4.5/5 ⭐
ARC REVIEW!!! paige toon really knows how to break your heart and put it back together 😭 this book was DEVASTATING, but in the best way possible hahaha! i'm not usually a fan of love triangles, but this was done SO well and had me invested the entire time. i seriously couldn't stop reading once i got started!

we have liv and finn, who meet six summers ago, and promise each other that they will return every summer to spend it together. of course, liv meets tom this summer, which is where the love triangle comes in. who will end up with who? the ultimate question.

please go read this if you haven't already! i'm begging you! i will definitely be picking up more books by Paige when i'm ready for my heart to be ripped out again :)

read if you like:
☀second chance
☀dual timeline
☀love triangle
☀right person, wrong time
☀disability rep
☀will cry your eyes out

thank you paige toon, putnam, and netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest review!

Seven Summers was a heartwrenching, soul searching, cheer on true love, good time. There were moments of grief, struggle, pain, yet enduring love through it all. I enjoyed this book.

✨ 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 ✨

𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐧
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞:
🐚 small beach town romance
🧡 summer love
🩷 emotional love story
🐚 alternating timelines
🧡 heart-wrenching
🩷 Down Syndrome representation
🐚 dealing with grief
🧡 fade to black closed door romance
🩷 one POV (FMC’s)

Liv has just moved home to Cornwall where she meets Finn one summer. Finn is a lead singer in a band with some of their mutual friends. Finn is here for the summer visiting his grandmother & brothers. Finn is an aspiring songwriter & musician who lives in LA. Liv & Finn make a pact that they will get together every summer if they are both single. This stays true for seven summers till Liv & Finn’s worlds change drastically. Finn has met someone while in LA and Liv has met a newcomer named Tom. There are things that Tom doesn’t disclose to Liv right away & when these things come to light, Liv has to learn to trust her heart that what is meant to be, will be.

Paige Toon is becoming one of my go-to authors!! Her stories always take me for a wild ride. This was a heart-wrenching & beautiful love story that begins with Liv & Finn, but then intermingles with Tom. This book makes you really reflect on what life is all about, how strong love really is, & how love is always worth fighting for. I loved Liv’s character development & that the story was told through her point of view. The turmoil that Liv had to go through with losing her parents, caring for her brother, & then figuring out her relationship with both Finn & Tom was so beautifully written. Liv’s relationship with her brother who has Down Syndrome melted my heart. If you love thought provoking & rollercoasters full of emotions in your love stories, this one is for you!

This book was a tear jerker. It was so good, it starts off in the seventh summer. And it goes through each summer down to the first.

I really enjoyed this one! I'm a sucker for same time next year books. Probably because I want that to happen to me lolol. It was a nice refreshing twist on the trope though because there were two love interests. I truly had no idea how this book was going to end! This was the perfect read for a beach vacation. I would definitely recommend.

Talk about feeling alllll the feels with this one. What an absolutely beautifully written book by Paige Toon.

I laughed, I cried, my heart broken & was put back together all inside the pages of this book.

A powerful novel about grief, falling in love, heartbreak, learning to love yourself, and allowing yourself to be loved in return.

I immediately went to Paige’s backlist of novels and started reading them because this book elicited so many powerful emotions inside of me. THAT is what books are supposed to do, and I cannot wait to read more from her in the future.

A beautiful story about love, grief, summer, and friendships.

Liv is back from studying in Italy. She spots Finn, a boy who moved to the States in high school at the local bar her first night back. They begin their summer romance before Finn goes back to the states. Finn comes back every summer, where Liv and Finn will meet back up if they're both single. No communication during the rest of the year.

The story jumps back to summers ago and to present day summer where Liv meets Tom, who is staying at her property for the month of June. We wait to see what happens with Finn and Liv while we hear more about Tom, the mysterious artist living below her.

The story covers multiple topics that happen throughout ones life and the challenges we face. It was beautiful. It took me a while to get into, but I did enjoy this story! I didn't know who to "root for" as both Finn and Tom were interesting and unique.

"I have had two loves in my life, and I am lucky."

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Seven Summers is NOT a rom-com. This is a heart wrenching story of love and loss and complications and choices. It's about finding connections and losing them. It's about family and the responsibility that comes along with it. It's about what makes a home and a community. It's about following your passion, even when it's hard. Even when it's easier to give up. It's about knowing what you can compromise on in life and what you can't. It's about community and chosen family and pivoting your life plans over and over and over.

The epilogue was my favorite part, but it felt too rushed for me. I wish it was a fleshed out "Part 2" instead of an epilogue. I guess when my only criticism of a book is that I wanted more...that's not a bad thing!

Thanks to NetGalley for early access to this thought-provoking novel.

This was a great book to read with a summer feel. Liv has great character development, and the love interests were easy to fall for. Dual timelines made it easy to stay hooked. This was pretty heartbreaking at some parts, but the ending was very good to counter balance the sad parts.
A great summer read!

Seven Summers is the newest, evocative summer romance from Paige Toon. This emotional story covers seven summers in retrospect, as well as seven summers in the future, in briefer form. We follow Olivia (Liv) and Finn who met while working in a bar on the Cornish coast, her bartending and he singing lead vocals in the cover band. They make a strong connection, strengthened through heartbreak, but their lives lead in different directions, irrevocably separating the two.

We get to follow these two characters as their lives progress through the years, through the ups and downs, the growth and significant life events, as well as their reunification each summer. Seven Summers is an incredibly heart-wrenching story that allows you to fully buy into their reconcilable differences, and therefore feel the full impact of their heartbreak. Eventually, Liv meets Tom, a temporary renter in her home, and an artist of sorts in his own right, just like Liv, who is a sculptor. We get a little of their story, which is also poignant and gut-wrenching.

The character growth with all three of the main characters is well-developed, the friendships are meaningful, and the setting truly adds to the story. I do think this story was longer than necessary and would have been more impactful if it had been a bit more condensed. There are also elements that are predictable. Regardless, this novel is gravitational and potent in the way that it deals with grief, trauma, hardship, and realistic relationship dynamics. If you like romances and reflective life stories that have depth and a realistic feel to them, and you aren’t afraid of heavy-hitting fiction, then this is a story you won’t want to miss!

A beautiful love story! Beautifully written, really enjoyed! Smiled, cried and couldn't put it down.

Paige Toon is an author that is much like Colleen Hoover, with close to the same story telling in her novels. While I have loved all that I have read from Paige Toon, this one did not disappoint and did stand out from her others. This book has emotion and love and heartbreak, just like all of her others but this one just hit your heart in the right spot. I highly recommend her books for those looking to branch out from Colleen Hoover. 4.5 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free copy of Seven Summers by Paige Toon in exchange for my honest review.

Seven Summers is about “six summers to fall in love. One summer to change it all.” The story is of Liv and Finn who are thrown together one night and then tied together for on going years l. They’re the “of course they’ll get together” couple but they don’t…Liv battles her own personal struggles while balancing her relationship with Finn and his blossoming music career. When Liv meets Tom she has to choose him or Finn.

I like Too ‘s realistic writing. She’s not necessarily going to give you want you want. These are always “they end up together happily ever after” kind of stories. They’re more realistic and happen in the real world with real problems and complex characters. It’s a love/hate with me because sometimes I just want a happy love story but I also can appreciate the realness of her stories.

I think my heart just melted when I turned the last page. So so very good. Well written without being sappy. Just a joy. Many thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this copy for read and review

"Seven Summers" was a 5 star read that I couldn't put down. This book was full of romance, heartbreak and sacrifice. Add "Seven Summers" to your beach bag and summer reading list this summer!

This book was a heart wrenching roller coaster ride that had me crying s much, This book hurt me in so many good ways. I loved Liv and Finn so freaking much!

Wow. This story breaks your heart and then puts it back together. I loved watching Liv’s character development over the summers. It’s not just a love story, it’s a story of self discovery and dives into healing and the process of grief. Paige Toon knows how to make a girl cry. I can’t wait to read more in the future.

Liv fell in love with Finn on the Cornish coastline seven years ago, and hasn't been able to forget him since. He's forever tied to the happiest and saddest moments of her live, but his once-a-year visits in the summer don't constitute a relationship. However, neither of them are able to compromise, leaving them at a standstill. While both try to move on with new partners, tragedy and fate keep dragging them back together.

Liv was honestly a superhero, taking care of her brother, the Seaglass, her rental properties, and herself, all while reassuring everyone around her that she wasn't going to fall apart at the mention of Finn's name. The format of the interspersed chapters was perfect, showing the contrast of Finn and Liv's relationship fading out, while her and Tom's relationship blossomed. I didn't know which relationship I was rooting for, as I enjoyed different aspects of each. The ending was bittersweet, but I felt it made the story come full circle. Definitely a contender for one of my top reads of the summer, even if it did make me a little weepy.

I’m a little late to reading the ARC for Seven Summers by Paige Toon but I am so glad I made the time to read it! The story was not what I was imagining but I absolutely adored everything about it! Telling the whole story as snippets from summers was a genius idea. Each summer brought new challenges to Liv, some bad and some great. I loved Liv and Finn, Michael and Tom, and all Livs friends. Without giving any spoilers, I wasn’t sure at first that I liked how the book ended but after sitting with it for a few hours, I can now say I enjoyed it. It was a fitting end for Liv and I’m happy for her!

Thank you to author Paige Toon , NetGalley and Penguin Group for the ARC!

Oof, what a perfect gut punch! This was a wonderful introduction to Paige Toon's work for me. I will definitely be reading more!