Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on
Y'all must already know I adore Jill Shalvis. She is a queen of romance - and Second Chance Summer has all her signature traits - great characters that are fun to read of, whether it be the main characters or the supporting cast, funny banter and great small town setting.
That being said, I wasn't as enthralled as I usually am by this novel. I'm not sure what it was really, because it had all those things I normally love about her.
Maybe it was because Lily and Aidan had history together that we didn't really get to see, but effected their current relationship. There was a lot of things they knew about each other that we didn't get to see them find out, and so while logically I knew they had probably learned that ten years ago, in that period we're barely privy to, it also felt like a cope-out. Like, all those wonderful parts of building a relationship were robbed from us.
Maybe it's just me.
This was probably why I felt like the "I love you"s came too early and with little basis. It's because these two characters were in love before, but we didn't get to see it!
While this will not be the first book of Shalvis I recommend someone to read, if you already love her you're bound to enjoy it.
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Original Thoughts
3.5
The usual brand of Shalvis romance - great characters and chemistry, as well as a supporting cast, but I just wasn't as enthralled as usually. And the "I love You"s came a little too early for me, with too little basis for them. It would've been better if maybe we'd have seen more of their shared history, aside for simply knowing they had it and it was effecting the present.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 17 September, 2016: Finished reading
- 17 September, 2016: Reviewed