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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Grief, Death, Alcohol use, Cancer, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Vomiting / emesis
This Summer Will Be Different
by Carley Fortune
Read it when you want a sun-soaked forbidden romance with a best friend's brother, years of bad timing, and a setting that feels like part of the ache.
goodreads 3.95/5 383,577 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length368 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
- Cinnamon roll
- Push and pull
- Slow seduction
- The swoon
- Best friend
- Hurt/comfort
- Vanilla with emotion
- Found family feels
- Only one who understands them
- Tension / anticipation
- Comfort reread material
- Found family
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
- Playful banter
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Best friend's sibling
- Coastal / island / beach
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Small town / village
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- Secret relationship
- Summer fling
- Right person wrong time
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Romantic
- Warm
- Moderate
- Artist/creative
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- Steamy
- Emotional
- Career woman
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Bittersweet
- Conversational
- Hopeful
- Character-driven
- Swoony
- Comfort read vibes
- Binge read
- Will make you cry
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book