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These Summer Storms is an absolutely wild ride of a novel. So many twists I didn’t see coming (and a few I did), as the Storm family gathers in the wake of their billionaire father’s death. Franklin Storm was, to be honest… a manipulative psychopath. He leaves one final “game” for his family to play before they can inherit his fortune. The family is already fractured thanks to a lifetime of his egomania and obsessive control.

The book occasionally jumps into the siblings’ perspectives, which helps develop their characters further. Sarah MacLean’s writing is compelling and addictive to read; the island setting and the drama of the 0.001% was fun to get lost in. So many secrets!! So many feelings!! All in all, this was such a creative and crazy book. I insist on a film adaptation in the style of Knives Out/Glass Onion.

All that said, I did find the main romance plot a little bit icky. I’m going to need to sit with it for a bit, but I’m not sure I can get past the various things that feel weird about it.

I just finished a new womens fiction book. These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean was a great read. Pick this one up.

this was a super interesting book! It had some good twists, and the "inheritance games" were eccentric for sure! I liked the storyline and how the author's writing flowed so well. Overall, it was a good book!!

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!