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Friends to more
Love triangle
Unrequited love
Single POV

Tristan & Capri
Capri is a romance writer who is becoming somewhat of a big deal…so big in fact, people just HAVE to know who she really is! Her pen name, Sunny Palmer has given her anonymity, from her secret crush, and her identity.

Because, what’s a writer to do when they’re inspired by real life incidents, but write about them?

When she comes back home she runs into Tristan, and they make an agreement to have some fun together. She knows the countdown has started on her telling Tristan about what she has written, but who wants to ruin all the fun they’re having?

This is a fun and romantic clean novel! It had been giggling and swooning at the same time. You’ll love it!

Plotting Summer is book 3 in the Falling For Summer series, they don't need to be read in order to understand the story. It was such a delight. So sweet, so cute, the story was so much fun. I truly loved this installment in the series.

I loved Capri & Tristan. They were such amaIng characters, they were so sweet and they both had feelings for each other from the start but were both clumsy about it. Their banter was so much fun. All the situations that happened, the secrets, the mutual pining, I loved it all.

Such a perfect summer read, and praise for the no third act breakup! I loved the author's writing and how she easily realistic feeling characters and a romance that will make your heart melt. It was my first by her and definitely not my last.

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @dreamscape & @jessheileman for my gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review.

Escrevo essa resenha pouco tempo após ter terminado a leitura e já vou me adiantar para dizer que Plotting Summer foi meu favorito de Falling for Summer até agora! Um sólido 4,5 estrelas, mas arredondando para 5 aqui e ali fácil também, porque mesmo com um outro momento mais parado, foi de longe um dos romances mais doces e divertidos de acompanhar na série, não só pelos protagonistas, como ainda graças aos secundários em torno deles que deram um tempero ótimo à trama que, convenhamos, já é boa por si só!

Todo o plot de autora misteriosa e pseudônimo cheio de segredos que Capri dá início foi, logo de cara, envolvente de ver porque, como escritora, mesmo meio off no momento, em vários momentos eu ou me identificava com seus dilemas na escrita ou simplesmente me sentia aconchegada pelo tema um tanto próximo da minha realidade, em certos ângulos - ainda que infelizmente sem um Tristan para chamar de meu, ainda rs. Gostei muito de como a autora retomou o casal que passou tantos anos sem se ver e os desenvolveu de um jeito conveniente mas ainda coerente com a personalidade deles, em especial do Tristan, e com uma boa ajudinha de familiares como a irmã e o cunhado da Capri que são uma comédia em cena, diga-se de passagem, haha Queria ter visto mais do clube do livro, que já havia sido previamente mostrado nos anteriores com as outras protagonistas, mas que aqui se sobressai mais com a presença da avó da Capri.

O final tem um toque especialmente interessante pela autora não ter seguido certos clichês, ainda que as circunstâncias do plot da Capri e do Tristan dessem brecha pra isso, mas ela fez diferente e eu fiquei aliviada com isso. Também gostei de como ela tomou vias de render outra personagem, em vista do que aconteceu afinal, e se tivesse/tiver um livro dela eu interessaria super em ler. Enfim, novamente, mais um romance leve, fofinho, sem hot e até bem familiar para embarcar no clima de verão de novo. Meu ranking da série até o momento, veremos se vai mudar muito mais até o final ou não:

1. Plotting Summer
2. Summer Ever After
3. Beachy Keen
4. Beauty and the Beach

3.5 stars rounded up because it was a close call and almost got to 4 😉

I’m loving this “summer” series. So fun that each book is a different author & different characters but they are all centered by the same location.

Thank you for this ARC!

If you're looking for a bubbly summer read with a FMC who feels like a teenager, rather than an adult, between her excitement, the (manufactured) drama of her life, and even the voice of the narrator, this is for you. Which makes sense, because the premise of the book is that Capri has never gotten over her high school crush, Tristan, and is back at home on her childhood island trying to avoid telling people that she wrote a book based on her childhood crush. For many readers, the combination of the somewhat immature narrator and the bubbly narrator voice (appropriate for the FMC) may be a bit too much Valley Girl energy, but for others, this will what makes it an ideal beach read.

Plotting for Summer is SUCH a delight! From start to finish, I was smiling ear to ear! A lighthearted, perfect for beach read!

Capri & Tristan are so swoony! Friends in high school with an unrequited crush from Capri that led to her writing her first book using a pen name...which happened to be based on the nickname that Tristan gave her.

The duo have been avoiding Sunset Harbor so they create a competition to create new memories! Legit SO cute!

This is part of the Falling for Summer series - which is so brilliant and I highly recommend jumping into all of the books (written by different authors but set on the same island) so you can get little glimpses of Capri & Tristan in the other books too because who wants the fun to end when the book is over?! Not this girl.

Also, thanks NetGalley for the ALC!

Enjoy!

This is book 3 in the Falling for Summer (I read it 5th in the series) out of order queen.

This follows Capri who is tricked into coming back to the island to get books from her family. Except they don't tell her her childhood crush Tristan is back and living next door again. She has never got over her crush on him. I mean she even writes a book about him and what she wanted there relationship to be under her pen name that no one knows its her or what the author looks like.

Is now the time to tell her friends and town and most importantly Tristan who Sunny Palmer really is?

This was a cute book in the series and you have meet both of them in other books but I wasn't a huge fan of Capri in the past books so I didnt LOVE this book as much as the other in the series. But thats okay cause I'm still LOVING this whole series and this was a really cute book in the series.

Thank You NetGalley for this Audio-Arc in exchange for my honest opinions.

I love how the main character is a writer and all the connections with everyone in the series listening to all of the other fictional characters i have already read about. These two are really cute together.

💚 Friends to Lovers
💛 Secret Identity
💚 Secret Best Selling Author
💛 Unrequited Love
💚 Next - Door Neighbor

I wished i loved this one a bit more but i still enjoyed my time listening to it.

I was originally disappointed that this book wasn’t a dual pov like the previous books in the series but the further in I got the more I liked the book! I liked the connections with the other chart in the series and I absolutely loved Tala and Heath! Heath is seriously my favorite, he is hilarious! I wish Tristan had given a few more hints he was into Capri because I felt like if I was Capri I would have had no clue he was into me either! Props to the MVPs Tala, Heath, and Grandma for helping these two get together!

Plotting for Summer

A sweet low conflict summer romance. This story was perfect for my headspace 👏. Sometimes you just need a pick me up and that’s exactly what this was.

I truly loved listening to this and absolutely loved being back in Sunset Harbor. The audio is well done and I would definitely recommend it.

I am in a stupefied state of post-reading euphoria, so excuse me if this review doesn’t make any sense but I think my mind might have imploded from all the romanticalness (so I might have made the word up, but it fits) that is ‘Plotting Summer.’

Working on corralling a lucid though or two so that I can make sense and do justice to this book. In the meantime — ssssqqqquuuueeeeaaaallllll – new-to-me author alert! How did I not know about Jess Heileman? And she writes Regencies too! Her books are now on all my online wishlists and in my ‘Author Catch-up’ goal list because I need to read everything by this author. Now.

Because she writes with such heart! Capri and Tristan’s romance is so emotionally fraught with all the delicious nuances I enjoy in a romance. And Heileman exactly captures all the feels that go with the yearning for that first crush you never got over.

And, oh my, but Capri has never gotten over her high school days with Tristan. Not that he ever noticed her as anything but a friend. Capri’s imagination, however, took their ‘relationship’ to a whole other level. And she turned that into a best selling novel, published under a pseudonym that has all kinds of significance if Tristan took any time to think about it. So now she’s a popular romance author with a posse of book boyfriends who are all Tristan in some form or other. Only she can’t tell anyone that she’s Sunny Palmer because a) that name (!) and b) that first book might have been somewhat autobiographical. 🙂

I can’t gush enough about the way their love story plays out. Impeccable pacing where the laugh out loud comedic scenes are perfectly balanced by deeper emotional ones. These characters are vulnerable and hurting but careful about each other’s feelings. I love the way the romance builds — so many toe-curling almost kisses! And the playful banter! Kept me giggling my way into a swoon over and over again.

And the central theme of Capri’s story — ‘you’re worth being seen’ — and the way Tristan becomes ‘the man who always sees her.’ The way the author develops that throughout the story is…just…powerful…and meaningful…and so, so, beautiful. Sniffle. I kinda cried at the end. Happily ever after tears, which are the best kind. 🙂

I listened to the audio book narrated by Ellen Quay and she was a perfect match for these characters and their story. Her performance made for an immersive ‘reading’ experience — and made me love ‘Plotting Summer’ even more.

My thanks to the publisher, Dreamscape Media and Net Galley for providing me with an audio edition of this book.

Listened to this audiobook while traveling and enjoyed the story overall. I thought Capri might have been a bit on the dramatic side but that was part of her charm. And Tristen was the perfect book boyfriend though I left like I got to know his background better in other books from the series. The books in the series overlap so you will see the other characters playing a role in their friends/siblings stories. It is fun to see where they are and what they are doing in other books.

I thought the narrator did a good job.


Sex: some mild innuendo
Language: no
Violence: no
*I received a complimentary audiobook through NetGalley and voluntarily chose to review it.

Rating: 4.5/5

This book was so adorable! I loved Tristan and Capri. It was fun to see them go on different outings to make better memories on the island and it created some really sweet moments. I also loved the drama and secret of Capri’s author identity.

Capri’s family was my favorite! Her grandma, sister, and brother-in-law added so much humor to the story and I fell in love with them as much as Tristan and Capri.

The audiobook narration was very well done and did a good job of bringing these characters to life.

Content: kissing

What will I do with my life now that I am done reading the amazing Falling for Summer series? It’s been such a great series and I am so happy for the authors with the huge success it’s been. All of the characters are beloved and the interconnecting books has made all the characters live on even more.

Oh goodness, I loved this book so much.This book is another single POV and Heileman does an excellent job with it. I was looking forward to reading this book. I love books where the main character is a writer. And Capri Collins is a secret author, even better! I loved how her pen name was created.

The narrator is fantastic. I will happily listen to another book where she is the narrator. Her tones and expression were spot on.

This book has a lot of tropes I adore, even down to a meddling (endearing) family. Capri’s family was wonderful and it was fun to see Walker and Jane again (have I mentioned how much I loved this series?).

Capri is an absolute doll and Tristian is the perfect secret crush. I loved how the events played out. This book is full of humor, heart, endless moments that made me smile and kisses that melted my heart.

Huge thanks to the publisher of the audio for the NetGalley approval. I also bought a Kindle copy.

This book is part of the Falling for Summer series, which I’ve only read one other book from. So it’s not required to have prior knowledge of the island and it’s crew. This is a sweet little love story that’s so easy to follow. A storyline of the loner girl pining for the older neighbor is relatable and easy to digest. Fast forward and the main character is a famous author writing under the pen name of her childhood crush. Life events have her headed back to her hometown where she’s terrified someone will learn the truth. In typical romance fashion, capri starts to spend time with her longstanding crush and the love story quickly unfolds. The story reminds me of elin hildebrand a writing with a big splash of cheesy romance (in the best way). I would definitely recommend

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the advance copy! I love a good second chance with a childhood crush, and this was a fun one. I recommend this book (and the series) if you're looking for a quick and cozy summer romance. This is a good beach read without spice. The small town vibes and devious neighbors/friends make this a fun read. I am glad I gave this series a second chance after less than enthusiastic feelings about the first one (or at least the FMC in that story).

I am LOVING this Falling For Summer series and this was another amazing addition! Plotting Summer is Book #3 in the 7 part series, however, the 4 I have read have read out of order and am doing just fine. They read great as stand alones, but are definitely better reading all of them (and in order) because there are so many characters that we see from book to book. It has been so well executed and I honestly don’t know how they have done it with 7 authors keeping everything straight! I am obsessed with Sunset Harbour and can’t wait to read the rest!

Capri and Tristan are all of your childhood crush dreams come to life! Their chemistry was so well written and had me giggling and feeling all those cute little butterfly feelings from the very beginning. I do wish we had Tristan’s POV, however, unlike other books, it didn’t feel as needed in this one because the author did such an incredible job of writing him through Capri’s eyes and thoughts. So bravo to Jess for that! It takes talent for sure to have a romance loving book reader be ok with only one POV!

I seriously can’t get enough of all of the connected people and storylines. It is constant throughout each book that we are seeing these characters and is so much fun. It truly lets you get to know each and every one so deeply with their personalities and development being so consistent throughout.

The narrator did a great job in this audiobook bring Capri to life. She had such a great voice for Capri’s personality and made it a fun one to listen to!

Thank you so much to Dreamscape Media, NetGalley, and Jess Heileman for the opportunity to review the ALC!

This was my fourth book in the series and not my favorite. I didn't find Capri and Tristan's love story to be as believable/cute as the others. And Capri, the main character, annoyed me. For such an accomplished young woman she should have at least a shred of self confidence.

I did like Capri's big reveal and the end was quite satisfying...so that's something.

All the books in this series are cute and by now I know exactly what to expect. Just like the others, this makes for a great beach read. Light, fluffy and full of squeaky clean romance.

3.5 rounded up to 4.

Welcome Back to Sunset Harbor In Plotting Summer by Jess Heileman

My Favorite Parts:
Unrequited love/Secret crush
Friends to Lovers
The agreement
Secret identity
Bike riding
Text messages
Teasing
 Nickname
Steam room and mud bath
One shower (not scandalous)
Date
Tristan

Oh.My.Freaking.Adorable!
This one may be in my top 5 favorite Rom-Coms now.
Plotting Summer is secret crush and friends to lovers done right.
Capri harbors a secret, actually several to be exact. Tristan is single again and living on the island. Both have bad memories of the island. They make an agreement to make new memories of the island together.
Will Capri get up the courage to tell him her secret before it leaks to him accidentally?
Will they realize that they've fallen for each other?

Tristan Palmer is probably the swooniest of men on this island. The cute gestures he does for Capri, the way he treats her, we don't need dual POV to see how much he falls for her. And oh boy, he falls hard.
I really enjoyed Capri's character. I usually don't love the FMC's character, but I have to say that Capri's POV and character is so well written, she has some great character development, that I thoroughly enjoyed this book because of her. I felt like I related to her in several ways: book lover, introverted (mostly), and had a deep secret crush as a teen (I did not marry that crush.)
Any miscommunication or lack of communication they had, didn't get in the way of the story or their relationship like your usual friends to lovers story does. 
Audio: Ellen did a fabulous job at narrating this one. Single POV isn't my most favorite usually, but I thought she did such a fantastic job that I hardly noticed it is single POV.
You should definitely give this one a try! I highly recommend it!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of the audiobook which I received from Netgalley and Dreamscape Media. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

Series: Falling for Summer bk 3
Genre: Sweet Island Rom-Com
Romance Level: kisses only
Audio Release Date: Aug 12, 2024
Book: Indie Published
Audio: Dreamscape Media
Narrator: Ellen Quay
POV: single
Content Warnings: kisses only
Trigger Warning: death of family member (past), grief from said death (present), bad breakup (past)

Plotting Summer, part of the Falling for Summer Series, is Capri’s story. Quite honestly, I think this one is my favorite in the series. I adore Capri and Tristan as individual characters, but together, they bring all the feels. Capri has loved Tristan for as long as she can remember, but he has had a long-time girlfriend. Capri is always writing stories and dares to publish her own love story. She changes the character names and has a pen name, so she has been able to remain hidden and no one knows that she is the best-selling author they can’t get enough of. There’s just one small problem; names and situations are just similar enough that savvy readers who know the characters can potentially put all the details together. So, Capri does the most logical thing possible; she avoids going home and spending time with anyone on the island. This plan works, until it doesn’t, and she needs to spend some time at home (adore those meddling family members). There is undeniable chemistry between these two and seeing their story unfold just put smile in my heart.
I enjoyed the audiobook version and being able to see the story in my mind. I thought the narrator did a great job capturing all the characters.
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley and all opinions expressed are solely my own, freely given.