I couldn’t write a review of this book without mentioning some flaws I think it has, though. This book does a good job of showing the rocky navigation between it all in through a high school lens. Understanding yourself, especially at such a young age, and frankly, any age, is not easy. This book tackles friendship, sexuality, and love in tandem with one another, which I appreciated. Although, as you read, it becomes very clear which couple is really endgame (no spoilers here, but take a guess). Weaving back and forth through two timelines, then and now, Larissa looks back at her summer with Jasmine and tackles the mixed feelings she has now that there is a chance with the guy of her dreams. Jasmine walks right into her school on the first day without so much as a text before. She has been crushing on the school star quarterback Chase Harding forever, and when he finally decides to notice her at the beginning of the school year, she feels like her senior year is set.

Larissa returns to school in the suburbs of New York expecting to leave the summer behind with just a scrapbook of memories of Jasmine (yes, she made a scrapbook), a new haircut, and a tan. Our main character, Larissa, has just returned from a summer with her mom in the Outer Banks, where she may or may not have had a steamy summer romance with mysterious but oh-so-cool Jasmine. All of the characters are in high school, there is a mention of the Friday night football game at least once a chapter, and everyone drips of teen angst, but I do have to admit that I am a sucker for a bisexual main character with a love triangle (Sue me). Now, I admit that this book was most likely not written for a 24-year-old like myself. Written By: Aaliyah Samci (Director of Operations and Marketing)Ĭool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler was a refreshingly cheesy read that made me long for summer days in the best way.

Cool for the summer by dahlia adler