Summers Edge, Dana Mele
Summers Edge, Dana Mele
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Summer's Edge

Author: Dana Mele

Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus, Emily Lawrence, Chelsea Stephens

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/31/2022

Synopsis

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House in this atmospheric, eerie teen thriller following an estranged group of friends being haunted by their friend who died last summer.Emily Joiner was once part of an inseparable group—she was a sister, a best friend, a lover, and a rival. Summers without Emily were unthinkable. Until the fire burned the lake house to ashes with her inside.A year later, it’s in Emily’s honor that Chelsea and her four friends decide to return. The house awaits them, meticulously rebuilt. Only, Chelsea is haunted by ghostly visions. Loner Ryan stirs up old hurts and forces golden boy Chase to play peacemaker. Which has perfect hostess Kennedy on edge as eerie events culminate in a stunning accusation: Emily’s death wasn’t an accident. And all the clues needed to find the person responsible are right here.As old betrayals rise to the surface, Chelsea and her friends have one night to unravel a mystery spanning three summers before a killer among them exacts their revenge.

About Dana Mele

Dana Mele is a Pushcart-nominated writer based in upstate New York. A former bookseller and lover of pomegranates, Dana is the author of the YA thriller People Like Us and the YA graphic novel Tragic. Summer’s Edge is Dana’s second novel.

About Lindsey Dorcus

Lindsey Dorcus is a SOVAS and IAA Award-winning audiobook narrator and classically trained actor. She has narrated over fifty titles for publishers like Penguin Random House, Disney Hyperion, Audible Studios, Scribd, and others. After receiving her BA in theater from Northwestern University, she worked as a theater artist and teacher in Chicago for over ten years, before shifting her focus to audiobooks. She especially loves narrating YA, science fiction/fantasy, and stories with LGBTQ+ themes.

About Chelsea Stephens

Chelsea Stephens has a longtime love and appreciation for the performing arts, with experience in on-stage acting, singing, and voice-over. Her love for reading books and the pursuit of the story led her to narration. She enjoys unfolding characters and bringing listeners into new worlds. Chelsea is an experienced voice actor with a talent for mystery, sci-fi, and YA novels. She's a mom to a gaggle of young ones living in the Midwest with her lumber sexual husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dana on July 27, 2023

UPDATE: ARCS are in the world! Yay! And time to hide under a rock. But this would also be a good time to make a list of trigger warnings! This is what I've come up with, but if anyone ever reads the book and finds something I've missed, please feel free to add in the comments, or message me on my we......more

Goodreads review by destiny ♡ on May 12, 2023

The problem is that the living and the dead aren't meant to mix. The problem is that I think the line has begun to blur. Summer's Edge was pitched to me as "The Haunting of Hill House meets I Know What You Did Last Summer", and let me start off by saying that's actually an excellent pair of comps......more

Goodreads review by Diana on July 11, 2022

I struggled with this book because it was difficult to tell the characters apart. Their voices were so similar. The book is divided into three parts, each with a different narrator. Honestly, in the first part, I kept forgetting whose head I was supposed to be in. Chelsea, Kennedy, someone else? The......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on May 14, 2022

Pitched as Rebecca meets The Haunting of Hill House, Summer's Edge is a queer horror/thriller about a group of friends returning to a lake house the summer after their friend died there. And it was SO good! Slow building tension, super toxic relationship dynamics, and a creepy, possibly haunted hous......more

Quotes

“An exquisitely tense haunting.” Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending

“With an exquisitely tense haunting and a twist-filled mystery that kept me guessing, Summer’s Edge hooked me from the first line and, like its lake house, would not let me go.” Gretchen McNeil, author of #murdertrending

“Absolutely enthralling and genuinely terrifying. This mind-bending new thriller from Dana Mele will keep you on your toes until the final breathtaking pages.” Kit Frick, author of I Killed Zoe Spanos

“Rich with atmosphere, Summer’s Edge weaves a haunting—and haunted—tale of tragedy and secrets, romance and betrayal, with a vicious mystery at its heart. Lies and friendships unravel and the truth of the friends’ fateful summer emerges as the story hurtles toward its relentless and darkly satisfying conclusion.” Kate Alice Marshall, author of I Am Still Alive

“A haunting, gut punch of a novel, Summer’s Edge is the perfect twisty, spooky pageturner.” Alexa Donne, author of The Ivies

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