The Summer Book Club

By: Susan Mallery

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

"A charming, feel-good story of the ways that devoted friends—and great books!—can change our lives with the summer vibes I’m needing right now! There’s a dose of Susan Mallery magic in all her novels; this one just might have an extra scoop!"–Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author

The rules of summer book club are simple:

• No sad books
• No pressure
• Yessssss, wine!

Besties Laurel and Paris are excited to welcome Cassie to the group. This year, the book club is all about fill-your-heart reads, an escape from the chaos of the everyday—running a business, raising a family, juggling a hundred to-dos. Even the dog is demanding (but the bestest boy).

Since Laurel’s divorce, she feels like the Worst Mom Ever. Her skepticism of men may have scarred her vulnerable daughters. Cassie has an unfortunate habit of falling for ridiculous man-boys who dump her once she fixes them. Paris knows good men exist. She’s still reeling after chasing off the only one brave enough—and foolish enough—to marry her.

Inspired by the heroines who risk everything for fulfillment, Laurel, Paris and Cassie begin to take chances—big chances—in life, in love. Facing an unwritten chapter can be terrifying. But it can be exhilarating, too, if only they can find the courage to change.

“Susan Mallery is a maven of heartwarming summer reads! The Summer Book Club is a page-turner about the best things in life: books, friendship, love, and finding the courage to live our best lives.”–Katherine Center, New York Times bestselling author

©2024 Susan Mallery (P)2024 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

A wonderful Book!

Loved the characters, the story, the setting, and everything about this book! It is one of my all time favorites!

Love the characters so much that I wanted to know more

Great book with believable characters and story line. I didn’t want it to end. Highly recommend

Narration needs work

I am not usually picky regarding narration. Some narrators are better than others, of course, but I really had issues throughout this book because of the narration. The narrator has a mechanical sort of voice and although she attempts different voices for different characters, they're fairly difficult to distinguish. I also didn't get the impression that she knew the material very well because it seemed she didn't know what tone to use until she finished a sentence. The story was OK. It was a little predictable and some of the characters were far fetched, but I'm not faulting it too much for that.

The Summer Book Club

I love how all the characters interacted and grew with each other. I like a happily ever after endings and second chances.

A man saves the day

It was a cheesy book about 3 women who feel very unworthy, only to be saved by a wonderful man.

Good romance stories

The story lines were good, but by the time I was half way thru the book, I was getting irritated with the self doubt each woman had. They were annoying. But other than that, there were more than a few chuckles from the banter between the couples. I'm not sorry I "read" this book.

Who are you

What a fun book for self reflection. I thought I was like Cassie in the book so where the heck is my Raphael.
The three ladies in the book were so different and all the same.
Not going to lie I wanted some painful disease to visit Beau.
The book was an absolute delight to read and makes you want avocados (giggle)

So unrealistic and predictable

I struggled to get through this and couldn’t finish.
So mundane. “We/he/she washed their hands” was mentioned so many times. Who cares?

when narration ruins a book

the narrator was awful. she always ruins the book for me. should have realized before I bought it.good thing it was a "deal of the day"

Storyline

I love the storyline but HATE the AI voice! What about real people??! It was so painful listening to this book with the lack of expression from the AI! Weere there no real people available or what??? This is crazy!