My Summer Darlings
Ratings12
Average rating2.9
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Ratings12
Average rating2.9
As seen on the TODAY show as “a perfect beach read.” Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in town add up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The Hunting Wives. A woman in the forest thinks she’s going to die. I know he’s coming back for me. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears, and Cynthia Nichols have been friends since childhood. They are now approaching forty and their lives have changed, but their insular East Texas town has not. They stay sane by drinking wine in the afternoons, dishing about other women in the neighborhood, and bonding over the heartache of their own encroaching middle age and raising ungrateful teens. Then Will Harding comes to town, moving into one of the neighborhood’s grandest homes. Mysterious and charming, he seems like the answer to each woman’s prayers. He’s a source of fascination for Jen, Kittie, and Cynthia, but none of them are ready for the way Will disrupts their lives. As Will grows closer with each of the women, their fascination twists into obsession, threatening their friendships and their families. When he abruptly pulls away, each woman scrambles to discover the source of his affection. But what they’ll uncover is far more sinister and deadly than any of them could have ever imagined.
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This book was awful. To think this is the same author who wrote one of my favorite books, The Hunting Wives, is absolutely wild. It doesn't even sound similar at all to the May Cobb I knew. The dialogue and thoughts of the characters was so unrealistic and forced. The characters in the book were all so stupid with the decisions they made, and I was rolling my eyes through the entire book. I saw the ending a mile away, and the grand reveal was just SO ridiculously over the top. I love domestic thrillers about catty & rich women, but this was so jokingly bad I couldn't stand it.
3.75 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
This was a good time and an easy read but definitely not as good as The Hunting Wives by her last year. I think I had just too high of hopes for this one after thoroughly enjoying her previous book.
The characters were so unlikeable, which I don't mind if the plot is good. But these woman just made dumb decisions, obsessive decisions, and threw away things and people who mean the most for a stuck up, snobby guy who was so terrible it was annoying.
Very salacious scenes for the majority of the book which I do not mind at all but I felt like it's what kept the story going and added to the pages.
I guessed one of the plot twists from the beginning which was fine. But there were parts I didn't understand like what he was going to do with Cynthia for their “trip” if he has other plans with someone else. Like if Cynthia didn't see them together, what would've happened?
Overall, it was a popcorn thriller type of time. I didn't want to stop reading it, so it was good but it just didn't live up to The Hunting Wives.
2.5 ⭐️ i wanted to love this so much because the hunting wives was one of my favorites last year, but this dissapointed me :( still a fun read
