Afterglow

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One summer camp changed everything for best friends Briar and Alice. After being estranged for ten years, a painful loss sees Alice return to the US from England. Briar has to run her mother’s summer camp, and Alice - determined to make amends for what happened during their last summer there - offers to co-direct.

On returning to a place that holds so many memories, scrambling through one last chaotic summer, can Alice and Briar set tensions aside? Or are those tensions a sign of something more than friendship?

Telling the story from both Alice and Briar’s perspectives the reader gets a front row seat to each character’s thoughts and feelings towards each other, even when they are too scared to voice them. Afterglow is a story filled with nostalgia: the fun these characters had at camp as children, reminiscing on break-ins for midnight feasts and making s'mores around a bonfire.

Lily Easton has created the perfect read to whisk you away with thoughts of summer. The more both Alice and Briar open themselves up to becoming the versions of themselves they were at camp, the closer they become and the tensions between them transform to something hotter. Unspoken feelings about the past, misunderstandings and having their lives on opposite sides of the Atlantic all pose obstacles for Briar and Alice and I eagerly read to see whether they would be overcome.

If you're looking for something to read that oozes summer love, the joy of second chances and reuniting with lost loves, Afterglow is the book for you.

About Afterglow

Alice and Briar were best friends through high school, returning every year to the summer camp Briar's mother ran. Until one summer - their last together - when Alice kisses Briar, then flees to England and cuts off all contact.

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