Carley Fortune
You don’t need to, but I think it makes for the best reading experience!
ONE GOLDEN SUMMER is set a few years after the events in EVERY SUMMER AFTER. It can be read on its own, and its protagonist, Alice, is a brand-new character with a journey that can be easily followed without reading EVERY SUMMER AFTER. But ONE GOLDEN SUMMER will 100% spoil the events of EVERY SUMMER AFTER, but that might not matter to you!
ESA is about young love, and OGS is about the complexities of falling in love as an adult. ESA was very much inspired by my teenage years growing up on the lake in Barry’s Bay. OGS draws on what going to the lake and the cottage means to me now. Depending on your taste and where you’re at in life, you may be drawn to one over the other.
However, I do think you’ll get much more out of OGS if you read ESA first, paying attention to Charlie Florek, who you’ll get to meet as both a teen and an adult.
ONE GOLDEN SUMMER is set a few years after the events in EVERY SUMMER AFTER. It can be read on its own, and its protagonist, Alice, is a brand-new character with a journey that can be easily followed without reading EVERY SUMMER AFTER. But ONE GOLDEN SUMMER will 100% spoil the events of EVERY SUMMER AFTER, but that might not matter to you!
ESA is about young love, and OGS is about the complexities of falling in love as an adult. ESA was very much inspired by my teenage years growing up on the lake in Barry’s Bay. OGS draws on what going to the lake and the cottage means to me now. Depending on your taste and where you’re at in life, you may be drawn to one over the other.
However, I do think you’ll get much more out of OGS if you read ESA first, paying attention to Charlie Florek, who you’ll get to meet as both a teen and an adult.
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Bre-Anne
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I read your Meet Me At The Lake bonus chapter from Will's perspective and I'm obsessed. Would you ever consider doing MMATL from Will's perspective? Or even a short story collection of key moments from his POV? Would love to hear what's going on in that big, beautiful brain of his.
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