A light and Summery story as the title suggests. I found this an easy and enjoyable read - a perfect book to take on holiday with you.

Summer by the Sea by Jenny Hale

I love Jenny Hale, but this was a tough book for me to get through. The book is mostly repetitive narrative, with very little dialogue. I'm not a fan of telling instead of showing, and I started glazing over while reading. I also found Faith to be incredibly annoying and arrogant. She complains all the time, continually tells the reader how great she is, mopes, pouts, etc. And her sister sucked, too. I can totally understand why Faith was upset with her (although, she was too nice about it). And now it's all happening again, as Casey is in the middle of a divorce and going after the guy Faith likes, Again. I just didn't like this story. Family drama, when done right, is compelling and prompts late night reading sessions from me. I just didn't care about this story, and the end didn't make me feel like I spent my time wisely.

Would give 3.5 stars. Generally I enjoy this author, and did like this one overall, but felt like it dragged on a bit at times. Faith meets up with her family for a 2 week vacation on the NC outer banks, and has conflict with her sister who stole her boyfriend. Worth reading so I do recommend, but have liked other books by her more.

Bit predictable but nice characters Worth a read

This is a very lovley story I love the story because it shows that sometimes we don't always get what we want but what we need and things always happen for a reason

Coming of age story - of an adult woman.

Faith was betrayed by her sister and has been living under the shadow of the betrayal since. But now her beloved Grandmother's 90th birthday celebration is here - and maybe this is a convenient time to talk the things over.
There is also the nice guy Faith just met in the seaside restaurant - and later. Might he be the one or are they too different?

This is a book about family and family ties - mainly about the oldd truth that blood is thicker than water. And a self-esteem, forgiveness and taking chances.
And I honestly would love to love the book, but I can't and I don't.
The main reason is that I consider the main heroine being emotionally immature. Don't be mistaken, I quite like her and can relate to some of her struggles and sensitivities - but she just has a victim mentality and she is never (at least partly) responsible for anything that has happened to her. She has a lot growing up behind her - and no proofs she ever will do that.
Casey, her sister, is the same kind of person - but she is at least able to apologize.

Read this as a book to drift you away, summer kind of read. But don't look for deeper stuff - there is a lot of theoretizing about it, but no real change in the lives of the characters.