Some thoughts:
It's not summer when this story takes place, more like late spring, early May. So a different title would be appropriate.

Kate reminds me of one of my family members who hoped her diabetes diagnosis would go away, if she ignored it.

I was reminded of Something Like Normal as I was reading this book. I'll buy it for my students who liked that one and want something similar to read next.

I would be willing to pay $5.00 for this on my kindle, but not $10.

I hope the spelling errors are corrected in the final draft. Aiden or Aidan? ( )

When I finished The Summer I Found You, my very first thought was something like this: “Why the hell is it titled something with summer, when the entire book takes place during spring?” It may not be such a big deal, but it bothered me. (Still does, by the way!)

Of the two MCs, I liked Kate the best. I understand her reaction to the sickness and why she tries so hard to continue on with a normal life. She makes some stupid mistakes, but to me it just seemed like teenage-rebellion. Too bad that it could actually kill her!

Aidan I don’t really get. He never got under my skin and his chapters were a bit boring to me. I understand his frustrations and he is actually a very interesting character, but he just lacked something to make me really care for him.

The different POV’s would have been great if it was possible for me to differ between the two. I was unable to tell just from the writing who I was reading about and I needed the character’s name at the beginning. In general, the writing isn’t amazing and there are a lot of mistakes both in the writing and in the setup of the Kindle version. It’s too bad, because it disturbed my reading-flow a lot!

It’s a cute story, but it could have been longer. The romance between Kate and Aidan would have been more realistic and they would both have had more time to work on their problems and thereby make the story more plausible. ( )

"5 out of 5 stars!! Two people meet and help each other during difficult times in their lives, while unintentionally falling for one another.

Kind of a NC-17 type of YA novel or rather somewhere in between YA and NA genres, I found this novel to be fun, intense, touching, and romantic!"

Read more of this review and a teaser here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2014/02/idolizing-in-summer-i-found-yo... ( )

Summer I found You 2.5 ★☆The Summer I Found YouJolene PerryNetgalley in exchange for an honest reviewI think this is a good Ya novel. Could use a few revisions, editing being a major one. This is an ARC copy so I hope the Author is going to fix the editing issues. Grammar, punctuation, run ons, and so forth. The biggest editing issue I saw was with the Heros name Aidan/Aiden. Yes that editing error bugged me more than anything. He is our hero the main guy the author/editor should know how to spell his name of all people...I didn't dislike the novel I just felt it to be very vague and superficial, but then again I remember this a YA novel. I think im more jsut saying this book didnt have depth that I was looking for and I can see that it being a ya novel thats a little more ok because they are meant to be fun and breezy hmm more of a light read. (I think I requested this in the NA section but im just going to say they had a filing issue and its YA.) If this was a NA novel I def would have expected the author to explore deeper into both of the characters experiences. I yearned for more information on Aiden/Aidens experiences overseas. I felt the author really stayed on surface with this topic.I Also REALLY wish the author would have gone deeper with the juvenile Diabetes as well. Especially since more and more children and teens are being diagnosed with this disease. I felt this book hit some major ballsy topics but again it only skimmed the surface and I am not satisfied with that.I like many others do not understand the title of this novel. It doesnt work with the book. Neither does this cover art. I was expecting amazing summer things from the cover/title. Again I think for a young reader this book is good, but it is not for me! ( )

When I saw this book on Netgalley, I thought it would be fast-paced and a good read, so I requested it. I’m glad I decided to read The Summer I Found You, I loved it; I loved every single page of it. Yes, it was fast-paced; and no, it was not a good book, it was more than good; it was a beautiful story, with deeply damaged characters.

Although I loved TSIFY, I had some problems with the female main character, Kate. There were times where she was annoying. Here’s the thing: She is diabetic, and is always carrying a bag full of medicaments because she has to check her sugar level all day, and there is the thing about the insulin too. She hates when people treat her different because of her illness, so when she met a new guy (her best friend’s cousin), Aidan Connelly, who happen to have just one arm, she doesn’t feel the need to tell him about her diabetes, because it was a one-date thing. So far, so good, but when they start seeing each other frequently, she decided that he was treating her like a “normal” person, and hey! No need to tell him about something unimportant *sarcastic mode-on*.
Lies are short lived, even if they are by omission, and she knew it. Therefore, she decided to tell him the truth, and was waiting for the perfect time. Yep, it never came! No even when he was opening his heart and soul to her, and showing his deepest demons: how he lost his arm in Afghanistan, how he awakes in the middle of the night with his heart racing because he was having a nightmare about that day.
Sometimes she was irresponsible -and annoying-, but there were good things about her. Things that made me love her even in the moments I didn’t like her. She didn’t make Aiden feel like everyone did: tiptoeing around him and avoiding the subject of his lost arm, like if not talking about it would make his arm be suddenly there; she made him not care, much, about his arm; she made him happy, and it made me happy too; She gave him hope, hope for a better future, a happy one.
I really loved Aiden; he was my favorite character in the book. He lost his arm in Afghanistan, his friend, and now he is struggling with his fears, his demons. I really liked him; he is a realistic character and a damaged one.

I have read reviews mentioning how the author changed Aiden to Aidan and vice versa in the book, but I was so catch up in Kate and Aiden’s story that I didn’t notice it. Also, there is the thing about the tittle; I’m still trying to figure out the Summer part, but never mind, it doesn’t change the fact that I loved TSIFY.

Ms. Jolene did a great job with The Summer I Found You; she wrote about two damaged characters and created a beautiful love story and realistic and deep characters with a heartbreaking story to tell.

I will recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading YA/YA romance and, why not? To everyone I know!

Overall, The Summer I Found You was a beautiful and fast-paced story that melted my heart and hooked me up since page one.

Disclaimer: I received The Summer I Found You through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. These are my own thoughts and haven’t been affected by a third party.
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