![]() ![]() It's a tiny spoiler to say that Courtney's parents divorce and the girls are separated when Courtney moves east with her mother, but the story spans a decade. They become friends quickly and one night, when Courtney convinces Maggie to go to a party, they kiss. ![]() Then, Courtney, the daughter of a department store owner, arrives. She exists peacefully in the smallish town of Tanner Peak, helping at the farm and trying not to be mocked by her wealthier classmates. Maggie is the daughter of a strawberry farmer and a romance novelist. ![]() It isn't a slow burn romance, but is a second chance romance as they age from 16 to 26. The heroines meet in high school and have a relationship during summers in college, but aren't finally reunited until years later. Strawberry Summer takes place over years. I had been so charmed in the beginning, but the pacing and some storytelling choices aggravated me enough I needed to complain to friends. Melissa Brayden's Strawberry Summer does the latter. Sometimes, a book disappoints because it's a mess, but sometimes, it'll disappoint because there is so much potential and adorableness, and it squanders it. ![]()
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