Review: Enjoyable Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2013
***Spoilers***Summer Lovin' is about writer, Elise, who gets a lifetime opportunity from a major magazine after the editor stumbles across one of her columns in a local newspaper.  She first meets with editor, Taylor (family owns the Monochrome Magazine based in London), who is interested in hiring her to trial blog about assisting six potential candidates for internet dating.  In a course of three days spent in Scotland ("job interview" to see if Elise if fit for the assignment), Elise and Taylor develop an amicable relationship though both find one another attractive.  But due to the possible implications of employer/employee getting involved, Elise does not want to jeopardize her chances so she insists they both maintain a professional relationship.Fast-forward to Elise moving to London and meets sweet Nathan.  He shows her the ins-and-outs for living in London and introduces her to his friends and family.  Seems they have an almost-perfect relationship as they get more involved and develop serious feelings for one another.  As her relationship with Nathan develops, Elise's blog thrives successfully.  I don't want to give much detail about the blog and the men she helps, but the deep emotions she experiences from helping out these men bring out Elise's character to help us understand who she is as a person.  During the success of her blog, Elise continues to receive "love letters" in the form of comments within her blog.  Who could Mr. X be, you must ask?  I won't spoil the details for you (although you won't have any problems guessing), but it really isn't a major revelation.Once you discover who Mr. X is, all heck breaks loose between Elise and Nathan (who has a secret of his own).  They both screw up and make poor decisions, but I assumed they would have at least talked and worked things out as they seemed to be somewhat level-headed for the majority of the relationship.  But we are left with an abrupt-ending to their relationship which I felt should have at least required some more explanation or drama to justify why they broke up.As for the epilogue, I wish the writer had developed more about the relationship that follows between Elise and Taylor.  The emails were sweet, but it would have been nice to see the characters interact more in person rather via email since a majority of the book didn't illustrate much of an interaction between the two.  Only a small portion showed the chemistry between them so I'd have liked more development between the two instead of emails.  We could read their thoughts and feelings, but feeling the emotions off the page is one of the reasons I enjoy a nice romance.Overall, this was a sweet story with likable characters, but I felt there could have been more character and plot developments to see how Elise and Taylor got along as a couple after they got together and what happened to Nathan.