Secrets Of A Summer Night Book Review

My content warnings:

• Hospital scenes/hospitalization
• Cheating 

My biases:

• Can’t stand overt, blatant, and obvious rudeness

#1 in Wallflowers

Read: August 5, 2021

Star Rating (of 5): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

• Didn’t quite ellicit an emotional reaction

Enjoyment 🤗: 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

• Would definitely read again 👍🏽😏

Heat: 🔥🔥🔥🔥

• Not super memorable but love all the kissing! 😘😂

Content warnings: Death of a loved one 🥰, financial ruin, poverty, prostitution

Prevalent Tropes: Wallflower, “Enemies” to lovers

Tropes I like! 😍

1. Caregiving/sick bed
2. Fake Dating 
3. Friends to lovers
4. Found family
5. Single parent
6. Bodyguard 
7. Marriage of convenience 
8. Disability rep
9. Forced proximity 
10. Wallflower 
11. Bookish heroine
12. Only 1 bed 🛏
13. Teaching 🏫 
14. Roadtrip Romance 

How it’s used…

Annabelle and her wallflowers are determined to be married advantageously. Simon Hunt, of new money, falls in love and marriage Annabelle 

Smutty times 😋:

• 20: Post marriage 😉
• 22: Stairway tup 😏
• 25: off page

3-word Summary: Marriage is (the) goal

Representation: Self-made men

POV: Dual 3rd person

Thoughts 💭:

• The importance of money 💰 
• Bonds made & reenforced in the face of tragedy & death

Movie/show rec: 🤷🏽‍♀️