This story starts out during summers in the Hamptons. It is written from the main character, POV, Olivia. It's a love story that feels like star crossed love between Olivia and a boy named Fred she meets when she is 16 and He is 17. The story goes back and forth between the past and the present giving the reader a glimpse of their time together and how their lives have changed every 5 years during summers.
The author does a good job of going back in time and connecting it to the present so that the reader understand the dynamics between the characters. This keeps the story interesting. I Kept rooting for Olivia and Fred to make their relationship work.
I wished it had dual pov because I wanted to know more about Fred's life and what he did when he was not part of Olivia's life.
The story has good flow, however
both of the main characters are exasperating. They dont know how to communicate and the conflict is ridiculous. The miscommunication troupe is unbelievable. If you can move past some of the dialogue and the miscommunication, which at times makes the story feel like is in a loop and not going anywhere, it is still a good story.

Thank you Netgalley and Alcove Press for this ARC.

Great book. An exploration of love timing, life’s what-ifs, and trusting again. Plus a bit of tennis thrown in. A perfect beach read as it explores Summer after Summer..

Summer after Summer is about the relationship between Fred and Olivia. They met one summer as teens and things did not work out. Fate kept bringing them back together every 5 years and each time, once again, things did not work out. Primarily, Fred and Olivia did not communicate with each other and were both too afraid or too stubborn to call each other after the misunderstanding. This novel shows clearly that communication is the key to any relationship. Love is not enough to move a relationship forward. Lauren Bailey included some twists and turns in the novel and also showed how others can interfere in a relationship. I loved this book and could not put it down once I started to read it. I especially liked how she moved from the current year to the previous years of their lives and the lives of her family members. The readers can see how Fred and Olivia changed during those 5 year periods, but still loved each other until the end.

Olivia Taylor, music teacher, former tennis star and recently separated from her husband, has returned to her family home on the beach in the Hamptons. Her father has had some financial difficulties and selling this valuable piece of oceanfront property will allow him to retire comfortably. Olivia is shocked to learn that the buyer of the house is Fred Webb. Fred! The boy she fell in love with the summer she turned sixteen. The college student who wanted to marry her before he graduated. The businessman who followed her tennis career. The man she has always loved. While their attraction is growing, Olivia is dealing with cleaning out the house, preparing for an auction, and dealing with her sisters’ problems. She doesn’t see the danger that lies under the surface until it is almost too late.

Summer after Summer is a slow-moving story that draws you in chapter by chapter. Both Olivia and Fred were frustrating characters. You know they should be together, they want to be together but they just let other things and people get in the way. And each summer they are together is five years apart. This is a charming romance with manipulation, greed and deception thrown in! 4 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Alcove Press and Lauren Bailey for this ARC.

thank you netgalley for this advanced reader copy! i devoured this book on a bachelorette trip to the beach because it’s a cozy beach read. set in the hamptons, fred and olivia are entangled in more ways than one, but life continues to get in the way. when olivia is back after twenty years, ready to help her elderly father move, she’s surprised to find fred is the one who bought her childhood home. it was a well written second chance (or fifth chance) story, though the typical “misunderstanding” is utterly frustrating when you know they’re supposed to be together! but in simple, i loved this!

This book should probably have been named Every Five Summers, but for such a happily ever after book, the name is not important. Although there is plenty of unhappiness and wrong matches in the story the reader can't help but keep reading to see if Olivia and Fred (I was not thrilled about his name...) ever get their timing right. Some of the settings are breathtaking (Taylor House, Wimbledon, the winery, etc. and the reader does get the "stuffiness" of the Hamptons, but with a taste of that life. My only complaint with the book is that to succeed at Wimbledon and the tennis pro tour, I think tennis must be a bigger part of Olivia's life than it seemed to be, but that is a tiny quibble. I loved the end of the book--all the ends got tied up.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this book through Netgalley. I was excited to read the book based on the summary of the book. I was only able to get through 8 chapters then I just could not finish. I felt the book was jumping around from character to character and many times I had no idea who was “talking” or who they were referring to.

Lots of Persuasion vibes which I loved! An interesting modern take on a beloved classic. I think this would make a good summer read, especially for those who love Austin reimaginings.

Thank you Net Galley and Alcove Press for this digital arc in exchange for my honest review which is not affiliated with any brand.

I loved. this book. There are so many sub stories and backstories about this somewhat complicated family but they all come together in a tale that spans a few decades. It’s about sibling rivalry, first loves, lost loves, deceit and deception, friendships and mostly about family. Olivia has come home to Southhampton after she needs time away from her cheating husband Wes. She feels charged with the task to clean out the family home, which was being sold to pay off debts. When she gets there, she finds out that the house was being sold to her first love, Fred, who she first met 20 years ago as her first kiss. Olivia and Fred flit in and out of each other’s lives seemingly every five years, never quite figuring out how to make things work. The work of cleaning out the house brings back memories to Olivia and her sisters about the loss of their mother and the messages she left them. The story encompasses two decades of Olivia and Fred – – who really are two star crossed lovers. You will find yourself rooting for them to work things out and with the twists and turns in the story, you wonder if it will ever happen. A great first effort.

I really enjoyed this book. It kept me up late because I really wanted to see what happened. I was surprised by some parts. I was well written and enjoyable.

Devoured this book in a day and had a hard time making myself put it down to go to work. At times I couldn’t decide if I was routing for Fred and Olivia to stay together or stay apart, but every page left me wanting to know more of their story. The slide between the past and the present was a great way to learn about their past meetings while still wanting to know about their present. Not a single character I didn’t love or love to hate!

Olivia Taylor is running away from her soon-to-be-ex, and the fact that her father and sisters need her help packing up their family beach home before it sells is a good excuse to get away. Olivia has a lot of memories wrapped up in her childhood home. It's where she grew up, where her mom died, and where she first met Fred, the real love of her life.

She and Fred have tried so many times in the past and it's always blown up between them. But when she sees him again on this trip, things feel different. Second-chance tropes are generally not my favorite, but this was a fun beach read. I enjoyed the beachfront atmosphere. It was fun to watch the relationship between Olivia and Fred change through the story. If you enjoy second-chance romances, give this one a chance! Fun read!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced digital reader's copy (ARC) in exchange for an honest review!

Olivia's fiancé cheated, so she decides to go home to the Hamptons to help pack up her father's house, which was recently sold. When she arrives, she discovers that Fred, her childhood boyfriend, has bought the house. But apparently, there is still a lot going on between Olivia and Fred and between Olivia and her childhood best friend Ash, which you will all find out from the now and then POV.

I am obsessed with these then-and-now POVs where there is a mystery going on. Throughout this book, I constantly needed to discover what happened all those years ago. Oh, and the plot twist at the end, yes, I loved that. What I loved even more was that I did not expect it. Also, the romance in the book was great, the characters were lovely (except for Lucy, I hated her), and the writing style was so nice to read. Honestly, I hardly have anything that I did mind in this book.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of Summer after Summer by Lauren Bailey, published by Alcove Press

I loved this novel, Lauren Bailey please write another book. I fell in love with the characters and the plot! So well written.
Written in the past and the present we follow Olivia through her personal life and her tennis career, she makes decisions along the way that help her to stay focused on the court and also allow her find love.
This novel kept me reading, I was on the edge of my seat. I thought I knew how it would end and then it didn't! I loved the ending!
Great novel and I will be watching for more books by Lauren Bailey

I love this book! My first read for this author. Very well written. I love the characters, storyline, interactions. This book has it all romance, friendship, loves gone wrong, devious people, heartwarming people, righting of wrongs. All around great book. I recommend this book highly. I was given an advanced reader copy by NetGalley and I am freely sharing my review.

Summer After Summer is the debut novel of Lauren Bailey, and it is a modern day retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. I am always intrigued by retelling of Jane Austen’s works, and I was excited to pick this one up.

At first, I was sure this would be a 4 star read. The beginning was compelling and I liked the shifts back and forward in time. However, I think the story got a little bogged down in the tennis elements and the second half of the book dragged a bit.

The writing was excellent. I would definitely keep an eye out for another book by this author based on the quality of the writing alone. The book also captured the wistfulness of the original work. The setting was very vibrant and really came to life (and made me wish it was still summer!). Overall it was a solid debut.

Summer After Summer is a lovely atmospheric second-chance (or maybe more?) romance. It gave me a taste of Beach Read by Emily Henry, with some Every Summer After by Carly Fortune thrown in. Fun, heartfelt, and lovely.

Olivia Taylor is heading back home to help pack up her dad's home which is being sold, and comes at a time when Olivia and her husband are having issues.. While being back at home she runs into Fred, and this where the story takes off, you get a full picture of Olivia and Fred from their first kiss on the beach when they were teenagers to now when they are adults and even in the in between. The timeline goes from past to present and how they seem to run into each other every 5 years. It's a cute romance story with family dynamics that seems to fit.

Thank you to Netgalley and Alcove Press for this ARC

Thank you Alcove and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this book because it was beautifully written with the dual timeline and because second chance is one of my favourite romance tropes. Even though I've never been to the Hamptons, I could imagine the setting vividly and I enjoyed all the tennis content. I also liked that it was inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion with little references here and there and that it gave a modern twist to it.
The only reason I won't rate it 5 stars is that there was too little insight into the main characters' relationship. They weren't together long enough for me to truly root for them, so I guess there's some suspension of disbelief needed to be happy with the story. However, I liked that the ending wasn't predictable but that there was a surprising turn.
Overall, I think it'll be a great summer book and I can recommend it to everyone who's looking for a "right person-wrong time" story.

I enjoyed this book. Some of the characters irritated me but that’s what the author was trying to do. The characters were all well rounded and I found myself wanting to read more of the characters story.