This was a cute story and perfect for the summer!

Three friends decide to take a trip in hopes of mending broken hearts and past hurts. Lainey, Tyson, and Hannah are best friends from college that tragically lost their best friend, Summer. They make a pact that whenever they need each other, that they’ll show up, no matter what. After Hannah faces heartbreak, Lainey and Tyson come to her side to help her move forward.

This was a super sweet story about friendship, heartbreak, and new beginnings. I loved the dynamic between the 3 friends and watching them grow throughout the story. I was annoyed by Lainey and her childish behavior and I do feel like the ending was rushed.

Overall a cute enough story to keep me engaged! Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed all three of the main characters and really felt like you got to know them and why they were doing what they did. I felt like I was in Italy with them and only wish the ending was longer and more developed because I didn’t want the story with these three characters to end.

When four freshmen cross paths in a study lounge at the University of Virginia, they become fast friends and form a friendship group that cannot be broken despite their differences in circumstances. Hannah is sweet, quiet, and grew up with an overpowering southern mother in Georgia who often cared more about appearances than the happiness of her daughter. Lainey is a creative and theatrical party girl from California with a wonderful mother but has emotional scars from her father’s abandonment. Tyson is a smart and conscientious guy who is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his parents and become a lawyer. Despite the fact that his family is wonderful, he is put under an immense amount of pressure to have a successful career and live up to his family’s high expectations. Summer is a strong-willed athlete who does not settle for anything less than perfect and is the de facto group leader.

When an unthinkable tragedy happens right before graduation, their lives are changed in one instant. Each of the friends grieve in their own way but all agree that if any of them are ever in a time of need, they will be there for each other. Ten years after graduation, Hannah faces an unexpected heartbreak and immediately calls her closest friends who come together to support her in her grief. In their effort to support Hannah, they each discover that they themselves are at a crossroads in their lives and set out together on a group trip of self-discovery.

This book was so touching and heartwarming! I couldn’t put the book down and flew through it very quickly. The story is told from multiple perspectives. I felt that each character was very well-rounded and well-developed. I enjoyed each of their perspectives and could definitely see what each of them brought to the friendship group! I enjoyed Lainey’s dramatics and crazy ideas, but my favorite character was probably Hannah. I found her to be so relatable. I was really rooting for each of them to find happiness. I was seriously honored to be chosen to review this book. I have been reading Emily Giffin’s books loyally and repeatedly since Something Borrowed and Something Blue. I just adore Emily and her writing. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next :)

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Ballantine Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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I'm such a fan of Emily Giffin’s books and enjoyed this one! While it was less of a romance and more of a story about found friendship, I still found myself curious about the storyline. Not my favorite of hers but still recommend!

The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin a pact was made after a close friend (Summer) decide to end it. Now her closest friends Hannah , Lainey and Tyson have to deal with her passing they know now when either of them are in a position where they can’t overcome it they will drop everything and help them through a rough patch in honor and promise of Summer’s passing. Although it’s not your typical beach read Emily gives us multiple points of view in this case you can always overcome although it may be hard at first but when you are surrounded by good people the heavy weight of it will be lifted. Other topics will be heartbreak, heartwarming, romance, trials, wrongs righted, allegiances, triumph.

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Lainy, Tyson, summer, and Hannah all meet there first year of college and become inseparable friends for four years. As they are about to graduate, summer dies by suicide and the other three sign a mental health pact. 10 years later, Hannah calls them on that pact after her life falls apart.

The Summer Pact focuses on a decade long friendship of Tyson, Lainey and Hannah. After losing a friend in college, this group makes a pact to be there for each other no matter what. So when Amber's impending marriage blows-up, she reaches out to the only people she can count on to help her.

This story is told through alternating perspectives with each friend. We witness their emotional vulnerability, life-long confessions and true friendship.

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I’ve loved other books by Emily Giffin so I was excited to get an early copy of her newest, The Summer Pact. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed. While it was an enjoyable read, it didn’t wow me as a few of her books have. That being said, it was a good story of four best friends who met in college. One of them, Summer, commits suicide while they are still in college. The other three make a pact to always be there for each other. The bulk of the story takes place when they are all at a crossroads in their lives and come together to honor that pact and help each other. Overall, an okay read for me.

I was really excited to read this book as I've really enjoyed Emily Giffin's books in the past. This book didn't live up to my expectations. It was just average and all of the "woke" content and political jabs were just too much.

This book touches all of the human emotions!! There is laughter, tears, concern, and admiration. This is a story of amazing friendships that are stronger than any other bond. Three college friends vow to drop everything and support each other anytime they hit a low in life. This vow is put to the test and choices are made that aren’t always easy. The Summer Pact takes you from Texas to Cypress to Paris. Many trials follow the friends, and at times the reader questions whether the friendship and the Summer pact can last forever.
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The Summer Pact By: Emily Griffin
Pub Date: July 9th 2024
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I really enjoyed this book and it has the most perfect summer day in the sun or on a beach vibes. This story follows a group of friends from college, bound by tragedy, who have all found themselves at a crossroads in life. Each facing different struggles and decisions they come together for each other, honoring a promise made many years ago.

I felt like the portrayal of friendship in this story was so honest and authentic. Each character had their very human flaws but we watched people show up despite them.

This book felt like the epitome of meeting people where they are at, and how important having a support system truly is. Each character was alone and hiding from their issues in the beginning of this story and Emily Griffin did a beautiful job of showing how, even though it is painful, peeling back the layers is so cathartic.

Told from multiple perspectives the reader really gets an inside look at this friend group, their thoughts, their fears, their anxieties, and their joys. You cannot help but root for their success and feel such empathy when they are in their lows. Truly a beautiful story on friendship, heartbreak, and rediscovery.

Thank you so much to @randomhouse and @netgalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this story. I truly enjoyed it and highly recommend people to pick it up on July 9th!!

This was an endearing adventure about finding yourself, and navigating difficult relationships and friendships. The writing was confident, open, and honest. There were a lot of self-revelations, and lovely journey through the ups and downs of life. With a backdrop of Capri in the summer, who could resist?!

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Ballantine Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest, unbiased review!

3.5 ⭐️ (Seriously it’s 2024, why don’t we have half stars yet?)

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me an advanced copy of this book.

This was a light refreshing read after finishing the covenant of water that was so heavy. Predictable? Yes, but cute. It wasn’t without its hard parts but of course it had a happy ending. There were aspects that were tough for me. Like how young they seemed to be but they were in their mid thirties, their friendship dynamic etc. but it was a quick read that didnt drag on. Other times I found myself envious of their bond and routing for them.

I do wish there was a conclusion on Summer and what she was talking about before hand.

I am a longtime fan and reader of Emily Giffin's books, and when she puts a new one out, I gobble it right up! The Summer Pact was no different. When Lainey, Tyson, Hannah, and Summer meet one night during their first year of college, they instantly click and become an inseparable foursome. After Summer takes her life senior year, the three remaining friends make a pact to always be there for one another, no matter what. Several years later, Hannah enacts the Summer Pact after catching her fiance in bed with another woman. However, it turns out all three friends are at a rock bottom, which they deign to remedy with a three-country trip around the world. In addition to a physical journey, the friends are forced to face their own issues and come to terms with the ghosts that have been haunting them since losing Summer. A great story about friendship, love, and holding onto hope when all seems lost.

I really enjoyed the first 30% of this book but it got too messy - and for such a quick read it tried to take on too many heavy topics.

A beautifully written story about the power of friendship. These friends follow through on a pact that they made in co.llege after a tragedy that changed all of their lives. This is a wonderful story, but it just didn’t sweep me off my feet like some of Giffin’s previous books. I still believe this is worth the read! I love how these friends follow through in their pact, and support each other when they need it the most.

I loved this book. I read it pretty quick. There is a tough topic in it but I think this book was written beautifully. This store was about a group of friends who loose a friend to suicide. The friends create a pact to be there for each other. This book is through the point of view of all three friends. Each friend is dealing with something. The story is about friendship, love and strength,

We begin at college graduation, when three of four best friends finished their college years and started their lives in the world. They lost their fourth friend to tragedy and it made a huge impact on all their lives. Stunned and heartbroken, they make a pact, promising to always be there for one another, no matter how separated they may become by circumstances or distance.

Ten years later, Hannah is anticipating what should be one of the happiest moments of her life when everything is suddenly turned upside down. Calling on her closest friends, it soon becomes clear that they are all facing their own crossroads. True to their promise, they agree to take a time out from their lives and embark on a shared journey of self-discovery, forgiveness, and acceptance.

I loved the depth of the storylines in this book and all of the feelings that it stirred up. Having multiple points of view, with each of the three friends acting as narrator for different chapters was great, because it gave you their perspective on things that were going on. They were facing issues in their lives dealing with relationships, career, parents, expectations from others and themselves. They each had to work through those topics and come out on the other side, either more confident in their choices or deciding to make changes that would change the rest of their lives.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publishers Random House and the author Emily Giffin for this advanced copy along with letting me review it as well. The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin is a four star read that releases to the public Tuesday July 9th 2024. This book definitely reminds me of the movie and book called The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. This novel introduces four best friends during their college years but one of the four friends sadly passes away leaving the three women promising they will have each other's backs along with always being there for one another. A decade later that promise stays true when one of the women ends up with a broken heart from an ex- fiance cheating on her.

The Summer Pact is a novel about lives changing, healing, loss, new adventures and friendships that are forever. The author Emily Giffin wrote this story beautifully and added a unique amazing aspect to this book of having all three women's perspectives.I hope everyone loves this book as much as I did.

I remember how great it was to meet new friends early in college who may have been completely different from me but who ended up becoming a chosen family. Hannah, Lainey, Summer and Tyson couldn't have come from more disparate backgrounds but they form a fast friendship that is severely tested when one of them unexpectedly commits suicide towards the end of senior year. After that, they make a pact that if any of them is experiencing something really awful, the rest will be there for them no matter what. Hannah is shocked to find out that her fiance is cheating and calls Lainey to say that she feels like her life is over. Laine flies to her side and immediately involves Tyson. The story then flips to a travelogue-where each of them is working to figure out who they are while traveling to various locations around the world. I especially loved the Capri part :).
Giffin's books are usually must-reads for me and this one did not disappoint. All three characters have flaws but figuring out how to they learn to grow as adults was interesting to read. Sometimes the POVs weren't very different .
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in return for my honest review.