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This Summer Will Be Different

by Carley Fortune · 336 pages · Published May 2024
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3.54 / 5 across 80K ratings
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (3/5)

A steamy, emotional Adult contemporary romance built around best friend's brother, summer, secret romance. 336 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.

Best for readers who want…

Steamy. Emotional. Summer.

Steamy Emotional Summer

Mood Match

Steamy Emotional Summer
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  • You prefer completely clean, fade-to-black romance
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Content notes

Sexual Content
Best Friend's Brother
Summer
Secret Romance
Book profile

Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown

How this book actually feels — based on mood analysis, not publisher blurbs.

Mood profile
Romance
70%
Fantasy
0%
Pacing
3/5
Darkness
1/5
Spice
3/5
Core elements
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Moods
Steamy
Emotional
Summer
Key Tropes
Best Friend's Brother
Summer
Secret Romance
Ending
Satisfying
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How spicy is This Summer Will Be Different?

Moderate (3/5) — explicit content present but not dominant.

Who would enjoy This Summer Will Be Different?

Readers who love steamy and emotional stories with best friend's brother and summer. Best suited for Adult readers and up.

What kind of read is This Summer Will Be Different?

A steamy, emotional Adult contemporary romance built around best friend's brother, summer, secret romance. 336 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.

What are the content warnings for This Summer Will Be Different?

Content notes include: sexual content. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.

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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 Guide verified against current edition
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