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This book was an emotional rollercoaster and broke my heart. It is the first book of Paige's that I've read and what a book to start with!

The story centres around Liv and her life in Cornwall, we start off in the current summer, where a mysterious artist is drawing gorgeous art in the sand which captures Liv's attention. We are then transported to seven summers ago where her and Finns story starts, it starts off sweet but ends up being the worst summer of Liv's life. Finn's life is based in LA and Liv's in Cornwall and she cannot even think of how long distance could work so they go mostly no contact throughout the year and just have their summers if they are both single. Throughout the story we go back and forth between the story of this summer and the stories of the previous summers. The story of this summer is where we meet Tom, although they get off to a rough start Liv and Tom eventually hit it off and quickly form a romantic relationship even though he has things he is hiding. I'm not normally a huge fan of books with multiple love interests but Paige's writing drew me in. Towards the end of the book it felt like my heart was shattered, then put back together only to be shattered again. I just wish we got more in the bonus summers, some of them felt very short and I would have loved to read a bit more into Liv and Tom's relationship. The story was beautiful, and I'm glad we got a nice insight into how her life turned out in the end.

Thank you to netgalley and Penguin Random House UK for my arc copy of this book. After reading I was more than happy to post my honest review.

I really enjoyed reading Seven Summers- it didn’t take long as I couldn’t put it down. Already a Paige Toon fan, I liked the alternating time line and loved the characters. Equally heart breaking as heart warming this was a great read, I was just a tiny bit disappointed it was wrapped up so quickly at the end as I could have happily kept going! 4.5 stars

Seven summers flicks between the past and present to give you the story of Liv's life. Her saddest days and her greatest loves.

And it is the easiest 5 stars I will probably give all year. It was so heart achingly sad and beautiful at the same time.

It starts with Liv coming home after spending some time away after finishing university and wants to have a nice summer at home before she ventures into the world as an adult and follow her dreams of being sculpturer. She meets Finn, who is stepping in as a frontman for their friends band while in Cornwall visiting his family before he returns to his life in LA with his own band.

And then in the present we meet Tom who comes to Cornwall to run away from his life but everything isn't as it seems. He is a sweet man who is an artist at heart.

I absolutely fell in love with these characters, I felt their sadness. I just wanted them all to escape and have some happiness to ease their hearts.

This book had me sobbing and complaining that my heart hurts, to being so happy with how everything worked out in the end. With every sadness there may always be a shining light of hope and love but you need to be ready to see it.

Liv had two loves of her life and she knows how lucky she was to have had both.

No short stories needed for this one, it was beautifully pulled together.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for giving me access to a copy of this book✨✨

I’ll begin by saying, I love Paige Toons books; they’re perfect to dive into and immerse yourself in the storyline, forgetting the world around you, when you feel like you’re in the story! For me, I felt this book lacked a bit of that, and I’m not sure why - I still wanted to know what happens to the characters, but I don’t feel I bonded with them as much as they have in previous books. Perhaps it’s at the book is set over seven summers (I know the clue is in the name!) and with that comes a bit of repetition. Perhaps it’s because I couldn’t visualise Liv’s sculpting, perhaps it’s because I didn’t read it in the summer, beautiful Cornwall, I just don’t know.
I’ve still given the book a solid four out of five - I did like it I just didn’t love it.
What I did love though was the many music references and the list of songs at the back, which took me on a bit of a musical adventure afterwards. Thanks to net galley for a free copy in return for my honest review.

I loved this book soooo much! A love story of Liv and Finn, this book is a true will they or won’t they all the way through. I had all the feels in my stomach from beginning to end and loved the characters so much. Their lives have been touched with tragedy and grief but their connection had me praying they could work things out in the end. No spoilers here but my heart has been through it reading this book. The descriptions of life in Cornwall were glorious and I couldn’t put this book down. This is a read in one day kind of book! You definitely want this in your beach bag this summer!

Paige Toon always gives us wonderful stories and this one is no different. Full of emotion and well designed setting and characters. 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley, author and publisher for this ARC

I loved this book! It took me a little bit to get into it but once it hooked me it really hooked me! A beautiful tale of love, friendship, grief and loss. It’s funny, it’s heartbreaking but somehow still hopeful.

Brilliant read if you wanna be hit in the feels and roughed up a bit 😂 If you’re thinking of picking this one up, do it you won’t regret it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC

Thoroughly enjoyed this lovingly written, emotional tale. I do enjoy a story set in a seaside setting, as I long to live near the sea. This story had all the usual easy to get to know characters, I laughed, I cried, but also really enjoyed it.

Heart wrenching but also feel good. I love Cornwall and the setting tugged at my heartstrings. I loved the characters and really routed for them. I laughed and cried and can’t wait to reread. A cute summer romance <3

This was an absorbing read. My main gripe was the ending (which some people will love I am sure) and I thought Lia could have done better…. Finn seemed a bit of a red flag (actually a sea of them, steer that ship clear of Finn), and I felt that Tom got a pretty raw deal, such is life….

Paige Toon fans will love this. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy..

Classic heartwarming and heartbreaking story from Paige Toon. I was totally swept away by her writing and descriptions of Cornwall. You can always tell she spends a lot of time researching her locations for her stories. Loved it

I adored this book. It's such a beautifully written, and emotional story. The characters were gorgeous, I loved them. I cried through this, and yet felt the love and joy that was there too. One of the best I've read.
I'm extremely grateful to the author, publishers and netgalley for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Slow start to the book but when it got going I was hooked.

This is a story about love, friendship and grief in its rarest form. It was heart aching and heart breaking, but also super wholesome and real. Really enjoyed this new story from Paige Toon.

I am a big fan of Paige's books, and this one once again did not disappoint! I loved seeing Liv's relationships with Finn and Tom develop, and how things came together over those seven summers. It's full of love, loss and friendship and was so raw and emotional, as Paige's books always are!

I enjoyed the idea of the seven summers and the characters per se but it felt very predictable and rather masochistic of them to continue waiting for each other when it was clear from the very start that they were not wanting to live in the first place. I think I would have liked it better if it didn’t have such an expected happy ending cos of course they end up together, very conveniently she is a young widow, would they have still ended up together if she was no longer in child bearing age and fresh skinned? I wonder

Another incredibly emotional read from another who knows how to pull on your heartstrings, drawing you in to the characters lives. A story that broke my heart, shattered my soul and yet still kept me believing in each character.
So many parts of this story breaks your heart but there are times where you it's always bursting with the love that radiates from the page.

When there is a love that spans every summer, year after year, at what point do you let it go. That's what Liv must do with Finn. He's the guy who has her heart, the one she will wait for - until she won't. She meets Tom, a man who is complex in other ways, but who is willing to give her the love she desires.

Nothing is easy about this read, but it's so worth it. It's gorgeous and a classic Page Toon book.

I really enjoyed this book, I loved the way it moved backwards and forwards to the current summer and then past summers, I was really hoping for a happy ending but it didnt end the way I expected - it was much better! excellent read for the beach or a long journey, have a tissue handy!

This was beautifully written. I was frequently in tears, so moved was I by the grief she had to process throughout the book, never mind the extra big dollop of grief towards the end. I don’t want to ruin the story for others so I will keep details scant but I thought the story was so well told. I felt thoroughly absorbed by all the characters and the setting in Cornwall too. Genuinely an amazing and beautiful read- I’m sad it’s finished.

Paige does it again. This had me feeling nostalgic and then was followed-up by me bawling my eyes out at the end!

Having returned home to Cornwall from Italy as a budding sculptress Liv takes a job in the local pub and meets Fin, He is not unknown to her and her friends as they all went to school together. Love blooms but can it survive with her in Cornwall and him in LA, he promises to return every summer if they are both single..........tragedies past and present are always present and Fin's career as a singer/songwriter are soon apparent. When Liv meets Tom it seems that he is the ideal partner but again he has secrets to keep. Will Liv find true love, will it take seven years to happen before she can truly settle? Paige really has the knack of of making us feel that we want to be in Cornwall by the beach where all the really nice men live but she breaks our hearts before healing them again. A roller coaster of a ride, don't start reading at bedtime as you won't want to put it down!