Summer Girls, Jennifer Dugan
Summer Girls, Jennifer Dugan
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Summer Girls

Author: Jennifer Dugan

Narrator: Leeanna Albanese, Kristyna Zaharek

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2025


Synopsis

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn’t be farther apart.

Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with summer girls, the obnoxious daughters of the rich, who stay in their families’ summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass.

Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend’s very expensive car.

Birdie’s punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach—but it won’t be a vacation. He’s enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards.

At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesn’t want a babysitter, and Cass doesn’t want to be one. But as the season heats up, Birdie surprises Cass time and again, and before long both girls can’t help but wonder: Are some rules made to be broken?

About The Author

Jennifer Dugan is the author of the graphic novels Coven and Full Shift, as well as the young adult novels Playing For Keeps, The Last Girls Standing, Melt With You, Some Girls Do, Verona Comics, and Hot Dog Girl, which was called “a great, fizzy rom-com” by Entertainment Weekly and “one of the best reads of the year, hands down” by Paste magazine. Follow her online @JL_Dugan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by BJ on April 21, 2025

I’m not sure why exactly, but I find YA romance so purely escapist. Summer Girls was all that I hoped—a half-real, half-dreamt summery slice of pure queer teen escapism. These kids think they’re so slick but really they wear their feelings on their sleeves. Their love is big, their drama bigger, and......more

Goodreads review by :) on January 27, 2025

NEED THIS NOW. as a gay girlie who was obsessed with summer tourist/locals romance books in middle school and always wished they were sapphic this was made for me. would do unholy things for an arc of this… update 1/27/25: Okay, so funny story... I added that little bit about doing unholy things for an......more

Goodreads review by Nev on March 09, 2025

I used to love reading beachy summer YA romances when I was a teen, but because of the industry at the time they were always straight. So I love now how there are queer books that give me nostalgia for the types of romances I read back in the day. Cass and Birdie lead very different lives. Cass is a......more

Goodreads review by Madison on February 02, 2025

3.5 rounded up this book was much more than romance, surprisingly there were great conversations of parental emotional abuse, money divide, and coming out and what happens when it doesn't go perfectly. This book was definitely more character driven and they were written so detailed. i really loved ho......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on May 25, 2025

Summer Girls by Jennifer Dugan is a fun-in-the-sun YA beach read. Two high school graduates from different worlds spend their last summer before college falling in love and learning some hard life lessons. One, a rich social media influencer named Birdie, gets a dose of reality. Cass, a hard-working......more


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Praise for Summer Girls:

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"A continuous page-turner. Aside from the blossoming relationship, Dugan focuses on current issues such as coming out and gentrification. Many young adults will also relate to the worrisome problem of parents recording their children for online content. A reminder that love is always worth the fight." —Booklist, starred review

"The narrative not only chronicles the teens’ slow-burn romance, but also deftly addresses the underlying issues present in their relationship, including wealth, class differences, the privilege of being able to come out on your own terms, and the volatile nature of social media. This fast-paced enemies-to-lovers romance will keep readers turning the pages . . . A summer romance that’s a delightful read in any season." —Kirkus Reviews

"Nuanced discussions of gentrification levied by the girls’ charming romance balance out this sweet and summery beach read." —Publishers Weekly