Reviews for Beyond summer dreams

The average rating for Beyond summer dreams based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-13 00:00:00 Jay Charles Beyond Summer Dreams is a tender romance filled with suspense and mystery. It is a charming story. Taylor Jordan and Clay Curtis' meeting is less than ideal. They started off on the wrong foot, both getting the wrong impression of the other. It's fun to read the story from both of their perspectives and see all of the misunderstandings and miscommunications for what they are. Clay comes from the big city and is ready to settle down with a wife and kids in a small rural community. Taylor on the other hand has had life long dreams of a prestigious business carrier in a big city high rise. But after a summer in Fairfield, ID they see that their dreams aren't really all that different. It was fun to read about Pocatello, ID (where I have lived for nearly 20 years of my life)I liked reading about places and things that were familiar and easy to relate to. I figure that anytime you read LDS fiction you can assume that there will be an undercurrent of preaching. However, I felt that this book took it a bit too far on occasion. Although I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I felt that segments of the book went too in depth on some gospel principals for a work of fiction. I would have liked to see the preaching toned down a bit. The beginning of the book I found far too predictable and even found myself rolling my eyes at how long it took the characters to come to conclusions that to me, as the reader, seemed like common sense. The story did get better and eventually there were some turns I didn't see coming. Over all I thought this book was a quick, easy read. A just for fun, not too much thought involved - great way to spend a Saturday kind of book.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-26 00:00:00 Dwayne A Day This was an interesting book with enough mystery to hold your attention. Its about a girl that spends the summer with her 78 year old grandmother who does not need anyone watching over her. The girl does not want to be there, but her father insisted she go, so at 23 years old she just wants the summer to be over so she can get on with her own life. Of course there is a guy involved as he has rented part of the grandmothers house as office space for his veterinary business. When their home & his office is burglarized they are thrown together trying to find out why.......Not all of it was realistic, but enjoyable reading.