Beach Reads We Can’t Put Down This Summer
Summer is the best time to set down your phone and dive into stories that make you laugh, swoon, and remind you life is filled with new experiences. Whether you are on the lake, by a pool, or cozied up on the porch, we want to help you find a story that grasps you without letting go.
This Summer Will Be Different
Jaelin is currently loving This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune. Set in the dreamy coastal town of Prince Edward Island, this friends-to-lovers romance follows Lucy, a florist from Toronto, and her attempt—and many failed attempts—to follow one simple rule: don’t fall for Felix, her best friend's brother.
Fortune has effortlessly captured the messiness of falling in love when you least expect it and gifts us with everything we love most about summer fiction: the coastal escapes, undeniable chemistry, and characters you can’t help but fall for.
Impossible to put down, This Summer Will Be Different is the perfect companion for a long afternoon by the water.
Just for the Summer
Annika's go-to summer read is Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez, a contemporary novel with a sweet balance of humor and emotional depth.
Emma and Justin are both under the impression they are "cursed" in love, that everyone they date finds their soulmate immediately after the relationship ends, leading them to fake a relationship in order to break this curse.
With Emma's spotty mother-daughter relationship and Justin caring for his younger siblings, the two find themselves confiding in each other more deeply than both expected.
Filled with witty banter, the story falls into the fake relationship trope that slowly turns into feelings becoming real because feelings are not as easy to control as we may think. Jimenez has filled this book with family, healing, and taking chances we may normally shy away from.
The People We Meet on Vacation
The People We Meet on Vacation is Anna's pick of the summer. Poppy, a bubbly travel writer, and her opposite, Alex, an introverted homebody, are two best friends traveling the world together. That is until after Croatia, when the inseparable friends go silent for two years.
Emily Henry has created a story filled with travel, slow burn, and relatable characters that remind us how friends shape our lives and that, in some cases, the right person has been there all along.
Just Friends
There is nothing better than a coastal hometown to bring two old friends back together. Maybe it’s the forced proximity and small-town charm or the friends-to-lovers trope, but it feels like a cool breeze and waves of drama to add to your summer.
Just Friends, written by Haley Pham, follows Blair and Declan through a dual timeline of childhood and present day, four years after a kiss and grief separated them. Now, with Blair back in Seabrook, the two are forced to confront past feelings and unresolved grief.
Family of Liars
Need a break from all the romance tropes? Let me introduce Family of Liars, the prequel to We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, now adapted into a hit Hulu series.
Family of Liars takes readers back to Beechwood Island to follow the Sinclair mothers, Beth, Carrie, and Penny, during the summer of 1987, where the sisters experience first loves, unraveling family secrets, and buried truths washing back upon the shore.
Handsome, polished, and proper, the Sinclairs are the picturesque family. But as you read, remember, what happens on Beechwood is never quite what it seems. This is the Sinclair family, and the Sinclairs are liars.
As the summer days grow longer and your schedule slows down, these books can offer you the perfect summer escape. Whether you are falling in love beside Lucy in This Summer Will Be Different, running barefoot across Beechwood Island, or traveling the world with your best friend, remember to savor every page.