Summer Reading

By: Jenn McKinlay

Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro Foster

When a woman who’d rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com.

For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha’s Vineyard at her family’s tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she’s tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library in a robotics competition, and there’s no place Sam, who has dyslexia, likes less than the library. And because the universe hates her, the library’s interim director turns out to be the hot-reader guy whose book she accidentally destroyed on the ferry ride to the island.

Bennett Reynolds is on a quest to find his father, whose identity he’s never known. He’s taken the temporary job on the island to research the summer his mother spent there when she got pregnant with him. Ben tells himself he isn't interested in a relationship right now. Yet as soon as Sam knocks his book into the ocean, he can’t stop thinking about her.

An irresistible attraction blossoms when Ben inspires Sam to create the cookbook she’s always dreamed about and she jumps all in on helping him find his father, and soon they realize their summer fling may heat up into a happily ever after.


* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains recipes from the book.

Not the best

I listen to a lot of Jennifer McKinley books and I usually LOVE them, and listen to them multiple times. I picked this book because the main character is neurodivergent, and so am I. I have ADHD so I thought the concept was neat. That being said, this book was not the best. It started sooooo slow and the narrator took a while to really get into reading the story. The Narrator just really didn’t keep my attention. It did pickup and get better the last 2 hours, but it was a struggle to even get to that point. 3/5 stars, wouldn’t listen again.

Terrible narrator

I had to go read the print version. I couldn’t take the constant breathy endings of words. Ugh.

Well crafted characters

Having read many of Jenn Mckinlay’s books, I’ve come to expect strong main characters. She does a great job of portraying warm but realistic family relationships. Her teal life as a “boy mom” is on full display in this novel. The teen brother of the main character is a delight and spot on.

The perfect summer read

🌊📖 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙮 @mckinlayjenn 🌊📖
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5
🎧 11 hrs. 17 mins.

“ ℋ𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔.”

✨𝙈𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬:
This book was excellent for a quick and cute summer read. I loved the plot, I loved the characters, and I was instantly hooked from the beginning. Sam and Ben’s chemistry is off the charts! I love how the male main character is the bookworm and I love how he would read books to Sam to share his love for books. I love that Sam recommended to her best friend Emily and how they supported each other and I loved how she bonded with her little brother Tyler. This story was so cute! I couldn’t get enough. @mckinlayjenn did an excellent job at bringing awareness to people who suffer from dyslexia 👏🏻.

When Sam comes home for the summer after being laid off her job, the summer she thought she would have was completely different. Sam’s a chef who happens to be dyslexic. She hates reading only because she can’t read the works due to her disability. She’s spending the summer back in her hometown of Martha’s Vineyard. Ben is a librarian on a quest to find his father. What they both least expect is a summer fling. This book is perfect to read right now as we are in the heart of summer, highly recommended.

❤️𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙄𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙀𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮:
-Summer Romances
-Book Nerds
-Chefs
-Opposites Attrack
-Love At First Sight

Perfect summer story

Loved this book. It made my 2 hour a day commute just fly by. Samantha and Bens story was great but I really think I loved the sibling bond Between her and her brother even more! I wasn’t a fan of the narrator and really hope the next book has a different one and I hope the next Book is about Emily!