The Summer of Broken Rules in think later, read now ୨୧

Aug 10, 2025 ray ౨ৎ rated it liked it

Shelves: library-summer, beach-reads, teen-tbr, this-year-tbr, summer-tbr

3.5 stars 𓇼 ࣪ ˖
na summer romance ┆ 16+ ┆content warnings below

🎵 l hey stephen
of all the girls throwing rocks at your window
i’ll be the one waiting there even when it’s cold

꒰ 🌺 ꒱ overall thoughts
this was a really fun summer read!! it was funny and i had a great time reading it. i was even crying and getting five star feelings until things started moving too fast. i understand that they went there for meredith’s cousin’s wedding, but this book was set during a week, and they even doing “it” on th ...more

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Dec 29, 2023 avi ౨ৎ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: stuck-in-the-memories-of-you

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“Of course, Sarah’s was not complete without quoting Taylor Swift, a line from the classic “Lover.”

~ Overall review
This book is so freaken good. From the Taylor Swift references to the scene with cats. I love this classic and clean romance book so much. k.L. Walther is such a Gen Z author and I love that so the content is relatable. Enjoy my review.

~ Meredith
I love the development of Meredith. I was a little hesitant with the trauma of her sister. I never like the sister died and distant kind of
“Of course, Sarah’s was not complete without quoting Taylor Swift, a line from the classic “Lover.”

~ Overall review
This book is so freaken good. From the Taylor Swift references to the scene with cats. I love this classic and clean romance book so much. k.L. Walther is such a Gen Z author and I love that so the content is relatable. Enjoy my review.

~ Meredith
I love the development of Meredith. I was a little hesitant with the trauma of her sister. I never like the sister died and distant kind of trauma, because it makes the character too much unrealistic. I love how she is trying to find her independence without her sister through new friends and new comfort with her cousins.

~ Wit (Stephen)
"Hey Stephen I know looks can be deceiving" ~ Meredith singing this in the shower. Wit is such a carefree character. I love his relationship with Michael since they are step Brothers. And I love the truce trope a lot. Wit is one of those characters who know a lot in life in a young age. But is still figuring out life as he goes on. Stephen is perfect for Meredith. He comforts her and cares for her so much. “Sarah talked about her for months before her visit,” Wit said quietly. He chuckled. “It was like Taylor Swift was coming to town.” I half smiled. Sarah was the most devoted of Swifties.”

~ Sarah
I don't like her at all. Like I am in Meredith's position in the family. Sarah loves Meredith but she loves Claire more. Like she invited Claire to be her bridesmaid and left Meredith out. And at one of there dinners when she brought up a memory of Claire before she died at dinner and aiming it to be funny I literally had a melt down. Sarah also gave Claire a fake id for Claire to drink. And right after that got into a big car accident that killed her. So overall I hate Sarah comment if you agree with me.

~Claire
Claire is mentioned in memories or flashbacks in the stories. From what I can tell Claire was the connecting of the whole family and was Sarah and Meredith's best friend. She is adventurous, daring, and brave. Claire loved her sister so much from what I can see in the book.

“I know you don't like hearing this,' I heard him say, 'and I know I promised not to tell you, but you are pretty, Killer. You're pretty beautiful, stunning, mesmerizing.' He paused. 'But that's not all you are. You're everything Claire said and more. Clever, funny, caring, lively, strong, brave---all of it. You are all of it.' He kissed the top of my head. 'And I do know how much you adore me,' he whispered. 'I just wish it was as much as I adore you.”

~ Wedding time
I love the cute wedding scene in the end of the book. I love how Meredith told Wit about Sarah's and Michael's music fandom.
“A Sheerio,” I replied. “For example, Sarah is a Swiftie because she’s part of the Taylor Swift fandom, so Michael’s a Sheerio because he loves Ed Sheeran.” ...more

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May 11, 2024 jaycie ♡ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars-reads-2024, books-i-ve-reread

reread, 5 ⭐️

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Jul 17, 2024 ✰ Brynlee ✰ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: my-roman-empire

(this is my first time writing a longer review so i hope i did good!)

i absolutely ate this book up and i am so surprised that i ended up love it so much! i thought i wasn’t gonna like it for some reason but i was VERY wrong, and stayed up until two in the morning to finish it because i didn’t want to put it down 😂

althought it was a bit insta-lovey, i honestly don’t care, because they were so UNBELIEVABLY adorable! i was squealing and kicking my feet at every interaction they had and i STILL can’ ...more

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Jul 05, 2024 Kimberlie ౨ৎ rated it really liked it

I know I have like 70 but I will write soon

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Jul 17, 2024 💕🌊Charlotte🌊💕 rated it it was amazing

“It's one of those special places where you feel like time doesn't exist. Where it will always be summer, where I'll always wake up with you.”
This book is such a cute little summer romance! The characters are so cute together and I lovvvvveeeeed this book! ...more

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Mar 30, 2024 evie ˚ ✧˚ · rated it liked it

Shelves: romance

3.5

I really liked the idea of the book, I just wish the characters hadn't fallen for each other instantly.

CHARACTERS

WIT (STEPHEN)
-loved his character
-beautifully written
-Australia lover (love that as an Aussie)

MEREDITH
-i felt like I knew her
-I cried when she fell off the boat and that's where her mind went to

LULI
-ugh
-infuriating
-miss girl poor mer lost her sister and YOU want to play the victim?

CLAIRE
-wish we got to know her better
-loved the person that mer thinks of her as
-matchmaker <33

SARAH
- ...more

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Apr 25, 2024 Camille rated it it was amazing

Shelves: summer, almost-favorites

I bought this book because of booktok and had no idea what it was about just that the romance was cute

I loved Wit and Mer the chemistry was just *chefs kiss*

But I also really loved how this book was unconventional and more then just ur normal romance. The whole thing about Mer getting over Claire warmed my heart and made me want to cry at the same time

Also assassin sounds fun I wanna play lol
And that ending- Did she win or not don’tleave me hanging ah

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