I'm pretty sure I've said this after every one of her books, but this is my fave of hers now! It's been a few years since I read the first one that's linked to this one so I didn't remember anything and it was before I started writing detailed reviews so I had to wait for things to come back through context clues. Some of it did, but I still ended up being surprised by the "reveal" of basically the first books entire plot. Regardless, I enjoyed being back at the lake, this time with Charlie (brother of Sam in the other one) and Alice. She'd been there once as a 17 year old and saw Charlie, Sam, and Percy on the lake but was too shy to say hi so she didn't know them other than the photo she took of them from afar that set her on her career path. Now she's struggling so taking the summer off to take her Nan to the lake to recover after surgery is the break she needs. But then she meets Charlie and he throws her for a loop, then helps her with a bucket list. The way they immediately bantered and teased but also never judged lead to them becoming best friends before anything else and it was lovely. There was a sense of foreboding because it was all in her POV and I could tell he had a secret, and I was right. I cried before we got the reveal and they separated and her family was there for her, and then after we know what's up and they're eventually working it out (because even though emotional and not very spicy ((lots of fade to black or referenced vs explicit and entirely on page)), still a romance). I am always here for a redheaded FMC and I loved Alice's personality as she became more herself. I just enjoyed it so much!