REVIEW: Suddenly, Last Summer by Michael Robert

- February 20, 2023

SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER

by Michael Robert

Release Date: February 10, 2023

Review

I’m not sure I can put into words how much I loved this book. Michael Robert has a gorgeous writing style and tells a story that feels so absolutely real. It’s both heartbreaking and beautiful. His characters small and large, the setting, and the emotions are all so perfectly done.

Suddenly, Last Summer is full of longing for things you want but think you can’t have. The confusion of obligations that life, friends, family, and careers can bring. How misplaced loyalties can muddy the waters.

It’s about coming of age, finding yourself, and learning to live life on your own terms.

I loved witnessing their dynamic. Trey was younger and a romantic, but he had such strength and knew his self-worth. He was willing to be patient, but he wasn’t willing to compromise what he knew he deserved. I loved how he took control and helped guide Jordy. And Jordy finding his own strength was truly special.

The side characters were also pretty great. From the meddling, but so loving and supportive, parents, an Uncle who has the wisdom of a man who experienced the loss of love, a best friend who’s a loveable hot mess.

I hope we see many more books from Michael Robert. I will be eagerly anticipating them all.

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Synopsis

TREY BARNES

I professed my love for Jordy when I was seventeen. He was leaving for his last year of medical school after working another summer at my family’s Banks Lake resort in the Pacific Northwest.

Desperate for him to know how I felt even though he was my older brother’s best friend, and fearing that he wouldn’t return after that summer, I decided to take the plunge and admit my feelings while I had the chance.

As the adult in the situation, Jordy wisely chose to discount my confession as simply a teenage crush. But my last spoken words to him were that I’d wait patiently for him.

And I always kept my promises.

JORDY HALL

I’d been away from my small hometown for nearly five years. Life and a stressful medical residency had kept me busy, but I finally returned to fulfill my best-man duties for my best friend’s upcoming wedding.

His younger brother, Trey, was a sweet, sensitive kid when I left years ago. The shy, lean teenager who’d tearfully professed his love for me my last summer there had grown into a sexy, confident man. I was intrigued by what I saw, though I probably should have walked away again.

Had he actually waited for me to return? Did I hope he had? He was nine years my junior and my best friend’s little brother. But he could be so much more.

After five long years, it was suddenly last summer.

About Michael Robert

Michael Robert is an author residing in Seattle, Washington. The Crow Flies Free is his debut novel. Michael enjoys traveling and he aspires to visit the locations of his upcoming novels so as to provide vivid and accurate descriptions of them. He enjoys tennis, road trips and fast cars. Please look for his future projects, the next story coming soon.

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