I already know this will be popular in the summer.. Elle Kennedy never disappoints! I really enjoyed this book - the characters were well developed, the story kept me turning pages until I was finished and set me in the summer mood! Thank you NetGalley.

always like Elle’s books, but I was a bit hesitant to try this one after reading Bad Girl Reputation and just not clicking with its vibe. I loved this one though.

I really enjoyed the family aspect of this. The drama. The healing. The hard conversations and the BOUNDARIES. A part from the family being rich, I related so deeply to Cassie’s relationship with her mother.

Tate was such an easy going but lovable MMC. And his chemistry with Cassie was great!

4.5 rounded up!
There’s something special reading a book whose FMC name is yours 😝
You go in thinking it’s Alana and Tate’s story, but a born local comes back home for the summer and inserts herself with the crew, enter Cassie.

20s age main characters
Summer fling turned LoVe
Stomach twisting plot twist
Girl next door
Narcissist mom
Secretive dad
Amazing grandma
Spicyyyy

I loved it. ❤️

Cassie sets her expectations for summer as finding a summer hook up, settling for an 8 if she can. Finding Tate the first night she goes out in Avalon Bay by accidentally eavesdropping on Alana dropping Tate, she finds herself in an awkward situation when he realizes she heard the whole thing.

Story goes on to Tate trying to stay in the friend zone and loving it, but realizing how easy being her friend is and how jealous he starts to get when he’s supposed to be her wing man. After a super spicy - girl next door - window watching encounter, the whole dynamic of their “friend zone” starts to shift.

Lots of drama. Lots of growing up.
I genuinely love these characters and following their journeys.

Elle Kennedy is a power house. I really enjoyed this third installment of the Avalon Bay series. I have been waiting to read Tate's story and it did not disappoint! Super sexy, a quick read that'll be great for the beach!

I enjoyed this book. The characters were well developed and I enjoyed reading of the relationships in the book. Kind of a typical beach read which I enjoy as it was a quick read/rom com type feel.

A new Avalon Bay? Oh yes, please!
I devoured the previous books and needless to say TSG didn't disappoint.

This small town, friends-to-lovers story hit all the right spots.
Cassie and Tate are engaging characters. Seriously I couldn't get enough of their story.
Both were funny and sweet with a bit of spice.
I absolutely loved the snarky banter and the romance between these two.
I loved it so much that I was laughing out loud numerous times and had a permanent amused smile on my face.
The storyline had me hooked from the beginning, the characters were so likeable.
This is one of those books that will undoubtedly leave me in a slump for days because I want to be back in Avalon Bay with Tate and Cassie.
Such a fun and steamy romance, that had me in such a fog.
Elle Kennedy, knows how to tell one remarkable story.
I just love her damn books!

Looking for that spicy, sweet summer romance… look no further because this is it!

Elle, whatever you’re doing keep it up because you girl are a rockstar!

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Thank You St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

It has been years since Cassie Soul has spent an entire summer in her hometown of Avalon Bay. After moving to Boston with her mother after her parent's divorce, her trips back to the bay were short and sweet. But now her grandmother has sold the family hotel, and is planning to move north as well. Cassie decides to spend her grandma's last summer in the bay with her. Mrs. Tanner (Cassie's grandma) wants Cassie to have a great summer. She introduces Cassie to McKenzie Cabot, the young lady who bought her hotel, in hopes that Cassie will have a friend group to spend the summer with. Enter Tate Bartlett. The fun loving, never serious, sailing instructor is exactly what Cassie is looking for in a summer fling. Bonus: He is spending the summer house sitting the house next door to her grandmas. But does he want what she has to offer?

I was skeptical going into this book, I loved the first two Avalon Bay books so much, and I was afraid that had so much to do with Hartley Twins. Their friend Tate did not disappoint. He was charming, sincere and so funny. I was also skeptical because I was not sure how Cassie was going to fit in with the previous stores, but she was immersed into the Avalon Bay Group so seamlessly.

Cassie and Tate together were both hilarious and spicy. I love a book with good banter between the MC's, and this book was jam packed with it. It also helped that their attraction to each other was electric.

Another five star read! Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Griffin for the digital ARC. It was so exciting to be able to read this book before it was released.

Grab your beach towels for the steamy beach read. The third book in the Avalon Bay series does not disappoint.

Cassie a "clone" comes to spend the summer with her grandma Lydia to send off the Beacon Hotel and find herself a summer fling.

Tate wants nothing more than to get with Cassie but fights the intentional fling because he fears that she will catch feelings.

The banter, relationship and story are amazing. We follow them through the summer with some major twists.

With fun characters, summer romance, family issues (to spice things up), and a few very steamy scenes., The Summer Girl, by Elle Kennedy, is an easy beachy read. This one will put you in the mood for a summer vacation at the shore. Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with an ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Super cute fun read! Cassie is in Avalon Bay for the summer. Although she grew up there she is considering herself a summer girl since she is visiting for the summer and looking for a summer fling. First night in town she meets Tate and it’s an insta-attraction. Shortly after Tate friendzones her, and becomes her wingman.
Cassie and Tate are cute together and I love their banter. I love how Cassie nervous babbles and Tate appreciates it.

This book put me in such a summer mood, I can't wait for it to be the beachy season! I loved this book and I think fans of Beach Read by Emily Henry or Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey would love this!

1st of all I want to thank Elle Kennedy, The publisher's, and Net galley for this arc and exchange for an honest review. I absolutely could not put this book down. The characters are so well wrote and very easy to get attached to. The plot is amazing I loved the little plot twists all throughout the book. Cassie was such a relate-able character and I don't find a whole lot of those in books for myself. The story moved at a very steady and intriguing pace. I love everything i've read by this author and will continue to read her works. I love the way she writes and tells stories and I love visiting avalon bay!

First off thanks to netgalley for providing me an ARC!

Cassie is back in town for the summer and looking for a fling while she's helping her grandmother get ready to sell her home and attend their family's recently sold hotel reopening.
And then she keeps bumping into Tate.. the smoking hot neighbor boy..
This book was SPICY!!! And overall really fun, I didn't want to put it down. The climax had me shooook because I didn't see it coming.
I really enjoyed this book and definitely recommend this book.

I have read all the Avalon Bay books- and this was by far my favorite! I finished it in literally less than 24 hours because I couldn’t wait to see how it ended, and I wasn’t disappointed!
I loved Cassie’s character so much. This book tackled a lot of important topics and presented them in a great way! I loved how parental relationships were integrated into this book, as well as their impact on our personalities and thoughts about outselves.

We also get to see the characters from past books like Mac, Cooper, Evan, and Gen. Tate was a great character and he was perfect for Cassie! I found myself tearing up more than once while reading this book. I was not anticipating the plot twist at all.

I love that Elle Kennedy wastes no time getting to the point. There is a plot, a point to what is being said, and I never felt like I was reading repetitive nonsense. Also, the bombshell at the end.... didn't see that coming! This is great as a standalone or as part of the series if you want to see more of the characters we see throughout the book.

☀️ It starts as friends
☀️ …then becomes a fling…
☀️ Local boy / City (summer) girl
☀️ complex family dynamics
☀️ small town

The Summer Girl is book 3 in Elle Kennedy’s NA Small Town Romance series Avalon Bay. Each book focuses on one of the locals from a pretty tight knit group if friends as they grow, learn, change, and of course find love 💕

Book 3 follows Tate, the local hook up and all around nice guy, and Cassie, who is visiting for a long summer break. The two have an awkwardly fun meet cute on the beach, that leads to a slow building friendship…that somehow evolves into more 😊

I loved revisiting the town and seeing glimpses of our favorite locals - I enjoyed the unfolding story of Cassie and Tate even more. This was such a fun, binge-able escape read - perfect for a summer day (or in my case to make me long for some warmer days as I read it on a snowy VT winter day 😅).

I love the dual POV and really found myself rooting for the two. I really loved getting to know Tate in particular in the story as we’ve only glimpsed him in prior books. Definitely a book and series I recommend for a little getaway- I’m excited to see whose story we’ll get next 😊

Thank you to St Martins Press for the opportunity to read an early copy!

My first Zelle Kennedy book and it did not disappoint!!

I enjoyed this book so much and it gave off such a summer vibe that, I a person who does not like summer, is actually looking forward to summer🫶

I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Saint Martin’s Press for the advanced reading copy of The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy.

This is the third book in the Avalon Bay series. I was fortunate enough to be given an advanced reading copy of all three books in this series.

The Summer Girl is a friends to lovers romance. The first perspective is Cassie. It’s a summer of endings for Cassie. She is visiting her grandmother this summer as they say goodbye to their family hotel, the Beacon, and sell their grandmothers house. But Cassie is looking for a new beginning in the shape of a summer fling.
The second perspective is Avalon Bay resident Tate. He is filling his summer with working part time as a sailing instructor for the club, working part time for his fathers sailboat business, and trying to get time with his friends. Tate finds himself housesitting for the summer next door to Cassie’s grandmother. After Tate meets Cassie he decides he isn’t the relationship type. He quickly friend-zones Cassie and soon realizes the mistake he has made. Can he win Cassie over or are the secrets of the Bay too much for both of them to overcome?

I highly recommend starting with the first book in the series, The Good Girl Complex (I rated it 5 stars). It is a dual perspective romance novel. The first perspective is Mackenzie (Mack). Mackenzie has her life planned out. Graduate from Garnet, marry her rich boyfriend Preston, be a doting wife and mother, and join her mothers charity organizations. She is a self proclaimed good girl always wanting to please her rich parents and even wealthier boyfriend/boyfriends parents. That is until the night she meets bad boy “townie” Cooper who makes her think maybe there is more to life.
The second perspective is local bad boy, Cooper. Cooper hates “clones” and when one gets him fired at the start of the novel he seeks revenge by stealing his girlfriend.

The second book, Bad Girl Reputation, is a second chance romance/friends to lovers romance. It follows two perspectives. The first perspective being Genevieve (who is briefly mentioned in the first book as the bad girl ex to Cooper’s brother, Evan). Genevieve and Evan have had a past relationship filled with plenty of faults and lots of passion leaving Gen to try to restrain herself from running into Evan in their small town.
The second perspective is local bad boy, Evan (twin brother to Copper, from the first book). Evan has been pining for Genevieve since the first book. He wants nothing more than to get back on her good side even if that means changing himself.

If you are a fan of Elle Kennedy’s previous work, especially her Off-Campus Series, this one is for you!

Thank you Net Galley for providing an ARC of The Summer Girl in exchange for my honest review! This is the third installment in the Avalon Summer series from Elle Kennedy. I have been a huge fan of Elle’s writing style since The Off Campus and Briar U series so I was super excited to pick up her newest book!

Overall it was a great read and I finished it within 3 hours. Cassie and Tate were adorable and I loved their humor. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who likes romance novels!

Absolutely love anything Elle Kennedy writes. This was an ARC read of book 3 in the Avalon Bay series and it might just be my favorite. The relationship between Tate and Cassie is the absolute sweetest thing from beginning to end. If you read The Deal you will love this book as it has similar wingman beginnings. Iykyk…. From the close proximity to the family drama Elle Kennedy brings these relatable characters to life and I didn’t want this book to end. Can’t wait to see what’s next for this series!