Summer Reading

LoveReading Says

Featuring dyslexic-friendly font and design, Jenn McKinlay’s Summer Reading offers a novel take (quite literally!) on the opposites attract trope as extroverted, dyslexic, non-reader Sam discovers the magic of reading and love with introverted “hot reader guy” Ben.

After quitting her job, 28-year-old chef Sam decides to chaperone her 14-year-old stepbrother in Martha’s Vineyard while her dad and stepmom take a summer trip around Europe. Sam also has ADHD as “part of the whole dyslexia gift basket”, and dreams of publishing a dyslexic-friendly cookbook someday.

After an unfortunate incident with book-lover Ben on the ferry over, Sam re-encounters him in the local library. As interim library director, he’s her friend’s boss, and took the job to research his family’s history. Since Sam’s family has been on the island for generations, she offers to help him. 

Though Sam presents a bubbly persona, she’s “self-conscious about my dyslexia and the weird ways it cropped up in my life.” But Ben is a beaut at understanding Sam — he praises her ability to be three steps ahead of any situation, and reads her a rom-com novel, which sure gets them in the mood for getting down to it!

Alongside being a fun, easy-to-read romance, and sharing insights into dyslexia, Summer Reading is also a wholesome story of family connections, as Sam bonds with her teenage step-brother, and Ben embarks on a search for his father. 

Joanne Owen

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