Her Final Summer time by Nina Manning – mychestnutreadingtree

I had vowed I might by no means get again into the water, however after all, this was at all times going to be the end result. I by no means actually had a alternative.

When out of labor actress Rey Levine is obtainable her dream appearing function, she is aware of she has to make it work. However there’s a catch: the movie requires Rey to swim, one thing she hasn’t carried out since her final fateful summer season vacation fifteen years in the past. The summer season her sister disappeared…and everybody blamed Rey.

Rey will do something to dam out the painful reminiscences, nevertheless it means her present life is in freefall – drink and males her medicine of alternative.

Together with her first dip within the cool water, Rey thinks she’s discovered the proper escape. However because the water holds her, previous reminiscences float to the floor, forcing Rey to recollect the horrible summer season she’d fairly neglect.

However somebody doesn’t need the reality to floor. Not now, not ever… They usually’re ready to destroy Rey’s life yet again.

Her Final Summer time is a gripping psychological thriller with a heartbreaking backstory. Rey is a profitable actress, who ought to be completely happy that she has achieved her childhood ambition however who appears set on self destruction with among the many questionable life selections she makes! When Rey is obtainable an awesome half starring reverse Dexter Rice, she is thrilled aside from one thing-she must swim within the sea one thing she hasn’t carried out since a household tragedy years earlier than…

Rey isn’t a straightforward character to love resulting from her behaviour however as soon as we discover out extra about what occurred the 12 months her youngest sister Franny went lacking, I did begin to perceive extra how the trauma of her childhood affected the lady she had turn into. The scenes set within the vacation dwelling in the course of the time Franny disappeared have been essentially the most fascinating and emotional because the plot unraveled and I discovered myself dreading the end result of the day Franny goes lacking. When the previous catches up with the current there have been some surprising shocks that led to a passable conclusion and a higher understanding of all of the characters concerned.

Nina Manning isn’t a brand new writer to me as I’ve learn and loved her books prior to now. Her Final Summer time is the best summer season learn in your sunlounger this 12 months!

Many due to Rachel’s Random Reads and Boldwood books the copy of Her Final Summer time for my weblog tour evaluate.

Nina Manning studied psychology and was a restaurant-owner and personal chef (together with to members of the royal household). She is the founder and host of Sniffing The Pages, a ebook evaluate podcast. The Daughter in Regulation is her debut psychological thriller and since then Nina has gone on to put in writing 9 extra books together with: The Responsible Spouse revealed in March 2020, The Home Mate revealed in October 2020.The Bridesmaid revealed Could 2021 and Queen Bee in January 2022. She has additionally written two ‘mum-lit’ fiction books: The three am shattered mums’ membership and the 6 pm frazzled mums’ membership. Her tenth ebook, Her Final Summer time, one other thriller, is revealed in Could 2024. 

Nina at present lives in The Highlands in Scotland together with her household.