Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis

This review is by Jennifer – I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can get your copy here:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z7759TV/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1  

This is the fifth book in the series. I read the first two. I missed the 1.5 book and the other books, unfortunately. I didn’t feel like I missed too much by not reading the previous books. This book was mean girl turns family! I loved this book so much! I was not able to read this book cover to cover in one sitting, but I sure as heck tried! Too bad life got in the way. This book definitely had me hooked! It toggled back and forth between the present time and 9 year old Brynn’s journal and 9 year old Kinsey’s journal. I love how we get a sneak-peak into what happened at camp told through the journals, rather than a regular recap of things happened at camp.   I have such a bookover after reading this book and now I am searching to get my hands on the other books in the series, as I loved this one so much! I am so blessed and grateful for receiving such a great book!

We begin this book with Brynn is on the way to her childhood home after an epically awful breakup. Both of Brynn’s moms are in their fifties. Her ex was such a conman, Ashton. He had even taken her great-grandmother’s necklace. He gave the landlord a few months notice that he was moving out and failed to tell Brynn that. This probably wouldn’t have been such a jerk move, however they were living together. Brynn came home from work to find the locks changed on her apartment. After having her moms take her to the Emergency Room after having a panic attack, she runs into a guy at the vending machine. This guy was Eli, a friend from childhood camp. Eli was there visiting Kinsey, his best friend from childhood, who ends up being Brynn’s nemesis. Without giving too much away, we are lead down quite the journey with rekindled friendships and rekindled frenemies. So much was kept in order to protect someone else. Communication is such key in any and all relationships! There is so much learned in this book. History tends to repeat itself if things do not change.