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Average rating3.7
Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom. Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. So set out your beach chair and grab your sunglasses. You have twelve reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love.
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I have never been a fan of short stories or short story collections, I tend to want to get behind characters and stay with them for the long haul, I've never really loved the short snappy stories where you are just getting used to all the different people when it suddenly is at an end. I'd heard really good things though about Summer Days and Summer Nights, a collection of 12 Love Stories by some of today's best Young Adult authors and all themed around Summer that I felt I had to give it a try.
This book contains stories by such well known authors as Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo and Jennifer E. Smith. Some of these authors I've read books by recently and other's I have plans to delve into their books in the very near future and so I felt that the calibre of writing was high enough that we could anticipate some great stories along the way.
All of the stories are generally in a contemporary setting but some have a more paranormal or fantastical setting to them than others. Some are very much just a contemporary short love story with the theme of summer central to them whereas others are more clever in their twist on the theme of love. Along the way we meet some great characters and as I sit here reflecting back on this book, as I finished it just over a week ago, I find them coming back to me piece by piece and I'm smiling fondly as I remember the stories.
I don't think I'm a convert to the short story genre, I still find them harder to invest in but what I did enjoy was the ability to read lots of different themes and characters over the period of a few days and to keep feeling I was trying something new each time I started a new story.
I gave this 3 stars but I think fans of the short story may find it deserves more than that but for me it was a little bit of a filler between two books to give me something different but I'm not sure if in a year I'll remember any of the stories specifically.
didn't enjoy most of the stories.
Cassandra clares was predictable (out of all people her MC could've chosen.. she chose her step cousin?! well its Cassie Clare, that stuffs expected)
this book reminded me to pick up more Jennifer E Smith books so im looking forward to reading more from her :)
MEH.
Head, Scales, Tongue, Tale by Leigh Bardugo – ★★★
The End of Love by Nina Lacour – ★★★★
Last Night at the Cinegore by Libba Bray – ★★
Sick Pleasures: For A and U by Francesca Lia Block – ★
In Ninety Minutes, Turn North by Stephanie Perkins – ★★
Head, Scales, Tongue, Tail by Leigh Bardugo 2 Stars
I didn't understand this story. The first pages were irrelevant to the story and beside two or three lines I loved, I didn't get the romance.
The End of Love by Nina LaCour 3.5 Stars
Last Stand at the Cinegore by Libba Bray 2.5 stars
Super weird and not quite a believable love story to me
Sick Pleasure by Francesca Lia Block 1.5 stars
Too confusing and no real goal as for a love story imho
In Ninety Minutes, Turn North by Stephanie Perkins 4 stars
It was cute but I found Marigold a little bit unpredictable (since out of character is not quite the right term for a short story) and also stupid because of some of her descisions.
Souvenirs by Tim Federle 4.5 stars
so bittersweet. I loved the couple in this story.
Inertia by Veronica Roth 4.5 stars
I first tought: nice premise but the first pages weren't my cup of tea. But then it went the feels rollercoaster.
Love is the Last Resort by Jon Skovron 5 stars
I loved how overly ambigious the narrator was and how the strands of simple, yet cute love stories intertwined
Good Luck and Farewell by Brandy Colbert 3.5 stars
This was enjoyable and really cute but a little bit to rash for my liking. Felt a little bit ‘generic' for me
Brand New Attraction by Cassandra Clare 4 stars
This was the most story driven one of the bunch
A Thousand Ways This Could All Go Wrong by Jennifer E. Smith 5 stars
Oh my gosh. So cute, so totally up my alley.
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things by Lev Grossman 3.5 stars
It was good but super predictable. I already guessed the ending and plottwist a page into the story