Book:  Plotting Summer

Author: Jess Heileman

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an advanced audio copy.

Plotting Summer is part of the Falling for Summer series but it will work just fine as a standalone. This story takes place on a fictional island off the coast of Florida, Sunset Harbor.

Plotting Summer is my fourth book in the Falling for Summer series and is my favorite. Summer Ever After was my least favorite and it followed Jane who I liked but she just came off so desperate that she bothered me. Plotting Summer follows Jane’s best friend Capri. 

Capri was such a strong and interesting lead character. She is an author writing under a pen name. The name she uses has a stolen last name and her first book was based on her and the guy whos name she stole, just with a happily ever after. Capri has only told a few people who she really is and doesn’t want anyone on the island to know who she really is, especially her secret crush Tristian. 

Capri and Tristian’s love story goes back to when they were kids. This was the most well told story so far in the series and it even made me really like characters I was not too fond of like Jane. Jane was a great supporting character here and I believe that’s because of Heileman’s excellent writing. I also feel this story used all the characters we have learned to love in the other books in the series in the best way. Unlike the other books, this lacked the POV from the male main character, but this almost felt like an ensemble cast anyway. This was more than just Capri and Tristians story, this was a story of Sunset Harbor.

Final score: 5/5