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Six Summers to Fall
Ever since her younger sister’s engagement was announced, Harper Williams has been dreading the wedding. What should be a joyous, sun-drenched affair is sure to be filled with plenty of awkward moments, thanks to Harper’s strained relationship with her only sibling. Awkwardness enhanced by the wedding’s location—a lake in Maine, swimming with painful memories of their late father.
Running into Drew Halifax—her childhood crush, who grew up to be the golden boy of hockey—is a surprise. Not nearly as shocking as his offer to be her plus-one is though.
She expects him to back out. He shows up. She’s looking for a distraction from the past. He’s killing time until his season starts and he can chase the championship. She’s guarded yet outgoing. He’s easygoing yet focused.
They hardly know each other. Until one week of sharing secrets, pretending to be in love, and sleeping in the same bed changes everything. Feelings that were supposed to be fake start to feel very real.
Problem is, neither of them is looking for a relationship. At most, they’re meant to be a summer fling. Definitely not a happily ever after.
But when it comes to falling? You have no control. Once you start, it’s impossible to stop. And sometimes…it takes six summers.
Running into Drew Halifax—her childhood crush, who grew up to be the golden boy of hockey—is a surprise. Not nearly as shocking as his offer to be her plus-one is though.
She expects him to back out. He shows up. She’s looking for a distraction from the past. He’s killing time until his season starts and he can chase the championship. She’s guarded yet outgoing. He’s easygoing yet focused.
They hardly know each other. Until one week of sharing secrets, pretending to be in love, and sleeping in the same bed changes everything. Feelings that were supposed to be fake start to feel very real.
Problem is, neither of them is looking for a relationship. At most, they’re meant to be a summer fling. Definitely not a happily ever after.
But when it comes to falling? You have no control. Once you start, it’s impossible to stop. And sometimes…it takes six summers.
321 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 23, 2023
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C.W. Farnsworth
37 books5,228 followersC.W. Farnsworth is the author of numerous adult and young adult romance novels featuring sports, strong female leads, and happy endings.
Charlotte lives in Rhode Island and when she isn’t writing spends her free time reading, at the beach, or snuggling with her Australian Shepherd.
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March 20, 2023
ARC REVIEW
Six Summers to Fall by C.W. Farnsworth
Rating: 3.5⭐️
When I heard this was a second-chance, friends-to-lovers, reverse grumpy x sunshine, hockey romance, I had high expectations. But this book just didn’t hit the way I’d hoped.
Hear me out. This is a good story and a fun premise. C.W.’s writing style is the stuff of dreams. I can picture every scene perfectly in my mind. The descriptions are so clear and precise. It’s wonderful.
The issue I had was the FMC, Harper. I did not click with her and here’s why: she is the problem. She has issues with her mom and sister, and resents them for how they handled certain major life events. She feels like they want nothing to do with her — when in reality, they’ve been walking on eggshells around her for the last decade. She’s grumpy in an annoying, pick me kind of way. Her little sister ADORES her but Harper is constantly judging and being a jerk to her sis and then being a brat anytime they try to talk to each other.
Also, the title of this book is referencing the fact that it took them six summers to find each other, but we BARELY get snippets of the first five summers. In fact, we only get one week of the sixth summer. I get why the title was chosen but I wanted more of the backstory. Drew, the MMC, talks about seeing her all those years and thinking she was pretty and yet it felt like they barely spent any actual time together during those five summers.
Again, this is a good book if it’s what you’re looking for. I think I was just looking for more. It isn’t my favorite of C.W.’s work and that’s okay! Not every book CAN be.
Six Summers to Fall by C.W. Farnsworth
Rating: 3.5⭐️
When I heard this was a second-chance, friends-to-lovers, reverse grumpy x sunshine, hockey romance, I had high expectations. But this book just didn’t hit the way I’d hoped.
Hear me out. This is a good story and a fun premise. C.W.’s writing style is the stuff of dreams. I can picture every scene perfectly in my mind. The descriptions are so clear and precise. It’s wonderful.
The issue I had was the FMC, Harper. I did not click with her and here’s why: she is the problem. She has issues with her mom and sister, and resents them for how they handled certain major life events. She feels like they want nothing to do with her — when in reality, they’ve been walking on eggshells around her for the last decade. She’s grumpy in an annoying, pick me kind of way. Her little sister ADORES her but Harper is constantly judging and being a jerk to her sis and then being a brat anytime they try to talk to each other.
Also, the title of this book is referencing the fact that it took them six summers to find each other, but we BARELY get snippets of the first five summers. In fact, we only get one week of the sixth summer. I get why the title was chosen but I wanted more of the backstory. Drew, the MMC, talks about seeing her all those years and thinking she was pretty and yet it felt like they barely spent any actual time together during those five summers.
Again, this is a good book if it’s what you’re looking for. I think I was just looking for more. It isn’t my favorite of C.W.’s work and that’s okay! Not every book CAN be.
life-is-too-short
April 2, 2023As much as second chance is my catnip, this book is extraordinarily poorly written.
Sentence fragments are fine, and can be used to strong effect. Too many fragments, though, and the writing quickly becomes stitled at best and incomprehensible at worst. The first 3 pages were nearly unreadable and I thought surely this settles? It does, but it really didn't. Basically I didn't trust this book with my time.
Sample:
"A more robust answer maybe. On why I'm back and why my visit is so short. If he's visited Port Haven with any regularity since high school, he must know I haven't. And why."
It surely could be a character choice (I think of flatshare) but it's not working.
Sentence fragments are fine, and can be used to strong effect. Too many fragments, though, and the writing quickly becomes stitled at best and incomprehensible at worst. The first 3 pages were nearly unreadable and I thought surely this settles? It does, but it really didn't. Basically I didn't trust this book with my time.
Sample:
"A more robust answer maybe. On why I'm back and why my visit is so short. If he's visited Port Haven with any regularity since high school, he must know I haven't. And why."
It surely could be a character choice (I think of flatshare) but it's not working.
May 9, 2023
This book deserves more hype!
I honestly didn’t know what I was getting into when I downloaded it and started. I thought it sounded like a cute summer romance with cute cover.
But it was SO much more.
📖This book is like Beach Read + Love & Other Words vibes
📖 dual POV
📖spicy scenes 🌶️
📖 angsty and emotional
📖 he’s a hockey player (NHL)
📖 NO miscommunication
📖 a little fake dating
📖 complicated family dynamics (FMC)
A perfect summer read!!
I honestly didn’t know what I was getting into when I downloaded it and started. I thought it sounded like a cute summer romance with cute cover.
But it was SO much more.
📖This book is like Beach Read + Love & Other Words vibes
📖 dual POV
📖spicy scenes 🌶️
📖 angsty and emotional
📖 he’s a hockey player (NHL)
📖 NO miscommunication
📖 a little fake dating
📖 complicated family dynamics (FMC)
A perfect summer read!!
January 6, 2024
I really enjoy this author's writing.
I appreciate how she writes her characters.
They are down to earth, low on drama (which I love), and just so likeable. It's such a pleasure to read a romances with great interactions, mature characters, and low drama.
I'm very interested in reading more by this author.
I appreciate how she writes her characters.
They are down to earth, low on drama (which I love), and just so likeable. It's such a pleasure to read a romances with great interactions, mature characters, and low drama.
I'm very interested in reading more by this author.
July 10, 2023
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!! Such a cute summer read. Perfect if you love dual POV and lake house summer romance vibes. I genuinely want it to keep going and haven’t been excited to keep picking up a book in a while 💕
April 11, 2023
I DNFed this one about 43% of the way through, and I feel kinda bad because I know this story can be so good, but I lost interest really quickly.
for me, the characters seemed very one dimensional, as well as the plot. everything so far has been very surface level, no emotions or backstories were ever really delved into. the backstories and history between the characters is just mentioned in conversation or for a few sentences in the inner monologue of a character.
*spoilers from here*
the major plot points that are supposed to be just that, major, feel very unimportant. the fathers death, the tension between harper and amelia, and harper and drew’s relationship. the first two especially are supposed to be the conflicts of the story, but they don’t seem like they’re going anywhere. as for drew and harper, their relationship feels very rushed, and there was no deeper explanation of a history between them from summers before.
I feel like i’m not getting to know these characters, and I should know them when i’m almost halfway done with the book.
overall, it feels very thrown together. the characters relationships, the direction of the plot, and the writing in general.
for me, the characters seemed very one dimensional, as well as the plot. everything so far has been very surface level, no emotions or backstories were ever really delved into. the backstories and history between the characters is just mentioned in conversation or for a few sentences in the inner monologue of a character.
*spoilers from here*
the major plot points that are supposed to be just that, major, feel very unimportant. the fathers death, the tension between harper and amelia, and harper and drew’s relationship. the first two especially are supposed to be the conflicts of the story, but they don’t seem like they’re going anywhere. as for drew and harper, their relationship feels very rushed, and there was no deeper explanation of a history between them from summers before.
I feel like i’m not getting to know these characters, and I should know them when i’m almost halfway done with the book.
overall, it feels very thrown together. the characters relationships, the direction of the plot, and the writing in general.
March 31, 2023
I don’t hate it. I just don’t like it at all
September 15, 2023
he has blond hair 🥴
July 13, 2024
4.5⭐️
This book is perfectly written for me. It’s exactly everything I want - the location, tropes, main characters, family dynamics, etc. are all what I love and it was combined in one book. I want this just rewritten over and over again so I can just keep rereading this
This book is perfectly written for me. It’s exactly everything I want - the location, tropes, main characters, family dynamics, etc. are all what I love and it was combined in one book. I want this just rewritten over and over again so I can just keep rereading this
April 4, 2023
I absolutely loved this, it has all of the feels, this story has been my happy place for a few days now.
Complete story m available on ku, highly recommended.
Complete story m available on ku, highly recommended.
July 14, 2024
"At this point in my career, I’ve seen hundreds of people wear my jersey. Maybe thousands. But this feels very different. This is the person I could see taking my last name, not just wearing it."
This was a super sweet, adorable and refreshing read! Weddings always excite me and give a book a certain charm and a different vibe all together, which is probably why I enjoyed the book so much and the fake dating trope was just a cherry on top! Harper & Drew both had crushes on each other and when they finally reconnected after so many years just by a chance encounter, I knew that it was the "right person right time" kinda thing. I also liked to see the relationship development between Harper, her mom and little sister. The epilogue was cute and all the side characters were nicely involved too. Overall, it was an enjoyable and lighthearted read.
This was a super sweet, adorable and refreshing read! Weddings always excite me and give a book a certain charm and a different vibe all together, which is probably why I enjoyed the book so much and the fake dating trope was just a cherry on top! Harper & Drew both had crushes on each other and when they finally reconnected after so many years just by a chance encounter, I knew that it was the "right person right time" kinda thing. I also liked to see the relationship development between Harper, her mom and little sister. The epilogue was cute and all the side characters were nicely involved too. Overall, it was an enjoyable and lighthearted read.
April 1, 2023
The book was consistent with the previous works of this author, but I didn’t feel attached to the story. It may be my least favourite of her.
Calling it friends to lovers romance is a bit of a stretch since they were barely acquaintances. We also don’t get any captures from the “five summers before” so the title should be six days to fall because what we get are few days of them getting together for the pre-weeding activities. And their behaviour during these few days felt forced and weird. It’s a bit of an insta-love/lust, but without deep communication? The story only gets interesting in the last 40%.
I wouldn’t call it a must read, but if you like Farnsworth than probably this book will be an okey read.
Calling it friends to lovers romance is a bit of a stretch since they were barely acquaintances. We also don’t get any captures from the “five summers before” so the title should be six days to fall because what we get are few days of them getting together for the pre-weeding activities. And their behaviour during these few days felt forced and weird. It’s a bit of an insta-love/lust, but without deep communication? The story only gets interesting in the last 40%.
I wouldn’t call it a must read, but if you like Farnsworth than probably this book will be an okey read.
July 26, 2024
This wasn't what I expected from the blurb in a good way. Drew and Harper could give a seminar on how to fake date. I loved the way they immediately settled into it from that first moment top of the head greeting kiss.
There were a lot of things I thought were going to bother me, that were handled really well. Like Harper's family dynamic and the way their grief was portrayed.
The ending was abrupt. After all the buildup to "how will we make it work?" it would've been nice to see them work it out. But there was a hot hockey player, so we all win.
There were a lot of things I thought were going to bother me, that were handled really well. Like Harper's family dynamic and the way their grief was portrayed.
The ending was abrupt. After all the buildup to "how will we make it work?" it would've been nice to see them work it out. But there was a hot hockey player, so we all win.
July 25, 2024
4-4.5⭐️ I really loved this book and basically couldn’t put it down. I liked the childhood mutual crushes reconnecting for a second chance storyline. Fake dating trope was done perfectly here. I loved the MMC Drew and liked Harper. . My only complaint was that I felt that I actually wanted more of their relationship development at the end in the last quarter of the book, but that’s my own preference. This was a great summer read.
March 23, 2023
Once in a great while, there will be one moment or maybe one line in a book that just does it for me. In this book, it was one line. One sentence that propelled this book from a four star to a five star read for me. Of course, I can't tell you what that line was. Maybe you won't even notice it. It might not hit you the same way that it did me, but WOW, did it hit me with all the feels.
This story was going along great way before that one line anyway. Harper is dreading a week away at her younger sister's wedding. That is until she runs into her teenage crush, Drew Halifax. He's now a hotshot pro hockey player, but for one week, he agrees to pretend to be her boyfriend at her family's celebration. Drew is a nice distraction, but one week of sharing secrets and a bed starts to blur the lines of this fake dating thing. Anything real would be too complicated, but these two can't control the fall.
Now, I'm always drawn to a bad boy, but this is another book featuring a really good hero and I have to admit that I am loving it. Drew is just a really nice guy, and you can't help but fall for him right along with Harper. He's also a hot athlete and there is just something about those hockey players ;) There is a lot of family dynamics at play in this story, and I enjoyed watching Harper's relationship with her family evolve throughout this book. This isn't really an angsty story, but it does deal with a heavy topic which could be a trigger for some readers. As someone who has been touched closely by this topic, for me, this book was healing in a way. Again...that one line. If I was one to get tattoos, I swear that I'd be running out to have it inked on my skin.
This is one of my new favorite hockey romances and I'd love to read another story (or two) set in this world.
This story was going along great way before that one line anyway. Harper is dreading a week away at her younger sister's wedding. That is until she runs into her teenage crush, Drew Halifax. He's now a hotshot pro hockey player, but for one week, he agrees to pretend to be her boyfriend at her family's celebration. Drew is a nice distraction, but one week of sharing secrets and a bed starts to blur the lines of this fake dating thing. Anything real would be too complicated, but these two can't control the fall.
Now, I'm always drawn to a bad boy, but this is another book featuring a really good hero and I have to admit that I am loving it. Drew is just a really nice guy, and you can't help but fall for him right along with Harper. He's also a hot athlete and there is just something about those hockey players ;) There is a lot of family dynamics at play in this story, and I enjoyed watching Harper's relationship with her family evolve throughout this book. This isn't really an angsty story, but it does deal with a heavy topic which could be a trigger for some readers. As someone who has been touched closely by this topic, for me, this book was healing in a way. Again...that one line. If I was one to get tattoos, I swear that I'd be running out to have it inked on my skin.
This is one of my new favorite hockey romances and I'd love to read another story (or two) set in this world.
March 15, 2024
Boring. Yawning. Sloppy. I loved the premise but the characters were mind numbingly mid.
October 31, 2025
2.75 ☆
"it took us six summers to fall. and at the end was this. a lifetime of love."
⇢ ˗ˏˋ yet another cute charlotte book! ࿐ྂ
drew-damn-halifax, the man that you are.
"it took us six summers to fall. and at the end was this. a lifetime of love."
⇢ ˗ˏˋ yet another cute charlotte book! ࿐ྂ
drew-damn-halifax, the man that you are.
April 8, 2023
I came in with low expectations and was still let down.
I chose to read this after seeing an excerpt reel on IG from the author. The premise seemed entertaining enough and it was free with my trial of Kindle Unlimited… I’ve read a lot of underwhelming books, but this one is the only one that made me feel frustrated because it had potential.
The plot and characters were fine- NYC woman stops at old family vacation house on her way to sisters wedding week in Maine. She runs into boy crush-turned-professional-hockey-player she used to spend summers with and impulsively invites him to wedding week. They both fall in love, enter miscommunication trope. Meanwhile woman is dealing with family drama due to father’s suicide 10 years before and her own grieving process.
The writing was terrible. The author tried to do too many things in one book and it’s a fragmented mess. Mental illness/suicide/depression, family difficulties/black sheep, vacation romance, wedding romance, star athlete romance. You can’t be them all and keep the page count low. It doesn’t do any theme justice.
It feels like the author came up with a lot of good lines and one-shots then pasted them together. “Ooh that’s a good line… where can I fit it in?”
The backstory comes out in pieces that you don’t care about by the time you get to them because the present story could have stood on its own feet. They’ve known each other for 5 summers that we are barely told about— because there are no flashback memory scenes only it’s all telling, no showing— and then 10 years goes by and we’re supposed to think those first 5 summers mattered.
There are scenes that do absolutely nothing for the plot or character development. What was the point of going out on the boat with the bride’s and groom’s families? Nothing happened except a lap-sit and an erection, and then they get off the boat. Waste of paragraphs that could have been used elsewhere. It’s like as she was writing, she forgot why she put them there and ended the scene.
There are cliche lines that make no sense. A superstar professional hockey player goes canoeing and wakes up with “muscles he didn’t know he had” being sore? Hockey players are some of the best conditioned athletes, I don’t think canoeing was going to wake up unused muscles.
The spicy scenes were decent. There were parts I didn’t care for, but I’m picky about spice so I’ll let that slide.
Overall, this book felt like a waste of my time. The author had good ideas, but couldn’t finesse them together in a way that did her ideas justice.
I chose to read this after seeing an excerpt reel on IG from the author. The premise seemed entertaining enough and it was free with my trial of Kindle Unlimited… I’ve read a lot of underwhelming books, but this one is the only one that made me feel frustrated because it had potential.
The plot and characters were fine- NYC woman stops at old family vacation house on her way to sisters wedding week in Maine. She runs into boy crush-turned-professional-hockey-player she used to spend summers with and impulsively invites him to wedding week. They both fall in love, enter miscommunication trope. Meanwhile woman is dealing with family drama due to father’s suicide 10 years before and her own grieving process.
The writing was terrible. The author tried to do too many things in one book and it’s a fragmented mess. Mental illness/suicide/depression, family difficulties/black sheep, vacation romance, wedding romance, star athlete romance. You can’t be them all and keep the page count low. It doesn’t do any theme justice.
It feels like the author came up with a lot of good lines and one-shots then pasted them together. “Ooh that’s a good line… where can I fit it in?”
The backstory comes out in pieces that you don’t care about by the time you get to them because the present story could have stood on its own feet. They’ve known each other for 5 summers that we are barely told about— because there are no flashback memory scenes only it’s all telling, no showing— and then 10 years goes by and we’re supposed to think those first 5 summers mattered.
There are scenes that do absolutely nothing for the plot or character development. What was the point of going out on the boat with the bride’s and groom’s families? Nothing happened except a lap-sit and an erection, and then they get off the boat. Waste of paragraphs that could have been used elsewhere. It’s like as she was writing, she forgot why she put them there and ended the scene.
There are cliche lines that make no sense. A superstar professional hockey player goes canoeing and wakes up with “muscles he didn’t know he had” being sore? Hockey players are some of the best conditioned athletes, I don’t think canoeing was going to wake up unused muscles.
The spicy scenes were decent. There were parts I didn’t care for, but I’m picky about spice so I’ll let that slide.
Overall, this book felt like a waste of my time. The author had good ideas, but couldn’t finesse them together in a way that did her ideas justice.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 5, 2024
the main character is so fking unlikable… her dad commits suicide 10 years ago and she’s being a bitch to her mom and little sister BLAMING them for moving on ??? she only thinks and talks about herself and her suffering as if her family didn’t go thru the same thing. spends her sisters one week wedding celebrations BITCHING and CRYING and ruining everything for the sister. blames her for how their relationship is now as if she didn’t spend 10 years ditching her, cancelling plans and lying to her AND THEN had the nerve to be offended when she didn’t ask her to be the maid of honor?! everytime her mom or sister reach out to her SHE STARTS LYING AND COMPLAINING?! wallah the most batameez fmc ever. all throughout the celebrations she was complaining and being boring and thinking about what lie she could talk to ditch.
the most unrealistic book ever cause how did the book end up with her mom and sister forgiving her when she did the bare fking minimum and just started being DECENT towards them!!!!!!!
also the fmc and the mmc had no chemistry,it was really hard to believe anyone could find her likable.
the most unrealistic book ever cause how did the book end up with her mom and sister forgiving her when she did the bare fking minimum and just started being DECENT towards them!!!!!!!
also the fmc and the mmc had no chemistry,it was really hard to believe anyone could find her likable.
May 25, 2023
4⭐️
2🌶️
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐬. 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭.
🫧𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴:
• 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴
• 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
• 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
• 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
• 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯
I just love it and I have nothing more to say.
2🌶️
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐬. 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭.
🫧𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴:
• 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴
• 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
• 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
• 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
• 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯
I just love it and I have nothing more to say.
January 7, 2024
3,5 stars rounded down
Not bad, but the usual easygoing chemistry between the couple took AGES to appear, plus the first half really dealt more with the heroine's separate story of dealing with grief, family drama etc.
The second half was more dedicated to their romantic relationship and it was a nice read🙌
Not bad, but the usual easygoing chemistry between the couple took AGES to appear, plus the first half really dealt more with the heroine's separate story of dealing with grief, family drama etc.
The second half was more dedicated to their romantic relationship and it was a nice read🙌
August 28, 2025
A cute little quick read summery hockey romance! I absolutely loved that this was second chance with no flashbacks!! We need more like this!
June 4, 2023
I’ve read a few of this authors books and I’ve enjoyed them a good bit. So this book was very disappointing to me I really just didn’t connect with the characters. I mean I really actually didn’t like the characters I wasn’t rooting for their relationship at all or anything. I really was hoping with the title of them having like six summers to fall I was hoping we would get little snippets of them from the five summers. It felt like they relationship was just physical attraction and nothing else I felt like we didn’t get any scenes with them like really talking and connecting and I also just didn’t feel their chemistry. There was also a little miscommunication trope right before they were leaving the wedding and it was so unnecessary if they just talked what they were thinking it would’ve been resolved and the book could’ve been like 40 pages shorter. I also hate the fact that when Drew texted Harper about how the visit went and she was just like oh I asked him to tell me about the visit that’s all that’s the only reason he’s texting oh my goodness and the way Drew just gave up after that and they both just didn’t text each other and we’re both just sulking like oh my goodness I want this person like just do something about it. And again it was just like there was no connection they didn’t hang out or talk really we didn’t get really any scenes of them hanging out or talking other than like one or two scenes it was very few so it felt like it was just a physical attraction and I really just didn’t connect with that it felt like when they were both like oh my goodness I’m in love with this person it was like what like you guys have barely spent like actual time together
March 3, 2025
Harper Williams is dreading her little sister's wedding. Why? Because over the years they've grown apart and Harper is always being compared to her perfect baby sister. The first to have a "real" career, the first to get married, it's been a struggle for Harper to measure up. So, on her way to the destination wedding at a lake in Maine - a place she spent her childhood summers - she stops at her family's vacation home, not too far away, for the first time since her dad ended his own life years earlier. This is yet another reason Harper is having difficulty making the trip to the lake: a lifetime of bittersweet memories.
Once in town, she immediately runs into Drew Halifax, the boy next door who she had a crush on from 12 to 17 years old. Until that fateful day that hasn't allowed her to return to that once beloved house. She hadn't seen Drew since. After spending the night sharing shots of tequila and reminiscing, Drew offers to be Harper's plus one for the wedding to help soften the blow. What a sweetheart. No, that's not sarcasm.
The novel is primarily focused on those several days together, as Drew and Harper get to know each other again and, in doing so, begin to open up about the feelings they had toward one another when they were younger. Honestly, what made this book so delicious was Drew. He was so attentive and so adorable, that I could not wait to see what he'd do next to support and help Harper.
I think my one real complaint is the relationship between Harper and her family. Yes, death exacts a hefty and sometimes everlasting toll on relationships. I can speak from experience. I've had to walk away from lifelong friendships because grief is sometimes a path one needs to take alone. That said, I felt a tremendous amount of distaste toward Harper's sister and mother who seemingly ostracized her for not grieving the way they felt she should. Maybe it's a subject too close to home for me but I feel like grief is such a personal experience and there's no right or wrong way to do it.
Yes, things came together in the end and one could say they reconciled, though that's a stretch and ultimately it was forgivable enough for me to move past it as it didn't take up that much of the novel. Except maybe I would have appreciated more closure.
Moving on. Despite the above, it was a sweet read with some very tender moments and I'm curious to read more from this author.
Once in town, she immediately runs into Drew Halifax, the boy next door who she had a crush on from 12 to 17 years old. Until that fateful day that hasn't allowed her to return to that once beloved house. She hadn't seen Drew since. After spending the night sharing shots of tequila and reminiscing, Drew offers to be Harper's plus one for the wedding to help soften the blow. What a sweetheart. No, that's not sarcasm.
The novel is primarily focused on those several days together, as Drew and Harper get to know each other again and, in doing so, begin to open up about the feelings they had toward one another when they were younger. Honestly, what made this book so delicious was Drew. He was so attentive and so adorable, that I could not wait to see what he'd do next to support and help Harper.
I think my one real complaint is the relationship between Harper and her family. Yes, death exacts a hefty and sometimes everlasting toll on relationships. I can speak from experience. I've had to walk away from lifelong friendships because grief is sometimes a path one needs to take alone. That said, I felt a tremendous amount of distaste toward Harper's sister and mother who seemingly ostracized her for not grieving the way they felt she should. Maybe it's a subject too close to home for me but I feel like grief is such a personal experience and there's no right or wrong way to do it.
Yes, things came together in the end and one could say they reconciled, though that's a stretch and ultimately it was forgivable enough for me to move past it as it didn't take up that much of the novel. Except maybe I would have appreciated more closure.
Moving on. Despite the above, it was a sweet read with some very tender moments and I'm curious to read more from this author.
July 11, 2023
"At this point in my career, I’ve seen hundreds of people wear my jersey. Maybe thousands. But this feels very different. This is the person I could see taking my last name, not just wearing it."
Drew was a fantastic hero, kind to the bone and genuinely so likeable. Harper is less likeable but her character arc means you connect with her more as the book goes on. I loved Olivia and Amelia too. I did find there were a few too many names during the pre-wedding lead up, that was a bit unnecessary.
The dynamic between Harper and her family is complex and depicted how everyone processes grief differently.
If you’re looking for a new author to try then I highly recommended C.W.
Tropes to look out for:
- One of us is famous
- Hockey romance
- One bed
- Fake dating
- Childhood crush
- Grumpy/sunshine (he calls her Sunshine ironically in the beginning)
- Dual POV
I absolutely fell in love with Drew, but look, Harper was also a great FMC and I loved seeing her character grow. Over the course of the book, she reconnected with her sister and mum, grieved her dad, (reluctantly) fell in love and figured out what she wanted from her future.
TWs: off page suicide, grief
Drew was a fantastic hero, kind to the bone and genuinely so likeable. Harper is less likeable but her character arc means you connect with her more as the book goes on. I loved Olivia and Amelia too. I did find there were a few too many names during the pre-wedding lead up, that was a bit unnecessary.
The dynamic between Harper and her family is complex and depicted how everyone processes grief differently.
If you’re looking for a new author to try then I highly recommended C.W.
Tropes to look out for:
- One of us is famous
- Hockey romance
- One bed
- Fake dating
- Childhood crush
- Grumpy/sunshine (he calls her Sunshine ironically in the beginning)
- Dual POV
I absolutely fell in love with Drew, but look, Harper was also a great FMC and I loved seeing her character grow. Over the course of the book, she reconnected with her sister and mum, grieved her dad, (reluctantly) fell in love and figured out what she wanted from her future.
TWs: off page suicide, grief
September 2, 2023
This was a really fun fake dating turned real, forced proximity, summer fling romance between Harper, an NYC writer who returns to the family home in Maine for her sister's wedding and ends up having a hot affair with her childhood crush, Drew, who is on a break before the new season of hockey starts.
Steamy with an unexpected amount of emotional depth (Harper is still recovering from her father's unexpected suicide). This was also good on audio read by new to me narrators Gail Shalan and Alex Kydd. Recommended for fans of authors like Elle Kennedy or KA Tucker.
Steam level: open door, with some graphic scenes
Steamy with an unexpected amount of emotional depth (Harper is still recovering from her father's unexpected suicide). This was also good on audio read by new to me narrators Gail Shalan and Alex Kydd. Recommended for fans of authors like Elle Kennedy or KA Tucker.
Steam level: open door, with some graphic scenes
October 12, 2024
I’m such a sucker for a Farnsworth romance novel! I just love her storytelling abilities! Her books are ones I’m constantly going back to when in a reading slump. They aren’t always filled with major depth, but they’re always easy to get wrapped up in. This book in particular definitely stands out from her others I’ve read because of the substance given to the characters. The content was more mature, along with topics discussed. Drew and Harper’s relationship was honestly kind of refreshing. The “3rd act breakup” was actually logical, but the reunion was something out of a movie! I gotta be honest though, I just don’t love reading the dirty talk—it’s a me problem! I’ll probably find myself reading this one again in the future though.
June 27, 2024
I thought it was really cute and a fun read but I needed more from the past perspective.
I also didn’t like the FMC at the beginning but I liked the character development towards the end and how her relationship improved with her sister.
I also didn’t like the FMC at the beginning but I liked the character development towards the end and how her relationship improved with her sister.
June 28, 2024
I can’t stand the fmc! She is self-centered, withdrawn (it’s like a dark cloud follows her everywhere, that’s how it felt to be in her head), she has a victim mentality for no good reason and she feels excluded when she is the one pushing people away. Girl please!😒
Also, I wasn’t crazy about the chemistry between these two. It felt like they were just….there! 🤷🏻♀️
Sadly, because I couldn’t stand Harper anymore, I dnf’ed it at 32%.
Also, I wasn’t crazy about the chemistry between these two. It felt like they were just….there! 🤷🏻♀️
Sadly, because I couldn’t stand Harper anymore, I dnf’ed it at 32%.
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