"Destroying other people isn't going to make you feel any better."
"That suggests you've never destroyed an enemy before. It's actually quite fulfilling."
EMMY
Elliott Springs has small-town values, cobblestone streets, perfect scenery. These are things I don't care about. What I do care about is . . . Revenge. And no matter how compelling I find Liam Doherty -the guy focused on saving Elliott Springs- I'm going to get it.
LIAM
What do you call a woman who wants to destroy everything you love, yet the sight of her sets you on fire? Nemesis or future wife . . . and since she can't wait to leave California, I guess I know which one she is. Emerson Hughes wants to be the villain in our town's history, and the more I learn about her past here, the more I understand it. I wanted to save Elliott Springs. I think I want to save her even more.
Title : The Summer I Destroyed You
Author : Elizabeth )'Roark
Series : The Summer #4
Format : Physical
Page Count : 304
Genre : Contemporary romance
Publisher : Piatkus
Release Date : May 22, 2024
Reviewer : Micky
Rating : ★ ★ ★ ★
Micky's 4 star review
Headlines:
Unapologetic heroine
Bad parents
Reluctant relationships
This fourth installment in the Summer series switched up the character types yet again in these interconnected stories. No-one could ever say this series is 'same-y'. Liam was a cinnamon roll hero and Emmy was the prickliest cactus character there ever was. She had her reasons and her return to Elliot Springs was an intended revenge tale that turned out quite differently.
Emmy was hard to like and that was just how she wanted it. She was fierce but deep underneath was someone who wanted to be loved and appreciated for who she was. Even so, her actions, her attitude towards Liam was so 'mean girl' that I did feel irritated for the first half of the book. It was a good job we had Liam and his decent ways and how he handled Emmy was pretty funny. Snowflake the dog also was a soothing side character.
Emmy's mother, the ex-best friend, her brother and all the men she did business with were everything unpleasant. The mother especially was vile and I wanted to leap through the pages and tug her by the scruff to shut tf up.
I loved the way Emmy couldn't stop the eventual runaway train in her feelings. These two had something worth the investment, it was fun reading.
I look forward to book 5 as this series is all easy but satisfying reading.
Thank you to Piatkus for the review copy.
**content warnings for disordered eating**
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