Kristy Woodson Harvey has a knack for writing women characters and relationships that feel so authentic, you can't help falling in love with them. And while this story has romance, the women's friendships are the true heart and joy of this book.

This was such a sweet feel good read, with a little drama of course. This follows the story of 3 lifelong friends who met at summer camp and now must come together to save it.

This made me feel all the nostalgia of growing at summer camp and brought back all of those fond memories of my summers as a teenager. Those were the best!

A sweet, nostalgic, and atmospheric read. The essence of summer, friendship, and memories are stand-outs of this one. By the end I was very fond of the characters and their relationships with each other.

THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS is a great summer read and will pair well with beach days, camping trips, and reading on the porch.

Kristy Woodson Harvey has done it again. THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS is a beautifully written story that deserves the raves it’s getting. It’s a superb novel of friends, family, and sisterhood. Kristy Woodson Harvey knows how to create characters and stories that will resonate long after you read the last word. I want to be friends with Daphne, Lanier, and Mary Stuart. I love how they have created their own family and that it isn’t perfect, and the relationships have both ups and downs like any family. I wish I had been able to attend a camp like Camp Holly Springs, instead of living vicariously through the characters.
Don’t miss this novel! It belongs in your beach bag, carry on, bedside table, wherever you can sit and dive into it. “Fair winds and following seas!”
Thanks to the author, publisher, and Uplit Reads for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of the novel. All opinions are my own and freely given.
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A stunner! I loved that this was about friendship and the many complications that go along with knowing people since your early memories! The fiance was simply the worst! Truly great writing when I finished this weeks ago and I'm still annoyed with him. :)

This the perfect summer read with female friendship, summer camp and nostalgia. Daphne, Lanier and Mary Stuart met at summer camp when they were little girls and are still friends today. Now they are adults dealing with their own problems but they still turn to each other. Told through multiple POV’s and multiple timelines from the past and present it’s an emotional journey filled with romance, childhood memories and friendship.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This story was all the feels! Summer camp, childhood friendships, adult problems, doused with a sugary sweet syrup of nostalgia. Daphne, Lanier and Mary Stuart met at summer camp when they were kids and their friendship has stood the test of time. Now they're grown adults helping each other work through hard things. This book will make you want to call your friends to say hi, or reconnect.

This was my first book by this author and it will definitely not be my last. It is the perfect summer read for those craving an emotional journey for 3 best friends, featuring a summer camp, some romances, secrets and an epilogue that will make you tear up.

Highly recommend!

June Moore bought Camp Holly Springs, a summertime oasis for young girls years ago, but is in danger of losing it. Her niece, Daphne, like her other family members, have met their best friends there and have special memories of summers by the lake. Now an adult, Daphne has been through a lot, but can still count on Mary Stuart and Lanier, her camp best friends, when she needs them the most. These women band together to save Camp Holly Springs for future generations and in turn, learn more about themselves and what they want out of life. Kristy Woodson Harvey's The Summer of Songbirds is summer nostalgia at its best.

Daphne is a complex character in The Summer of Songbirds. She had a difficult past as she has dealt with addiction and is a single mother, but is now a successful attorney. However, she is having some issues at work that are spilling into her personal life. Plus, her Aunt June could lose Camp Holly Springs, which is not only a place that she loves, but her best friends, too. Aunt June has used the camp as a way to avoid life after a tragedy and feels she needs it in more ways than one. Then there's Lanier who owns a bookstore (!), which is always fun to read about. She is engaged to be married but is having second thoughts, especially when she realizes her fiance is hiding secrets. The third best friend, Mary Stuart, is getting married and in turn, bringing the "songbirds" together again.

The women work together to save the camp, which holds special memories for each person. First loves blossomed at camp, strong friendships, risks taken, adventures ensued, secrets by the campfire, and so much more. The women don't want to lose the camp; in fact, they want to preserve it for future generations to enjoy.

The Summer of Songbirds is filled to the brim with summer memories. While I didn't attend sleepaway camp, I went to a sports camp for the week, it was close enough to appreciate all that a summer camp can offer. The mornings by the lake, the adventures, the close relationships you make with people, the cabins filled with bunk beds, and the nights under the stars all were done well. I enjoyed all the summer memories and nostalgia.

While The Summer of Songbirds wasn't my favorite of Harvey's novels, I still enjoyed all the summer delights captured in this novel. It was truly a cute summer escape filled with strong female friendships.

Have you read The Summer of Songbirds? Are you a fan of Kristy Woodson Harvey? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

What a beautiful walk down the core memory lane for summer camp!

It has all of my favorites for women’s fiction
Multiple POVs
Longtime female friendships
Summer nostalgia
Summer camp

Did you attend summer camp?

I feel like there’s two distinct camps (pun intended) of folks- those that attended camp and those that didn’t.

If you didn’t, SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS, @kristywharvey new release will certainly take you on a walk down memory lane. Thank you @gallerybooks for my copy!

Summer of Songbirds includes the lifelong friendships of 3 friends, found family, the lasting memories of first loves, second chances, forgiveness and repairing those relationships that mean the most.

This is truly KWH at her finest. It is a beautiful story, I loved the entire cast of characters.
Daphne, a single mom who is doing life the best she can, despite her worries otherwise. Lanier, Mary Stuart, and Daphne’s Aunt June. I loved the premise they were working together to save their favorite camp, that they have a years’ long pact with each other to do their hard things (what a testimony to friendship).

Loved how the chapters switched from current to the past, as KWH built each character’s back story, so beautifully woven together.

Highly recommend this one- definitely a 5 star read for me.

This is a story of friendship and family and trusting each other with the hard stuff. Daphne, Lanier, and Mary Stuart met at as Songbirds at the summer camp owned by Daphne's Aunt June decades ago. Since that time they have been there for each other but they haven't shared everything. When Aunt June is in danger of having to sell the camp the Songbirds come together to try and save it but the secrets they have been keeping are exposed. Can they figure out how to trust each other again and save the camp? This story keeps you reading and rooting and caring about the characters.

This was a surprisingly deep story of female friendship. I think it will appeal to readers who look back fondly on their camp days.

"Just like each year, every phase of our life had its seasons. Cold ones, windy ones, sunny ones, warm ones. We could not choose which part we were living; we could not predict how our future would play out."

LOVE this quote!

I originally had planned to read this book for my vacation next month in Hawaii. However, it just kept speaking to me and I'm so glad I picked it up. Because this book was exactly what I needed in my life currently!

This story of three childhood best friends going through lives' ups and downs together was beautifully written. I love that they "do hard things" for each other. Everyone needs people in their lives like that. Who doesn't love a Summercamp story to give you all the nostalgia?! I instantly fell in love with the three main characters, and it kept wanting more. And that ending sure gave me all the feels! Quick read, beach read, summer vibes, second chance romance, best friend's brother, found family, ALL the things! Add this to your TBR/beach read list now !

📖 The Summer of Songbirds
🖋️ Kristy Woodson Harvey
✨ Women's Fiction

•What To Expect•
Friendships
Summer Camp
Complicated Relationships

•Rating•
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars
I recommend this book!

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This was the perfect feel good summer beach read. All about friendship, love and loss. I never went to summer camp but I feel like I sure did miss out! I loved how it was told from different perspectives.

Warm summer nights are the perfect time to curl up with a book about friendship and camp memories.

Kristy Woodson Harvey always writes those characters that you just swear you know in real life. I fall into her stories easily and love following a crew of people, flawed and beautiful. It reminds me about the people in my own life who have helped me do "hard things." The standout in this novel is the core friendships between friends who have been close since childhood because of their connection to a summer camp. It felt breezy and slow, just like the end of summer. The story included tough issues and real life situations that people come across over decades of life and how they handled them all were interesting and relatable. I do believe this is my favorite by this author.

This book is for fans of sultry summer days where you just laze around in the sun and enjoy a good day filled with simple things. This book is for people who have friends who have turned into family, even if you don't speak to them often anymore. This book is for women who do hard things for themselves and others every day.

Thank you Uplit Reads for the gifted copy.

My summer reading is not complete until I read a book by Harvey. This was a great summer read and I am always a sucker for books with a summer camp.
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Daphne, Lanier and Mary Stuart met and became best friends at the summer camp, ran by Daphne’s Aunt June. This camp established their friendship and it’s not just a surface friendship. They become a true family. They become family through good times and bad as they find their place in the world. I love a book that shows the entire character and this book does that. We meet these women as young girls and watch them become adults and eventually mothers.
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I would love to keep following their story in another novel! My favorite thing about this book is how these friends send each other a weekly email titled hard things where they list the hard things they don’t want to do and their friend does it for them! I think this idea is absolutely genius!!

Thank you @gallerybooks @netgalley @simonandschusteraudio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Every so often you read a book that brings you back to your childhood. Kirsty Woodson Harvey’s new summer camp book, Summer of Songbirds, brought me back to my summers at camp but is also the story of the bonds of friendship.

Daphne, Lanier, and Mary Stuart met at Camp Holly Springs as 6-year-olds and have remained inseparable ever since. They have been through unplanned pregnancies and addiction, and have taken on each other’s hard things.

Now, with the camp that they love so much in danger of closing, the three women come together to help Daphne’s aunt (and owner of the camp) save their beloved home.

This book touched my heart. I loved every word! This is a real celebration of friendship and chosen family. All the stars.

Adored this book! KWH is one of my favorites! I loved her Peachtree Bluff series and recommend it often and this one falls along the same lines. What a beautiful summer read and testimony to the power of women and female friendships.

Positives:
The camp setting
The positive female characters and friendships, the idea that childhood bonds can last a lifetime, and the positive dynamics between the grown women
The different points of view from three of the female characters
Themes of second chances and redemption
The "Hard things" emails

No negatives: I really just loved this comfortable feel-good read. The perfect summer book!

Kristy Woodson Harvey does it again in another beautifully written novel. A perfect little summer read with a summer camp background and many secrets to share. Her writing style is so beautiful, and she is an auto buy author of mine. Each novel is more brilliant than the last