Review: Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Published by Century Books UK, Pengiun UK
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Source: Publisher
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Six summers to fall in love. One summer to change everything.
Liv and Finn meet six summers ago working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn’s life is in LA with his band, and Liv’s is in Cornwall with her family—so they make a promise. Finn will return every year, and if they are single they will spend the summer together.
This summer Liv crosses paths with Tom—a mysterious new arrival in her hometown. As the wildflowers and heather come into bloom, they find themselves falling for one another. For the first time Liv can imagine a world where her heart isn’t broken every autumn. Now Liv must make an impossible choice. And when she discovers the shocking reason that Tom has left home, she’ll need to trust her heart even more . . .
My Thoughts on Seven Summers
Throughout the namesake of the title “Seven Summers,” we see Liv flit between the past Seven Summers and the current present one with Tom.
Love triangles aren’t a favourite read for me although Paige Toon is the only author whose I will pick up because I know I’ll be taken on an emotional rollercoaster.
Which I happily jump on.
For once, I never felt torn, at least I didn’t believe I was. Paige Toon has a way of shattering your heart to offer up a slither of hope that feels like the sun is shining and all is right in the world.
Until… she yanks it back. AGAIN
This latest book from her is the most I’ve felt my heart break.
Fin and Tom’s characteristics and differences make them both
Whilst Fin is always there, showing up when he feels Liv needs him most and Tom is a breath of fresh changing air.
Seven Summers is a raw, poignant novel filled with love, loss, and hope, and how the two can remain intertwined for life.
