Review: Meet Me at the Lake
- Megan // thebookishnarwhal
- Jun 12, 2023
- 1 min read
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Carley Fortune 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 02 May 2023
This Canadian author has done it again. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune delivered the flawed yet loveable characters readers have come to know and love. A wonderful second novel for Fortune that is sure to elicit a wide array of emotions from readers and become everyone’s favourite summer read.
Meet Fern. When she was 22 and finishing college, she met an artist named Will while he was painting a mural at the coffee shop she worked at. They had a bittersweet 24 hours together and planned to meet at her family resort in one year. A year later, Will never shows up. Fast-forward to 10 years later, and there he is. Checking in to the resort. Will the memories of that fateful 24 hours resurface, and will they be able to find the words that need to be said?
Fortune continues to write characters who don’t hold back and hurt themselves as much as they hurt others. In other words, they’re relatable. I also adore stories written by Canadians and set in Canada. I grew up going to both settings in Fortunes novels, and I’m here for this poignant story of loss and forgiveness. If you enjoyed Fortune’s debut novel, you are sure to devour this one.
Thank you to NetGalley, Penguin Random House Canada, and Viking for an eARC in exchange for my honest review!
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