Review of The Summer of Yes

When Kelsey is hit by a car and lands in the hospital for several days, it massively derails her organized life. And she really wasn’t looking for a hospital roommate: Georgina, an uber-successful businesswoman  on kidney dialysis and trying to run her company from her bed. But the time in the hospital and dealing with her testy, private roommate open Kelsey’s eyes to what she has been missing in her life, and she wonders what both of their lives would be like if they said yes to the things they have been saying no to. As Kelsey sets out to change her life, she is determined to take Georgina with her.

I really like Courtney Walsh’s books–they are consistently sweet, closed-door romances bursting with all the good feelings. But The Summer of Yes is probably my favorite yet. Gerogina was hard for me to like at first, but I was in love all the way through with her husband Dylan and son Hayden, and Kelsey was cute, quirky, and adorable. I loved the premise, with the freedom of summer stretching out on the pages and the big questions of all the possibilities a life can contain, and all the hope that it’s never too late to try again. This book was a sheer delight from start to finish.

If you like feel-good romance, fun characters, and stories just full of love and grace, this is a book you’re definitely going to want to pick up this in July. Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for the advance copy.