One Perfect Summer

Paige Toon

May 2012 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

DISCOVER THE PERFECT SUMMER READ FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LAST PIECE OF MY HEART.

A Dorset summer, a chance meeting, and Joe and Alice, both 18, fall into step as if they have known each other forever. But their idyll is shattered as quickly as it began. Joe leaves without warning; Alice heads off to Cambridge University and slowly picks up the pieces of her broken heart.

Years later, when she catches the attention of gorgeous, gifted, rich boy Lukas, Alice is carried along by his charm and swept up in his ambitious plans for a future together.

Until news of Joe reaches her once more, but he's out of reach in a way that Alice could never have imagined. Life has moved on, the divide between them is now so great. Surely it is far too late to relive those perfect summer days of long ago?

THE ONE WE FELL IN LOVE WITH was selected for the Zoella Book Club and Paige Toon's novels have been published across the world.

Praise for Paige Toon's novels:
'You'll love it, cry buckets and be uplifted' MARIAN KEYES
'I blubbed, I laughed and I fell in love... utterly heart-wrenching' GIOVANNA FLETCHER
'Devoured this in one sitting' COSMOPOLITAN
'An absorbing and emotional read' HEAT
'I loved it!' LINDSAY KELK
'A gorgeous, warm novel' ADELE PARKS
 

Ratings and reviews

First off, the actual story and guts of the book are good. However it felt as if it was written in such a rush. Grammatically you couldn't tell when the character was speaking or thinking as their is no defined difference. I found the way people were bluntly described as have blue eyes with brown hair, and so on disappointing.what happened to gracefully writing character descriptions into the story? What a lazy way to brush thru and get it out of the way. And the ending? Could have done so much more.

The story was good, but did not really like the style of writing. I am also confused about the ending, could have been so much better.....

I felt this was darker than some of Paige Toon's other stories, but still had me smiling. The characters are wonderfully endearing and I found myself constantly rooting for them

About the author

Paige Toon was born in 1975. A philosophy graduate, she worked at teen, film and women's magazines, before ending up at Heat magazine as Reviews Editor. She is very experienced at events and interviews and has a significant social media following. The One We Fell in Love With was picked for the Zoella Book Club. Her novels are bestsellers throughout the world.