What an absolutely lovely, heartwarming book. I've read other Paige Toon books but they aren't my usual 'go to' genre so I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy this as much as I did. The characters were easily liked and all well written, not just the main characters which is often the case. I especially loved Michael's determined independence. Also, using a significant point in the story and working backwards and forwards from that point to mark the chapters really worked for me. I really wasn't expecting the twist at the end so well done Paige. You got me! A brilliant light hearted book I'm happy to recommend. Enjoy!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

I loved this so much!
Seven Summers is the perfect summer read.
You can’t help but fall in love with Liv and Finn, the “twist” felt right as did the ending.
5 stars.

I knew from reading “Only Love Can Hurt Like this” that Paige Toon knows how to rip out my heart. And Seven Summers (or more like 21 summers) later she’s done it again! Picture me crying while I write this review for this well deserved 4.5 star read.

The story of Liv is heartbreaking from the beginning. She deals with loss, grief, lovesickness and a huge amount of responsibilities from the start. I found her to be one of the most relatable characters I’ve encountered in a while! I was immediately rooting for her and just wanted her to be happy! Enter Finn and Tom!

Do I usually enjoy love triangles? Absolutely not! Did I enjoy this one? Kinda. I’m not gonna lie, I am an outspoken member of team Tom! I enjoyed his chapters far more and connected to him on a much deeper level! Finn kept staying a mystery to me and I was sometimes wishing his chapters would end and we could go back to my boy Tom. Saying that, I still enjoyed following Liv’s journey and growth whilst she was maneuvering her relationship with Finn and appreciated everything that led to.

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The main reason why this is not a five star read for me (apart from my boy not being endgame) is that the ending felt really rushed. The minute we arrived at summer seven and went into the (unusually long) epilogue, the timing just didn’t feel right to me. I wanted to spend more time in the next six years with Tom (cause again: my boy), or have more time pass with Liv greasing or coming to the realization she wants to be with Finn. The way it was handled with the quick jumps between years didn’t give me time to catch up with her reasoning and made it feel rushed. I lost the connection with her (and Finn) at this point, so that their final reunion didn’t feel as satisfying as I would have hoped.

Still, this was a great read and I have a feeling these characters will stay with me for a while!

Thanks Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review!

I always enjoy reading a Paige Toon book and this one did not disappoint. An easy-to-read enjoyable book that will leave you with a nice warm feeling while rooting for the characters. Pick up this book, you won't be disappointed.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy of this arc.

Paige Toon never disappoints, I have loved every books I read of hers and this was no different! I normally don’t loved dual timeline but this one was done in a way where you wanted to know what happened in the past!

The pacing of the book was great and I thought it flowed really well! I didn’t love the way the ending was played out entirely but I felt it was more so realistic.

A solid 4.25 stars!

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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