Review: When Summer Ends by Isabelle Rae

When Summer Ends
Isabelle Rae
Publication date: September 27th 2012 by CreateSpace
Rating: 3 stars

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Chloe Henderson has never been one to break the rules or push the boundaries… but during her summer break, she and her friends use fake IDs to sneak into a club. It’s there that she meets handsome and alluring bartender, Will Morris. The pair hit it off immediately, growing closer with every passing day. But as with every summer, it has to end sometime. 

Chloe’s senior year approaches and there’s a shock in store when she returns to do her final year at school. Will is there too, but he’s not one of her fellow students…

A tale of forbidden love, broken hearts, friendship, and rivalry.

This book is so full of sweet and cute I kind of wanted to throw up while reading it.

Chloe and Will had an immediate connection, and one of the things I liked about it was that Chloe didn't fight it. She didn't question her attraction to him like most of the other female characters in YA books, she embraced it and flirted shamelessly with him. And with that came the sweetness, reading about both of them getting to know each other and starting their relationship and being utterly happy, and disgustingly cute, with just being together.

But obviously that didn't last.

Something happened that forced Chloe and Will to take a step back from each other and their feelings to consider the bigger picture. That maybe being together wasn't what was best for them at that moment, and then having to learn how to deal with that decision. No need to say that part of the story was heartbreaking and it frustrated me to no end due to all the fillers and unnecessary plot devices to keep the story long and going.

I actually skipped some parts while reading it because I had no interest in wanting to know what was going on in Chloe's head. I was expecting more of it, to be honest.