Carley Fortune's Every Summer After seemed like the perfect book to finish the day after the last day of summer. It's Fortune's first novel and a lot like her second, Meet Me at the Lake. It's also a lot like The Summer I Turned Pretty (at least it's like the Amazon Prime adaptation, as I haven't read Jenny Han's trilogy). But that's okay. More than okay. Because as Every Summer After's Persephone says, "I liked how each book was both predictable and unique, comforting and unexpected. Safe but never boring." (10) Although scream queen Percy is talking about horror instead of romance (apparently, she finds bloodshed soothing), I get what she means. Readers choose genres for a reason, and it's not to be surprised.
That said, Every Summer After is another Canadian story about angst-ridden, lovesick teens who weather a decade apart due to a misunderstanding. Also, there's a lake.
It's lovely.
