James McRay's Reviews > Just for the Summer

[August 2024] After the third time through this book, I'd have to rank the three in the series: Part of Your World 1st, Just for the Summer 2nd, and Yours Truly a distant 3rd.

[April 2024]
Just for the Summer, is the third book in Jimenez’s 'Part of your World' series. It can certainly be read as a stand-alone, but my recommendation is to read the first two books first. If you are familiar with the characters from those books, there will be a couple of plot points in this book that will land stronger. Again, my suggestion, not a necessity.

If I had to choose as my forever book boyfriend between Daniel (Part of Your World), Jacob (Yours Truly), or Justin (this book); I would pick all three. What? There’s no rule that says you can’t have more than one fictional book boyfriend, right?

And herein lies Jimenez’s magic. She can write an MMC like nobody’s business. Handsome, sexy, swoony, and absolutely no possibility they could exist in real life. This is not a complaint. Jimenez’s main men are far from perfect, but often seem too good to be true. Again, not a complaint because I think that it’s hard for an author to write and get right. Jimenez nails it.

Her leading ladies on the other hand… They come with issues and the FMC in this book, Emma, is no exception. Not to give too much away, but I offer Jimenez full credit on how deftly she writes about traumatic mental illness. I’ll only add that therapists and counselors are GD rockstars.

Jimenez’s other super power that makes here one of the best in the business is her ability to write a third act breakup that will rip you apart but then put you back together just in time for an amazing, (tear-jerking in my case) HEA ending. I’ve had issues with Jimenez’s previous books, but her turn-around endings have all been brilliant, and that is true with this book.

[I was fortunate to win an opportunity to review an ARC through Abby's Facebook readers page.]