These Summer Storms

By: Sarah MacLean

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

From author Sarah MacLean, a razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning . . . and the one week that threatens to tear them apart.

"Deliciously impossible to put down."-Jodi Picoult

"Addictive."-Ali Hazelwood

"A gripping inheritance drama, wrapped around a swoony summer romance."-The New York Times Book Review

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS

Alice isn't like the other Storm siblings. While the rest stayed to battle for their parents' approval, attention, and untold billions, she left, building her own life beyond the family's name and influence. Nothing could induce her to come back, except the shocking death of her larger-than-life father. Now back on the family's private island, she plans to keep her head down, pay the last of her respects and leave the minute the funeral is over.

Unfortunately, her father had other plans. The eccentric, manipulative patriarch left his widow and their grown children a final challenge - an inheritance game designed to humiliate, devastate and unravel the Storm family in ways both petty and life-altering. The rules of the game are clear: stay on the island for one week, complete the tasks, receive the inheritance.

One week on Storm Island is an impossible task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is bursting with dysfunctional chaos: Her older sister's secret love affair. Her brother's incessant mansplaining. Her sister-in-law's unapologetic greed. Her younger sister's obsession with 'vibes'. Her mother's penchant for stirring up competition between her children. And all under the stern, watchful gaze of Jack Dean, her father's enigmatic, unfairly good-looking, second-in-command. It will be a miracle if Alice manages to escape the week unscathed.

A story about the transformative power of grief, love and family, this luscious novel is at once deliciously clever and surprisingly tender, exploring past secrets, present truths and futures forged in the wake of wild summer storms.

A Long Week

Well I am on the side of "I really enjoyed this book". It was the audio version and of course with Julia Whelan narrating it really came alive. I was there on the island! It was the longest week ever! What choices would each person make, would it really matter! All the characters were intriguing - poor little rich kids! Alice was more the main character and I really liked her. She'd gone out on her own. TThe ending was a bit of a surprise, but really they found gold with family.

The story ticked all the boxes!

10/10, great story and really good production. This story is captivating and ticks all the boxes.

Plot beggars belief. Wasted credit.

Sooo many tedious, gratuitous, orgasmic sex passages, ultimately just annoying fillers. Stupid, stupid, ending. Cannot recommend.