A Summer to Remember by Victoria Cooke
Published: 19th September 2019 (PB)
Publisher: HQ Digital
Available on Kindle and Paperback
Rating: 5/5/
Blurb
Sam lives by the mantra that
it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
After the tragic loss of her
husband, Sam built a new life around friends, her cat Coco and a career she
loves. Fending off frequent set-ups and well-meaning advice to ‘move on’, Sam
is resolutely happy being single.
But when Sam gets seconded to
her firm’s Boston office for the summer, it is more than her career that is in
for a shake-up. A spur of the moment decision to visit the idyllic beaches of
Cape Cod could end up changing her life forever.
Review
In Victoria Cooke’s latest novel, A Summer to Remember we
meet Sam a young widow whose bottling up her emotions and finding it hard to
move on after the death of her beloved husband Kev eight years ago. Pouring
herself into her work Sam is hoping that this is the year she’s proved herself
enough to earn the three-month work placement in the companies Boston office.
Things seem to be looking up for Sam as she earns the
placement and heads off on her dream trip leaving behind her cat Coco with best
friend Bridget. Sam’s perfect summer in
Boston gets off to a shaky start when she meets frosty stranger “Ethan” and
then her all male work colleagues don’t seem to take her ideas seriously. But a
weekend trip to the beautiful coastal town of Provincetown and a chance meeting
with lovely couple Barney and Harry and Sam’s summer takes on a whole new
meaning.
This a gorgeous, uplifting novel which had me hooked from
the start as I was eager to see what challenges Sam faced in Boston and if her
time there would help her reconnect with her loved ones. It may have a little
sadness thrown in as Sam was still mourning for Kev but gradually, I feel she
blossomed in Boston and became the carefree fun-loving girl she was before his
death, which made her more confident at work and in the romance department.
I loved the great mix of characters in this book. Sam herself
was a lovely girl who I was hoping would find someone else to make her smile.
Even Ethan turned out to be not so bad if you caught him on a good day. My
favourites through were Barney and Harry, they were so warm and friendly, and I
loved reading about all the gatherings they had with family and friends which
really added to the cosy happy I feeling I got while reading this novel.
I loved the setting of Provincetown, its sound like the
perfect place to unwind and have an idyllic summer and I hope Victoria Cooke is
considering writing another book here as I’m longing for another “visit”.
This is a perfect summer read with enough drama going on to
make it more than just a romance novel. If you’re a fan of Jenny Hale’s writing,
then I’m sure you will adore this as much as I did.
Thank you so much to Rachel’s random Resources for inviting me
to be part of the blog tour.
About the Author
Victoria Cooke grew up in the city of Manchester before crossing the
Pennines in pursuit of a career in education. She now lives in Huddersfield
with her husband and two young daughters and when she’s not at home writing by
the fire with a cup of coffee in hand, she loves working out in the gym and
travelling. Victoria was first published at the tender age of eight by her classroom
teacher who saw potential in a six-page story about an invisible man. Since
then she’s always had a passion for reading and writing, undertaking several
writers’ courses before completing her first novel, 'The Secret to Falling in
Love,' in 2016.
Her third
novel, Who Needs Men Anyway? became a digital bestseller in 2018.
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