Name: lexie's review of My Summer Darlings by May Cobb
Item: My Summer Darlings
Rating: 5
Author: lexie

May Cobb

Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in town add up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The Hunting Wives. A woman in the forest thinks she's going to die. I know he's coming back for me. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears, and Cynthia Nichols have been friends since childhood. They are now approaching forty and their lives have changed, but their insular East Texas town has not. They stay sane by drinking wine in the afternoons, dishing about other women in the neighborhood, and bonding over the heartache of their own encroaching middle age and raising ungrateful teens. Then Will Harding comes to town, moving into one of the neighborhood's grandest homes. Mysterious and charming, he seems like the answer to each woman's prayers. He's a source of fascination for Jen, Kittie, and Cynthia, but none of them are ready for the way Will disrupts their lives. As Will grows closer with each of the women, their fascination twists into obsession, threatening their friendships and their families. When he abruptly pulls away, each woman scrambles to discover the source of his affection. But what they'll uncover is far more sinister and deadly than any of them could have ever imagined.

My Summer Darlings

Genesis (@whisperingchapters)

lexie

fast paced. read it in one sitting. the plot twist i didn’t expect it.

Jenna Pascale 

This one…..I’m just not sure how I feel about this one. 

I’ve read The Hunting Wives and enjoyed it. I like Cobb’s housewives/soap opera vibe and expected similar with this book which was delivered. 

A little more than halfway through, I was really questioning if this book was worth finishing. I didn’t think it was a bad book and I enjoyed the writing but I HATED the characters. All of them. They just seemed to be such fake and pathetic humans and I just didn’t feel myself rooting for any of them. 

I even took to Booksta to see if it was worth finishing and I got mixed responses but several people did say it got better and everything really happened at the end so I decided to stick it out. I’m glad I did because the ending was the thrilling aspect I had so desperately been yearning for through the first 70% of the book. 

I’m glad I finished, and this book ended up getting a higher rating from me BECAUSE I finished. BUT, I just really wish it had more thrilling aspects throughout the entire duration of the storyline instead of them all just being thrown in at the end. 

I would recommend this book to someone looking for a lighter thriller with lots of gossipy aspects mixed in.

Megan Leprich

*Thanks so much to Berkley Publishing Group for the complimentary copy for my honest review!*

Oh my this woman can write some twisted, raunchy, preposterous (but in the best way) books!

Jen Hansen has just moved back to her childhood town with her son Kasey and is looking forward to catching up with her two best friends, Kittie and Cynthia, whom she’s known since she was a child and grew up in the same town with her.  Then Will Harding moves to town and immediately draws the eyes of all the women, single or not.  He’s sexy, charming, but also a little mysterious.  Maybe too mysterious as each woman develops a relationship with him that quickly turns into obsessions that will turn sinister and possibly deadly.

After reading May Cobb’s first book I was a little offset by the topics but I really enjoyed her writing style.  Now after reading this one she has quickly become one of my favorite authors.  She writes thrillers that aren’t just about gasps and plot twists, she intertwines relationships and secrets in a way that should be disgusting and hard to read at times but I devour them.  All of her details in this book set the tone and atmosphere perfectly and I honestly couldn’t put this book down.

I’m really looking forward to reading what she comes up with next!

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