Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! Today is my stop on the “Sometime in Summer” Tour and I have a review as well as a Spotify Playlist for you.

DISCLAIMER: A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review.

And now, without further ado, let’s start!

1. About the book

Synopsis:

From critically acclaimed author Katrina Leno comes a tender love letter to books and summertime, with a touch of magic.

Anna Lucia Bell believes in luck: bad luck. Bad luck made her best friend stop talking to her. Bad luck caused her parents’ divorce. Bad luck is forcing her mother, Miriam, to sell the family’s beloved bookstore. And it is definitely bad luck that Anna seems to be the only person in the world Miriam is unable to recommend a life-changing book.

When Anna finds out that she and her mom are spending two months in a New England seaside town called Rockport, she expects a summer plagued with bad luck too. But Rockport has surprises in store for Anna, including a comet making its first appearance in over twenty years and two new—but familiar—friends.

In what will prove to be the most important summer of her life so far, Anna learns about love, herself, and the magic that an ordinary summer can bring.

Title – Sometime in Summer
Author – Katrina Leno
Genre – Young Adult Contemporary
Release date – June 28th, 2022

Rating: 4 out of 5.

2. Review

Anna is a fourteen-year old teenager who is followed by bad luck. Her parents are getting divorced, her best friend has become a stranger and her mother has to sell the family’s bookshop. Nothing goes right in her life and Anna is sick of her bad luck. When she is forced to spend two months in Rockport with her mother she already fears that the bad luck streak is following her there too. However, this small town has a few surprises in store for our main character.

Anna was such a charismatic and realistic teenage girl. I loved seeing her grow throughout the story and had some troubles containing the tears. Anna is probably every bookworms worst nightmare but I enjoyed some of the puns so much that I literally laughed out loud at some of the passages.

Unfortunately I can’t tell more about the book because then I wouldn’t be a spoiler-free review anymore. What I can tell you however is that I loved the bond between mother and daughter, it just felt so real!

The story was beautifully written and even though the book was a bit slow-paced it was still a very enjoyable read for me. If you want a lovely summer read and you are a YA Reader then this read just has to be on your Summer TBR.

3. Playlist

4. Where to buy?

Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | IndieBound

5. About the author

Katrina Leno was born on the East Coast and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the author of six critically acclaimed novels: Horrid, You Must Not Miss, Summer of Salt, Everything All at Once, The Lost & Found, and The Half Life of Molly Pierce. Her seventh novel, Sometime in Summer, arrives June 28 2022. She thinks you are just lovely.

Author Links:

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Facebook

6. Tour Schedule

Now to end this post, please don’t forget to check out the posts of the other bloggers that are on this tour. (LINK)

*A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.