I’ve always loved Jane Rosen’s books, so I never turn down the chance to read one of her latest. Seven Summer Weekends is a perfect example of what makes Rosen’s books so special. A charming premise, a charming setting, and charming characters make this a book that simply speaks to the soul.

After I read this, I realized that it’s semi-related to Rosen’s last book, On Fire Island. I hadn’t read that book (though now I plan to!) but it didn’t make me feel out of the loop here. In fact, I didn’t know there was a related book until later and I didn’t notice. I’m sure reading both would help me love the characters even more than I already did!

This is not the first book I’ve read where someone inherits a beach house at a time in life where they’re searching for something, and I’ll read this premise as many times as I can. If nothing else, it gives me hope that I may have a beach house I’m set to inherit some day! If it’s anything like this, I may not even know about it or remember it exists.

I also enjoyed the play on the trope of a city girl with a posh job having a career meltdown and moving away from the city. In this case, Addison gets fired after a comment about her boss goes viral. She’s forced out of the advertising firm in New York where she’s worked for years, and doesn’t know what to do next. She’s given so much of herself to this job that it’s become part of her identity.

The sad loss of her aunt means that Addison inherits a beach house she barely remembers at just the right time. Addison hadn’t seen her aunt or her Fire Island beach house since she was a child, but she does remember her aunt (more to learn on why they haven’t seen each other!). Arriving on Fire Island brings back memories, but it may not be the solitude Addison craves. The guest house on the property has been rented out for seven weekends and the income pays for expenses on the house for the whole year.

The weekend visitors are a charming and sweet way to bring Addison back to her roots. The guests knew and loved her aunt, and they bring stories about her that make up for some of the years Addison missed out on. Meanwhile a young widower next door named Ben is still processing his loss. A bestselling writer, Ben lost his wife years ago and is finally opening up (including some flirting on the Fire Island ferry!).

The set up for a great love story, right? Things may not be so simple though. Addison and Ben continue to run into one another around town, but Ben is still struggling in the romance department. Is he really ready for another relationship? I wondered while reading this if anyone is ever truly ready after losing a loved one, or if we just move on one day at a time until eventually it’s less fresh.

The setting is lovely and felt like a vacation through a book. Addison and Ben are complex characters with things they are working through. Addison is harboring some resentment at her parents for keeping her from spending time with her aunt. Meanwhile Ben isn’t sure he’s ready to move on—do we ever get over grief, or does the cycle just begin again?

A heartfelt and lovely story about a summer of healing, growth, and change (and maybe love!).

Thank you to Berkley Publishing for my copy. Opinions are my own.

I loved everything about this book. The Fire Island setting, all the characters that visited Addison, the house and all the quirky things inside it, Gicky and her planning, the group of friends, Addison and Ben together and their flirting, Sally, Shep…and everything and everyone in between. I fell in love with Fire Island and was so excited to find out it’s a real place! Adding to my list of places I want to visit.

Thank you NetGalley, Berkeley Publishing Group and author Jane L Rosen for the e-arc to read and review!

I really enjoyed spending a summer of weekends on Fire Island with Addison & the quirky cast of characters in this story! It was fun to see how the island life she was dropped into unfolded for her each week, who came on the ferry for a visit, what surprises Aunt Gickey left behind and how her & Ben’s relationship bloomed! Plus, I was sooo curious to know what the Big Terrible Thing was! That kept a little mystery hiding in the background all the way through!

Although this is a light and easy romance with a great summer vibe … it’s also a journey of self discovery and finding happiness in a place you never knew you needed! Definitely a recommend for a sweet beach read!

I realized after I finished this one that it is connected to a previous novel, On Fire Island … which I will be going back and catching to find out more about Ben & Julia! And after reading the synopsis … I’m pretty sure my heart may take a beating with that one!

Seven Summer Weekends is a book that will fill your heart with love. While this is a follow up to On Fire Island, which I didn't read, I didn't find myself feeling like I was missing details about characters. Jane Rosen did a good of filling in some of the gaps needed if you hadn't read the first book.

The story follows Addison who is on her way to a big promotion at work when a Zoom disaster strikes. She learns around the same time her estranged aunt has left Addison her home on Fire Island and encourages her to stay for the summer. Addison arrives with all intentions to sell, but after a series of visitors, she begins to fall in love with the island.

I binged this story. It's funny, heartbreaking, relatable, and simply a great book to read this summer. Definitely one to check out.
Thank you, Berkley Publishing, and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5/5 stars

I am loving kicking off my summer with a new Jane Book! Last year she blew me away with On Fire Island and her new book this year is Seven Summer Weekends!

In this one, our FMC Addison, finds herself on Fire Island due to some unforeseen circumstances, when she finds Ben (who is from the first novel - On Fire Island). While this is a standalone, I would HIGHLY recommend reading On Fire Island first, you won’t regret it and you will fall in love with these characters so when you get to Addison and Ben’s story it will mean that much more to you. 💕

This story starts with a creative way to get fired which sets up this great read. The second in a series about Fire
Island, this is a stand-alone read, but it sounds like the first book was a delight too.

Seven Summer Weekends is loaded with unique personalities and pets that become a part of the fabric of the town. Addison is the outsider and we get to experience all of her emotions and discoveries as she learns more and more about her estranged aunt and family.

Rich with gal pals to support her, strangers who know more about her aunt than she does, and different people showing up weekly, this story offers a wonderful vibe and pace. Getting to know each character is fun but we also get a few roller coaster rides too. Ben is a complex character but a great balance for Addison too!

With a budding romance as well as plenty of emotions to get through, the author treats us to the delights of the town and every reason Addison should never sell. My heart was in my throat a few times over that decision!

Seven Summer Weekends will make you crave the beach and a sweet addicting summer fling.

Addison has just lost her long term advertising job, to a Zoom blunder. It was a stupid mistake but she has lost her job because of it and will she even get a recommendation? She doesn’t know what to do or where to go but she knows she has to get out of town. It just so happens that her aunts home on Fire Island, is now hers and she can escape to it. But it is all so overwhelming, she had lost contact with her aunt and she has a good life in the city.. but she has to do something. She heads out to the island to see the Josie and decides she will stay there and decide whether to stay or sell? Well the home is cozy and the island feels like a safe cocoon. The neighbors are a little strange. There is a dog who wanders in and out of her yard and there is a moody neighbor, she can’t quite figure out. But as the days go on she is feeling better about life, she is back to her art work and she is enjoying, her aunts summer tenants as they come and go. They each teach her a little more about the aunt, she didn’t know. What seemed like such an easy choice, sell the house, she has no idea what to do? This was such a good story. It was fast paced and I love a summer story. I really enjoyed this story and the characters. I want to thank Netgalley, Jane L. Rosen and Berkley Publishing Group for my copy of Seven Summer Weekends, for an honest review. It was my pleasure to read and review it. What were your thoughts?

What initially intrigued me about this book with its cover. Look at how gorgeous it is!! Unfortunately, I didn’t love the story. I found myself bored and wanting more.it does touch on heavy topics such as loss and healing. I think I was expecting more of a romance, and that wasn’t it. Overall it was alright.

3.5 stars

Addison Irwin inheriting her late aunt’s Fire Island property couldn’t have come at a better time. Addison was just fired from her job and black listed from the industry. Spending the summer meeting a barrage of her aunts quirky & eclectic guests and neighbors (minus the grump next door) while deciding if she should sell or keep the property is just what she needs to find herself again.

Sometimes simplicity just works. There is nothing extra in these pages. A simple and straightforward story with many simple surface characters. But an assortment of characters you just can’t help falling in love with.

The only thing not simple was the change of POV with no warning that left the reader playing a guessing game of who is actually “speaking.”

As a lover of Fire Island I’m definitely bias, but this story has the perfect setting. This was an enjoyable beach read.

*Thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest and voluntary review.

Thank you @berkleypub and @berittalksbooks for the opportunity to read 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 this week on @netgalley. ⠀
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This is a delightful novel that takes readers on a journey to Fire Island. The story revolves around Addison Irwin, who inherits a beach house along with a list of eclectic guests. As she navigates the revolving door of weekend visitors and an up-and-down relationship with her moody neighbor (and his adorable dog), Addison finds herself in unfamiliar territory. ⠀
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Rosen’s storytelling captures the power of love, friendship, and the rejuvenating nature of time spent by the sea. This is a must-read the season if you like sweet and heartfelt Summer stories!🌞

Sigh.

Yet another book where a women does something 'wrong', resulting in the end of her job/career/home/relationship. Then in the nick of time, a long-lost relation leaves her a beach house / mansion / business that the neice/great grand-daughter / second cousin twice-removed never knew existed. A magical place where all her problems can be fixed.

Can you tell this one wasn't for me? I am all for light beachy reads but this one had me rolling my eyes from the get-go. Others will love it but I think I may have read too many that were similar and this just fell short.

Thank you for the opportunity.

Seven Summer Weekends by Jane Rosen
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After a disaster during a Zoom meeting, Addison is jobless and devastated. An unexpected inheritance from an aunt she barely remembers finds her off to spend the summer on Fire Island.
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What I liked:
-I loved how the situation that Addison was put in forced her to slow down. She suddenly has no job to go to everyday, and is on an island with a more relaxed community, she discovers how to be more present (with a little help from the guests).
-The Guests!!! Each weekend that Addison is there brings a new guest to stay in the rental on the property. I loved how each guest helped Addison in a different way. 💜
-I got really invested in the couple chapters about Addison’s friend Kizzy. I loved where things went for Kizzy.
-And the grumpy and irritating neighbor. 😁🥰 He was a great part of the story. I enjoyed the bickering and banter.
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4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I enjoyed reading this book whilst I sit here and wait for my inheritance from a vague relative…….I did google Fire Island and now hope to one day visit an east coast vacation destination during summertime.

Thank you @berkleyromance & @prhaudio for my complimentary copy. My thoughts are my own.

When Addison Irwin gets fired from her career in advertising, she suddenly finds herself at loose ends. Then, she unexpectedly inherits a beach house from a long lost aunt, so she decides to move to the house on Fire Island while she re-evaluates her life. While there, she rediscovers herself as she experiments with art, and interacts with the neighbors, weekend guests, and a few visitors sent by her aunt. She even falls in love with the neighbor, Ben, who turns out to be the handsome widower we met in FIRE ISLAND.

I wasn’t expecting this to be the touching and enjoyable novel it turned out to be! I didn’t realize who Ben was until later in the book, and at first, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it! But it was three years after his wife’s death and Ben and Addison’s story was perfect. I really liked Addison and her friends. I enjoyed the quirky residents of Fire Island, and I loved the beach setting.

The author added a note about writing a romcom, but, along with the members in my group chat, I really felt this novel should be categorized as women’s fiction rather than romance. Don’t miss this emotional story!

I sooo loved getting to see Ben find his HEA following the sudden death of his wife. This follow up to On Fire Island was so fun. I loved the different guests that came to stay with Addison as she recently inherited her estranged aunt's beach house on Fire Island. Full of female friendship, second chances, romance and summer fun, this is a perfect beach read and great on audio narrated by Emily Norman. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

Let's just skip ahead as keeping this book to myself has been one of my biggest challenges.

5 stars

I loved every ounce of this book instantly, the title, the cover and the description had me begging for an early approval.

I was in luck...

What I didn't know was within the pages, told a summer's tale I would think about for years to come.

Addison, wait.... don't I remember you?

Yes! Jane L. Rosen is back with our favorite crew of characters and I was so here for it . Addison has to be one of my favorite characters, raw, honest, quirky and lovable, this little chick will keep you on your toes.

The guests? Oh, well this is an eclectic group that will have you giggling out loud.

You'll fall in love and maybe even shed a tear or two.

Seven Summer Weekends, had me all up in my feels.

Check out this teaser:

A woman inherits a beach house, along with a series of weekend guests, while butting heads with the irritable (and irritatingly handsome) man next door, in this sparkling new escape from Jane L. Rosen.

When a Zoom disaster upends Addison Irwin’s decade-long career at a posh Manhattan advertising agency, things look bleak for the thirty-something mid-western transplant. But an unexpected inheritance from an aunt she barely remembers—a property on Fire Island, complete with guest house and artist’s studio—changes everything.

While debating whether to stay or sell, Addison learns that she’s also inherited her aunt’s list of eclectic guests, tying her to the island for seven summer weekends. Eager to convince Addison to keep the house rather than let a new buyer build a monstrosity in its place, the neighbors welcome her to their laid-back community. Well, all except the moody guy next door, who seems intent on glowering his way through life.

Steadfast in her path since college, Addison is determined not to let this detour on Fire Island throw her off track. But soon, between the revolving door of weekend visitors and the up-and-down relationship with her neighbor (and his adorable dog), she finds herself in unfamiliar territory. Should she try to pick up where she left off—or embrace entirely new possibilities?

Seven Summer Weekends by Jane L. Rosen is a new contemporary romance novel. While Seven Summer Weekends is not listed as a series book this one really is a continuation of the author’s last novel, On Fire Island. One of the central characters here is returning from the last book with some other secondary characters making appearances too. However, that being said Seven Summer Weekends really could be read as a standalone but of course since some characters have appeared before you do get a deeper connection to them by reading both books in order.

Addison Irwin has found herself suddenly without a job after working the last ten years in advertising. Without a clue what is coming next Addison also receives notice that her long lost aunt she barely knew has died and left her estate to Addison. Addison is sure she’ll probably need to sell the property on Fire Island but due to her aunt leaving stipulations for Addison inheriting she decides to spend the summer on the island before making that decision. After arriving on the island Addison begins to enjoy the close knit community around her with the one exception of her infuriating neighbor, Ben.

Well Seven Summer Weekends is the second book I’ve read by Jane L. Rosen having read On Fire Island before picking this one up and boy do both books feel completely different but somehow the same. Yes, we are returning to the charming small island with it’s eccentric characters but this time around there isn’t a supernatural narrator like there was in the first book, and I kind of missed her. However, this book did concentrate more on just a straight forward contemporary romance without a lot of extra the first book had so in a way I did enjoy this one more overall getting to know these two characters and becoming invested in them more. When finished with this second novel by this author I definitely find myself intrigued enough to read more from her in the future.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

Seven Summer Weekends was a surprise sequel to a book I absolutely adored last year, On Fire Island. I'll be honest, my book memory is horrible so I didn't make the character connection until my buddy read discussion with and just knowing that made it even better.

It obviously stands in its own, but I highly HIGHLY recommend reading On Fire Island because that book is something special and makes you realize just how special this book is too.

These are the only 2 books I have read by Jane Rosen and I have to read more. She is a special author who writes special books with amazing characters.

Addison solely inherits a beach house from her unconventional, talented artist aunt whom she barely remembers from childhood.
The surprise inheritance seems to happen just in time! Addison has just suffered a humiliating loss of her Manhattan job when she accidentally shares what she thought was a private message to the whole corporate group during a Zoom meeting. 😳
Her intention to expediently sell the house gets sidelined by a seven week rotation of guests who are booked into the guesthouse. Each one shares a special bit of her aunt with Addison.
There’s also an irritating (handsome) neighbor that completes the enemies to lovers conundrum.

I didn’t read On Fire Island (although it was on my “want” list) but I had no problem whatsoever in reading this follow-up sequel. I loved that it was divided into sections by each of the seven weeks! I truly enjoyed the story, it’s a perfect beachy, poolside or Summertime read - pick it up!

I really enjoyed this one! Addison just seems to have a string of bad luck. When she unknowingly inherits her long lost aunts house of Fire Island, she is faced with a tough decision. Does she try and stick to her life long plan or embrace new beginnings?

I love the small town vibes of this one a lot. Addison's view of her aunt's house was jaded at first, but the longer she stayed there and became friendly with the town, she starts to envision the possibility of a new life. Not to mention, she starts to fall for her neighbor. I liked how the author depicted the struggle between old Addison and new Addie (if you read the book you'll understand the significance of the names). It's a great representation of trying something new and accepting that sometimes don't always go to plan and sometimes, it's even better than you could have imagined.

Addison Irwin loses her job as an art director at a New York City ad agency by committing a major faux pas on Zoom. With no job and no love life to speak of, Addison is anchorless. She learns that her aunt, an artist who had been estranged from her family, passed away and Addison has inherited her Fire Island beach house complete with guest house and studio. In her will, Aunt "Gicky" asked for Addison to spend the summer in the house whether she chooses to sell it or not. A revolving door of interesting weekend guests her aunt had arranged to stay in the guest house provide some eye-opening experiences. But nothing compares to Ben, the handsome neighbor next door. After a poor start, is this a romance in the making?

Seven Summer Weekends by Jane L. Rosen is pure enjoyment. This could be viewed as a continuation of Rosen's last novel, On Fire Island. I was all set to read her last book about a man (Ben) who loses his wife to cancer (not a spoiler as this is told upfront). But sadly, when the book came out last year, my life paralleled the story too closely and I couldn't read it. I was happy to read Rosen's new book, which is upbeat and fun (aside from knowing Aunt Gicky passed away). It's filled with wonderful characters, a cute dog, and it stands on its own. There are no huge surprises in rom-com land, but the journey will put a big smile on your face.

Rated 4.25 stars.