...comfortable and nostalgic. There's a great set of grandparents with no filter and the story doesn't suffer from overwhelming banter (like Emily Henry's books do for me).

This book was so cute!! I absolutely loved the beachy summer setting and the storyline. Sam and Wyatt were such sweet characters to follow and I loved reading about their love.

This book was very reminiscent of “Love and Other Words” and “Every Summer After” but it still did its own thing and stood apart from the others. I thought there were so many sweet moments in this book as well as some very hard to read and heartbreaking ones.

Overall, this was an amazing story to me that had me giggling and smiling the entire time and I found myself wanting to read it whenever I could. It wasn’t a perfect book for me, and I wish the end could’ve drawn out longer, but it was still such a great way to end my summer.

Sam’s life is going exactly as she planned. She has a great job, and she’ll be married soon to a handsome doctor. But the cracks start to show when the two of them visit her family’s Long Island beach house to tour a nearby wedding venue and accidentally run into Wyatt, the boy who broke Sam’s heart when she was 17. Though they haven’t spoken in 14 years, Sam can’t get memories of Wyatt out of her mind, and she begins to realize that the life she has now wasn’t always what she wanted. When it’s finally revealed to Sam what happened all those years ago that ended her relationship with Wyatt, she has to grapple with the feelings that never entirely faded.

The story flashes back and forth between the past and present so that we get Sam’s young adult perspective as well as her adult perspective. The sense of nostalgia is strong in the story, and I felt that I could truly see the beach house. Though the story was a quick and fun read, I didn’t feel that the story contained a lot of depth. The plot was predictable, and Wyatt’s “secret” fame felt a little too cliché. I did like the message about staying true to oneself and not changing to fit the mold that her fiancé wanted. I thought the story was cute, but I don’t suspect it’s a story that will stick with me.

Thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.