2025 Summer Reading Guide: Love Stories
The hero of summer reading! Every single year, the Love Stories category is far and away the most popular one on the whole Summer Reading Guide. And I’m right there with you.
It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
This book was an absolute delight! This funny, heartwarming story is about former child star Jane Jackson, who’s built a polished new life on the mantra “fake it till you make it.” But when one little lie sends her to Long Island with her old crush (and current nemesis) to chase down a pop star from her past, Jane might just find something real where she least expects it. This was just perfect swoony summer reading!
Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren
This one was so light and fluffy (it is a retelling of Disney’s Tangled) but it was just SO FUN and enjoyable and one of those books that I blew through in 2 days because it was just pure delight. Funny, romantic, and clever. The best kind of summer reading book! (This book is part of the Meant to Be series – I’ve only read the Beauty and the Beast one besides this one (it’s called By the Book) and it was delightful too and on the Summer Reading Guide a few years ago.
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
I REALLY love Rainbow Rowell and this one absolutely worked for me. Her books generally aren’t super fast paced but they are so richly told with great character development and swoony romance and this one was one where I had to keep stopping to just soak it all in – her writing just lands for me in the best way. I blew through the audiobook in a day or two and I wish it had been twice as long!
The One with the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel
This book was pure delight! Nora is on a disastrous first date at an NBA game. But when her date gets up to get concessions, the kiss cam hovers over her and the stranger sitting next to her…let’s just say it might just be love at first kiss! This one is clean and funny with great banter and led me down the rabbit hole of other Cindy Steel books!