Summer Fridays

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Nov 25

Summer Fridays - Suzanne Rindell

my review : ✮✮✮

This book is a heart-wrenching love story preserved in a time capsule. It’s the summer of 1999 in New York City, and Sawyer finds herself.. alone. Sure, she’s engaged to her college sweetheart and due to wed in October, but his demanding job means she’s seen virtually none of him this summer. When she meets her fiancé’s coworker and her boyfriend, Nick, one evening, Nick asks her if she thinks the pair are having an affair. Sawyer is shocked. When Nick asks her to meet to compare notes, it kicks off the first of many unexpected summer Fridays spent in Nick’s company.

This book will fill you with nostalgia and is bursting with longing and heady anticipation. It’s equal parts love story and love letter to NYC. I found the writing style of this book to be unique and lovely. I felt so transported by her words that I could feel the sticky sand on my skin after a dip in the ocean. This story is told at a refreshingly slow pace and is difficult to put down.

I must confess: I don’t mind a story that operates in the gray area. Life is so rarely black and white, and one of the reasons I love reading is to be transported to lives and situations that are so unlike my own. I thought this book was a true delight, but if you’re a reader who detests anything cheating-related, I would avoid this book.

This book is best paired with a Sea Breeze as Sawyer prefers it: no maraschino cherries and extra ice! Swipe for recipe 🌆