Just for the Summer

De: Abby Jimenez

Narrado por: Christine Lakin, Zachary Webber

'No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself' EMILY HENRY

'Funny and poignant, relatable and aspirational, heart-tugging and satisfying. It is, in a word, perfect' CHRISTINA LAUREN

'Abby Jimenez's words . . . sprinkle humour and warmth all over my life' ALI HAZELWOOD

'The sort of emotionally resonant love story I adore - I was captivated from the very first page' PAIGE TOON

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To find their soulmates, all they need is four dates, a kiss and a breakup . . .

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out, and they'll both go on to find the love of their lives. It's a bonkers idea . . . and it just might work.

Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected - including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?

©2024 Abby Jimenez (P)2024 Hachette Audio UK

Believe in love

Wow, I really enjoyed this book.It was well written. Would definitely recommend it. It will take you on an emotional journey, you will experience all the emotions throughout this book.

outstanding

Abby Jimenez did it again. great story with serious undertone. the characters are really well written and the Easter eggs are so good.
the narrators again are perfect for this.

Start as a duet, but it’s a dual narration

I loved it.
The story of Emma and Justin is really moving.
Maddy definitely deserves the award of best friend of the year.
Emma is a traveling nurse and Justin is a software engineer.
They both have a curse: the Good Lucky Charm. The person they date and left, marry the next one they meet…

Tropes:
Golden retriever MMC 🫠🫠🫠
Strong and traumatized FMC
Insta love
Great banter.
Spice 🌶️
“Am I the as_shole?”
And Never play chess with her.

TW
toxic mother 
child neglect
panic attacks / PTDS
Feeling and being small 🥺

The audiobook is narrated by Christine Lakin and Zachary Webber. I love their voices, but I was a bit disappointed: the audio starts like a duet, but it only last just for the texts. Otherwise, it’s a dual narration

I absolutely devoured this book

“If you can choose anger or empathy always choose empathy”

Abby’s writing and her character building is honestly exquisite. She writes these amazingly human characters and flawed characters and gives us a slice of their complicated lives. The book touched base on childhood trauma, unleashed abandonment issues, true friendship, and how to let go. There were so many good paragraphs, the kind that you take to heart and realize it fits into your own past.

This audiobook is perfection!!!!

completely obsessed with this book! I've enjoyed all of Abby Jimenez's books, but this one felt the most authentic.

I liked seeing characters from other books reemerge, and as a Minnesotan who has lived abroad for a few years, it was lovely imagining the setting and some of my favorite spots!

Amazing

Abby Jimenez never misses.
This book made me laugh, smile and tear up. I loved Emma’s character development and the fact that she choose to work on herself before committing to a relationship.
The story was witty, sweet and charming and I highly recommend reading it!

So So Good

I loved every word of the book. Excellent listening. The characters - the journey - the ups and downs kept me glued. I wanted to listen to it slowly but I had to just keep on going. Abby Jimenez is now my favourite contemporary romance writer. I think I need to go back and reread them all.

Amazing Love Story!

I absolutely loved this!

It was not just a sweet romcom but one with so much depth. It was beautiful to see how things came together but not in a superficial way, work was needed and it was worth it.

Justin and Emma had a truly lovely love story full of understanding, grace and growth.

I adored Emma's troubled story and her ability to do the work to get better.

The only low point was that the cussing increased near the end of the book but it was manageable.

Spice: 4: Open door, lusty parts, mentions of intimate parts/ thoughts.

Language:3: Cursing was used in high stress moments, can be counted on 2 hands, GD used 1 time.

Amazing

Such a great book, love that it is stand alone but also you can grab bits from her other books

excellent quality

I really liked the story, but I have to highlight the quality of the performance and how much it added to my experience. Thank you, it was amazing