‘Cool for the Summer’ by Dahlia Adler

 5 stars!

Book Blurb:

"Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He's tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Oh, and he's talking to her now. On purpose and everything. Maybe...flirting, even? No, wait, he's definitely flirting, which is pretty much the sum of everything Lara's wanted out of life.

Except she’s haunted by a memory. A memory of a confusing, romantic, strangely perfect summer spent with a girl named Jasmine. A memory that becomes a confusing, disorienting present when Jasmine herself walks through the front doors of the school to see Lara and Chase chatting it up in front of the lockers.

Lara has everything she ever wanted: a tight-knit group of friends, a job that borders on cool, and Chase, the boy of her literal dreams. But if she's finally got the guy, why can't she stop thinking about the girl?

Cool for the Summer is a story of self-discovery and new love. It’s about the things we want and the things we need. And it’s about the people who will let us be who we are."

Review:

LOVE this book! Love everything about it; Lara's narrating, the interactions with her Mom and her friends at school, as well as with Jasmine, and their friends over the summer. I love that Lara is questioning and figuring herself out, and realizing that she can be more than what she has been up until this point. We watch as her eyes are opened to countless possibilities; that there are more career choices than being a doctor or lawyer, that there are more hobbies and interests folks can explore than fashion and boys. I love that we get to watch her grow and realize how big the world is, in a positive way.

‘Cool for the Summer’ will be available on May 11, 2021 – run, don’t walk!

Highly recommended LGBTQIA YA Contemporary read. #NetGalley - I voluntarily read a Review Copy of this book. All opinions stated are solely my own and no one else’s.