Elizabeth O'RoarkThe Summer We Fell: A deeply emotional romance full of angst and forbidden love

This is one my favourite reads this year, I couldn’t put this down and read it in less than a day. This book will hook you in and you’ll be hooked in an emotional rollercoaster of epic proportions. I don’t think I’ve quite recovered from how much I loved this.This author is new to be but I am now a fan and will be reading her back list.This book is angsty, I’ve felt so many emotions reading this- frustration, answer, joy, sadness, rebellious, love ! The plot is really well laid out with plenty of drama, secrets and twists. There isn’t a dull moment, it’s also told as flashback to the past and present which works well for this book.I love the FMC, Juliet. She’s has to endure a lot of trauma in her past which still haunts her everyday and is basically in survival mode. She’s stuck in her current life with plenty of dreams but no way to deliver them. Luke is the new hot broody surfer who turns her world inside out. Their story is full of longing, tension, frustration and angst.I can’t say more as it’ll spoil the plot but if I’m staying up until early hours of the morning it’s because book has a chokehold on me and this one so does. One i will Reread over and over again

This was a sweet, albeit basic story with lots of teenage angst. I liked the way each chapter flipped from past to present and I especially liked Luke. I’m so sick of reading alpha male stories, so this was quite refreshing to read of a hero who is just a normal guy.Juliet and Luke’s chemistry was great and the secondary characters were written well.I also loved that it was only written from Juliet’s perspective.If you’re looking for an easy holiday read, this might be the book for you.

This book has so many things that I don't like in books 😕 ( like going back and forward in time 😅, only one prospective (hers), young romance 🤦‍♀️, a bit of a love triangle🤷‍♀️).But when you do it right, then it has to be rewarded a 5 star.It's the first time I read a book from this author but won't be the last. Really love the writing.

I was not the right target audience for this book.When I read it was an angsty romance, I was expecting some pining and torturous feelings but this book was just reading the most horribly, depressingly life story. The whole church thing enraged me because I cannot stand zealots. Juliet’s feeling trapped in a life she hasn’t chosen and is incapable of shaking off made actually anxious. Like physically uncomfortable. It was just too much for me. These feelings were too dark.A lot of girlies loved it, and I’m glad they did, we’re just build different. This just made me so sad and not the hood kind of sad

4.25⭐️This was one of those books, that hurts so bad but you know the pain and angst is 100% worth the ending.My heart just bled for Juliet and the hardships she’s been through. I was so happy when she slowly started to find her voice and joy in the story. Luke was everything. His character was so raw and rough, which was perfect for Juliet. You cannot help but want to scream and cry for these two and their journey to finally being happy.The tension and connection between Juliet and Luke was unquestionable but I loved how they quietly and secretly cheered each other on.I wanted their ending to be 100 pages longer, simply because I wanted to see more of their happiness. But it was beautiful and perfect nonetheless.100% for all you lovers of angst, beachy small towns and it’s always been you vibes 🥹*𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬*𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: contemporary romance𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: slow burn, love triangle, angsty, second chance, forbidden love, single pov𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 🌶️🌶️

Nice easy read.Spice 3 out of 6HEAGood character developmentSingle POVNice plot twists and good tie up in the end.

Good bit of trauma and angst, leaves you angry and impatient for most of the book which is obviously what some of us love in our romances! Great character descriptions and glad it’s not a dual pov for once!

Would have easily been a 5 star if writer didn’t sound like she hated God or Church! I also didn’t like that Danny was at a disadvantage for Luke and Jules love to succeed otherwise a good story

Overall 5Spice 2Cover Model: Sergio CarvajalCameos: Josh and Drew from The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Ben from The Devil You KnowCheck the TWs! Two I will mention right off the bat: Rape (off page), CheatingIf you are looking for a sunshiny, happy-go-lucky book, this is NOT it. It's a complicated story that requires you to sit and really absorb the background of these characters. It's not a too plot-heavy book, but it requires a lot of empathy and understanding to see why these characters are the way that they are.I went into this book blind. I did not realize how much angst, and wanting and yearning there would be in this love story. It destroyed me. I was extremely unprepared. And the crying - the bawling I did was completely unexpected. Like, literally, I crumpled and sobbed. I am writing this review immediately after finishing the book.Juliet 'Jules' Cantrell feels indebted to her boyfriend's (Danny) family for taking her in at 15/16 after she leaves her abusive family. She lives in a shell of her true self by helping where she can (even being on her feet for 10+ hours after work), putting on an act, trying to be worthy of the help that has been given to her. But, this isn't Juliet. She's a poisonous girl who wreaks chaos to those around her - impacted by her tornado of venom that seems to infect everything. All she wants is to be happy, but even that's something she believes she does not deserve - a distant dream. So, even though she falls deeply in love with Luke Taylor, Danny's best friend, she can't let down the family who took her in for 2 years. She can't abandon them, and so, with the little control she does have, she self-sabotages and sacrifices her happiness. This is her retribution.My boy, Luke Taylor, the sand and sunshine and salt on his skin, and in his hair...he will forever have my heart. I love him so much. I honestly do not know how he went so long without love - just waiting for Jules. I can't imagine how difficult it was, or how he saw himself - maybe undeserving as love, as well? Maybe he also felt that he would never be good enough for anyone - especially Jules. How could he love someone so much, and feel it's so unrequited at the same time? My heart broke throughout this entire book knowing how protective he was of her, how much he loved her, how much he wanted that 'hammock life' with her. I am still utterly broken by the years lost between he and Jules, and I can't seem to stop crying for the both of them. These are two broken souls who call out to one another, and Luke can't understand why he can't ever have Jules.Danny Allen - Jules' boyfriend. I can't hate this boy. He is a well-loved, content young man who grew up with a Pastor father who had strict values, and a Mother who doted on him. He wasn't rich or even wealthy. He was just really naive in life, in an almost sheltered life kind of way - only seeing the good, and so easy to trust others. I cannot fault Danny for some of his ignorance. I never felt that he did anything to intentionally hurt Jules; and I will stand by this forever. He's not a villain in my book, just a bit naive in his thoughts and life, and my heart really breaks for him, too. It's almost as though he's an innocent boy that his parents never really wanted to grow up. I feel that he tried his best, and what makes this even more difficult is that we only ever read this book in Jules' POV, so we never know what Danny or Luke is thinking. It's only her interpretations of their acts and their responses. So, knowing how all of these characters are flawed in their own way, I give Danny the benefit of doubt.Okay - let's talk spice. The scenes here are not very detailed; they're a few paragraphs long, and I feel this was done with a purpose. My interpretation is that we have to understand the deep connection between Jules and Luke. This connection is snapped into place, pulled taut, always on the edge of snapping, and the quick spice is almost like a way for the both of them to prevent the thread between them from breaking entirely - adding slack back into it. It shreds, it's tethered, it's torn, it's hanging on by the last fibers, and if they give in and go full-on "I love you" love-making, it'll be the end of everything that Jules is trying to keep in place...this house of cards of sort.I'm sad we didn't get to see more of Luke and Jules after their HEA, but I'm glad they are making up for the lost time. Also, don't forget to read the Bonus: A Beach Wedding from Luke's POV.

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Un gran amor pero demasiada agonía en el camino hacia su felices por siempre.Me encantó la novela pero tuve q hacer pausas leywndo otros libros para llegar al final, obvio sé q es cosa mía pero tantas razones por parte de la protagonista, con lo que puedo empatizar, por los q no podía corresponder que me estrenaron pero al final es una hermosa historia de amor.La manera en la q el protagonista la ama realmente es de dar envidia, me encantó.

There are all kinds of trigger warnings that go along with this one; but Elizabeth balances them with an eerily dreamy atmosphere shifting between past and present asLuke and Juliet battle countless obstacles to being able to be in love. The Summer We Fell was released today, and I finished it in about four and a half hours with my heart nearly pounding out of my chest. I was so tempted to jump ahead to the HEA to help me navigate the angst in the last half of this book, but I managed to stay the course and let Ms. O'Roark balance me on an emotional razor's edge for the completion of this tale of young love thwarted by Shakespearean level interference. If you are a gentle hearted reader, this may not be the book for you; but it was magnificent watching Juliet survive everything the world throws at her. She claws her way to her personal dream before figuring out how to accept the love she is deserving of from a man who fell first for her with one glance when she was still a girl. I find myself rereading other books in this series, and I know I will be rereading this soon!

I loved, loved, loved this book so much. My babies Juliet and Luke will stay in my heart for a long time. Their story was angsty, emotional, at times frustrating and other times a bit cheezy. But I still loved it. It touched me in a way I didn't think possible, kept me invested in the characters, made me question my morals regarding cheating and made me cry. It was a bittersweet second chance romance with one very relatable female character.Sure, there were parts that may have been more fleshed out and there's cheating in this but it didn't take away from the beauty of the story for me.At this point, the author is one of my very favorite and I'll read anything she writes.About the audiobook: loved Samantha Brentmoor as Juliet. She was very much on point with the story and the character. Didn't like Teddy Hamilton as Luke.