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- Content warnings: Death of a parent, Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, Alcohol use, Vomiting / emesis, Physical abuse, Toxic relationships
It's Not Summer Without You
by Jenny Han
Book 2 in Summer
Grief, a threatened beach house, and two brothers. Jenny Han makes the love triangle hurt.
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Length320 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice1/5 · Tension / anticipation
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Childhood friends
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover
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- Golden retriever
- Friends to lovers
- Longing glances
- Beautiful grief
- Dark/tortured soul
- Push and pull
- The angst delivered
- One-sided pining
Fantasy promise
- Ya contemporary
- Love triangle
- Coastal / island / beach
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Academy / campus
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- First love
- Second chance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Nostalgic
- Conversational
- Heavy
- Teen MC (under 20)
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- Emotional
- Bittersweet
- Introspective
- Melancholic
- Raw
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book