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Summer Days and Summer Nights by Stephanie Perkins (editor) is the summery book companion to My True Love Gave to Me. This anthology has something from almost every genre and is very diverse. I especially enjoyed Veronica Roth’s and Jennifer E. Smith’s stories. Though I liked this one, I enjoyed the first winter themed anthology more.
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Fiction
Publication Date: May 17, 2016
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Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom. Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. So set out your beach chair and grab your sunglasses. You have twelve reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love.
Featuring stories by Leigh Bardugo, Francesca Lia Block, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Brandy Colbert, Tim Federle, Lev Grossman, Nina LaCour, Stephanie Perkins, Veronica Roth, Jon Skovron, and Jennifer E. Smith.
❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃
book Review: Summer Day and Summer Nights
Summer Days and Summer Nights literally has a story for everyone. I’m pretty sure that there is something from every genre in this book. I especially loved how no two stories are alike, since reading the same old contemporary can get boring. If you’re looking for something different that is a fairly quick read, this is definitely the book for you.
❀ Many Diverse Stories
I really enjoyed all the diversity in Summer Days and Summer Nights. There are stories with LGBT couples and mental health awareness, such as autism. I actually haven’t seen too many YA books out there that are about autism, so this really interested me. I feel like the diversity in the book made everything more realistic. Each story features a new set of characters, and of course, not everyone you meet is going to be white, for example. I always appreciate a nice, diverse story, and this anthology was definitely one of them.
❀ Inertia is a favourite
I always find it difficult to review anthologies because each story is different, and not every story is for everyone. Instead of discussing each individual story, I feel like it would be better to just highlight my personal favourites. I adored Veronica Roth’s story, Inertia. This one is a sci-fi, I believe, that is about a girl who relives her favourite memories with her best friend as he is about to die through a special program. It is honestly classic Veronica Roth, which is why I loved it so much. Out of all the stories, I would have to say that my favourite is A Thousand Ways This Could All Go Wrong by Jennifer E. Smith. This is the story about a boy with autism, and I found it so cute and inspiring. It also takes place at a summer camp, a setting that I always enjoy.
❀ Something for Everyone
Summer Days and Summer Nights by Stephanie Perkins (editor) is an anthology with something for everyone. There is so much diversity in this anthology, which I really appreciated. My favourite stories were Inertia by Veronica Roth and A Thousand Ways This Could All Go Wrong by Jennifer E. Smith. I would recommend this YA beach read to everyone, as there is definitely at least a couple stories that each person will enjoy.
Book Quotes: Summer Days and Summer Nights
This teaser comes from Veronica Roth’s story, Inertia.
“Even without the electrodes, I knew how old I was by the colour of my fingernails—my freshman year of high school, I had been obsessed with painting my nails in increasingly garish and ugly colours, lime green and sparkly purple, glow-in-the-dark blue and burnt orange. I liked to take something that was supposed to be pretty and make it ugly instead.”
About Stephanie Perkins
Stephanie Perkins is the New York Times bestselling author and anthology editor of multiple books for young adults, including Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After. She has always worked with books—first as a bookseller, then as a librarian, and now as a novelist. Stephanie lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband. Every room of their house is painted a different color of the rainbow.
About The Candid Cover
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