Hot Summer

Author: Elle Everhart
Title: Hot Summer
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 06/25/2024

Read Dates: 05/25/2024- 05/27/2024
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 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻 

Hot Summer is a single POV forced proximity romance. Cas, a worn out events planner, gets the promotion of her dreams dangled in front of her. The catch? She had to compete on, and make it to the finale of, a popular dating show called Hot Summer. There she meets Ada, another contestant, and Cas has to decide whether to focus on her career or take a shot at love.

I loved this book! It was the first sapphic romance I’ve read, and I really adored both Ada and Cas. Reading this cemented my feelings that being on a reality show would be a special kind of hell, but it was fun and funny and surprisingly emotional.

This summer, things are about to heat up. Cas Morgan has spent years of her life watching Hot Summer, the hit dating show that pairs together a bunch of sexy singles in an exotic island location. But she never quite thought she’d be a part of it, until her company secures a partnership with the show and Cas is handpicked as a contestant. If she does well and makes it to the finals, her long-awaited promotion will be secure. Cas is ready to spend the summer trying to win over the voting public. But just as she steps into the villa, her entire plan goes off course. She’s instantly smitten with fellow contestant, Ada. Ada is gorgeous and charming. As Cas’s feelings for Ada become undeniable, she’s torn between listening to her heart or sticking to her strategy.