{Review+Giveaway} The Summer I Fell by @SonyaLoveday

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{Review+Giveaway} The Summer I Fell by @SonyaLoveday

{Review+Giveaway} The Summer I Fell by @SonyaLovedayThe Summer I Fell by Sonya Loveday
Pages: 238
Published by Createspace Independent Pub on July 29, 2014
Genres: contemporary, Fiction, Love & Romance, New Adult, Romance
Source: ecopy from Author
three-half-stars

“So you wanna be part of the Six, huh? You wish…”
~Jared, Ace, Mark, Josh, Aiden & Eli

Riley Clifton can’t remember a time when she wasn’t a part of the Six, a group of rowdy boys who would do just about anything for her. Growing up alongside of six guys is never easy. Especially in high school. Falling in love with one of the Six? Even harder when Ace has a hold of her heart, and he doesn’t even know it.
Jake (Ace) Aceton has loved Riley for a long time, but has kept the secret oath of the Six. Riley was off limits. At least until after graduation. When he overhears Riley admitting to her best friend, Paige how she feels about him, Ace doesn't let his chance slip by. Riley, in his mind, has always been his.
When her college plan falls through, and her future is left to the hands of fate, Riley finds herself scrambling to keep up with all the changes. But that's not the hardest part. The hardest part is saying good-bye, especially to Ace.

Heartache, hard lessons, and a love deeper than her Alabama roots will threaten to crumble Riley’s world as she waits for Ace’s return.

Will Riley and Ace’s love be strong enough to hold them together when life tries to tear them apart?

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The Summer I Fell is the first book in a contemporary New Adult series called, The Six. I felt like it should have been called the Seven, since all of the guys admitted that Riley was one of them and always has been. The Six are a group of six guys, Jared, Ace, Mark, Josh, Aiden & Eli , that are always together. They grew up together and they are a great group of friends.  I really liked watching them interact, and I loved the way that they were with Riley. The Summer I fell is both a beautiful story and a heartbreaking story. The first half felt so carefree and fun, and I was smiling the whole time. You get to watch Riley discover her first love and hang out with a great group of friends. It is really great.

And then life starts to get in the way. They have all graduated high school and some are going in different directions. The second half of the book had a distinctly different feel than the first half. The second half of The Summer I fell took me by surprise. Without getting into spoilers, there are some pretty crazy events that happen that got my waterworks going. And I really wasn’t expecting that. I thought we would continue to cruise on the good times and the smiles from the first half. But I guess I couldn’t expect that to happen even if the “bad thing” didn’t because all the guys were no longer together. They weren’t “the six”. They were individual guys each off doing their own thing. It was very bittersweet. It is one of the few new adult books that I will call a coming of age story. It was watching each of the members of the seven come into their own. The Summer I Fell is marked as New Adult, but I feel it is more of a crossover book. Falling somewhere in the range of upper YA to younger NA. Great for readers of both genres.

The Summer I Fell is part smiles, part tears, super sweet and heartbreaking all at the same time. It is reminiscent of the bittersweet feeling of summer ending. I really enjoyed this read, and I kind of need to continue on with the story. The Summer I Fell took me down a different emotional road than I was expecting. I had no idea it would make me feel quite as deeply as it did. And yes, there is a cliffhanger. And yes it is a big one. That is most of the reason why I need to continue on in this series. The ending completely GUTTED me. I have to know what happens next.

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About Sonya Loveday

Sonya Loveday, first and foremost is a reader, an avid one. It is of that love that brought her to the realization that this was the answer to the nagging persistent feeling that ‘there’s got to be something more’.
The dream came alive in 2009 when she purchased her laptop and began the tedious step of becoming a published author.
When she’s not reading, she’s writing. When she’s not writing, she’s reading. And when she’s not doing either of those things she’s sleeping, shuttling her children back and forth to school, letting the dogs and cats in and out of the house for the umpteenth time in the last hour and dreaming of a clean house.

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31 Responses to “{Review+Giveaway} The Summer I Fell by @SonyaLoveday”

  3. Giselle

    This sounds like an emotional roller coaster! I love those kinds of reads where you can laugh one minute, and get all teary the next. Great review, Michelle! 🙂

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    • Michelle @ Book Briefs

      This totally was a rollarcoaster. I was kind of falling into a comfortable rhythm while reading this one and then bam, Sonya totally mixed it up on me and I was taken by surprise at how emotional I got.

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  6. steve weber

    First of all congrats on the release.. I’m sure you’re going to do well. thank you for the chance to win.

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  7. Natalie

    I have always wanted to be a part of a group like that! Sounds like a good read.

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  8. Jaime Lester

    This sounds really, really good, and I am a huge fan of the cover. I really, really want to know what the shake up was that caused all of the tears. I reckon I need to read it. And I love that it is about a group that is so very close. Reminds me of my husband and his 5 best friends he has had since middle school. Awesome! Can’t wait to check this one out!

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  9. Chanpreet

    I love books like this because if it’s a close knit circle of friends I always want to read about the other characters, which means more books! It sounds like this book is one of those.

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    • Michelle @ Book Briefs

      I totally agree with you Chanpreet. I love series that are based around friends. I am not sure if that is how this one is going to be because of the ending, but it might be, because I saw another romance brewing 😉

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  12. Maricris Patrimonio Dimla

    I’m a fan of Contemporary Romance books and this one fits my taste and added bonus is that it’s a part of a series,which I also liked. Great Review btw! 🙂

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  13. erinf1

    congrats to Sonya on the new release! This looks and sound awesome 😉 thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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