Absolutely five star novel. 

Let me set the scene for you. I picked up a different physical book to read from my TBR pile. I sat down to add it to my goodreads and begin reading the book. While doing so, stumbled upon a comment of  “‘These Summer Storms’ was an easy five star read”. I thought to myself, ‘hey I have that on my TBR floor pile.’ I immediately put down the initial book I was planning to read, ran upstairs, took off the book cover, and sat down to started reading ‘These Summer Storms’.

I’m a fast reader, so I was a little frustrated at first. My eyes kept stumbling over the words. I found myself constantly going back to the beginning of her short paragraphs to reread.

THESE are the type of books that I search for.

I think it helps that it is predominantly a dialogue driven story. I love dialogue. I especially love quick witted dialogue. I love a touch of cheesy dialogue. So I absolutely ate this up.   

My opinion is you will either absolutely hate this book or you absolutely love it. I cannot believe that this book has a 3.8 rating on Goodreads. That seems crazy to me. I don’t even understand how anyone would dislike this book. Someone mentioned it could be a cheap knock off of “inheritance games.” I read that book, admittedly I can’t remember much of it. Yet, I found this so believable and fun. Yes it’s slightly over the top, but it’s not so over-the-top that you wouldn’t believe it? 

I like that you never get a definitive opinion of who Franklin Storm is. Is he caring? Was this all a game? Was he doing this all just to bring his family together or tear them apart? It’ll leave you guessing the entire story. 

I also really appreciate that we can talk about the rich. We can make fun of the rich. I enjoyed the way the author didn’t add a social stance (as some reviewers wanted her to). I mean, come on we’d all like a few more zeros in our bank account. And if we can’t have that we might as well be entertained by those who do.

Moral of the story is, I was absolutely entertained. I loved that I was forced to really read this book. I loved that I couldn’t speed read. I loved that I was giggling out loud at some of the jokes. Giggling at the absurdity of the family members. I would 100% recommend this to all my reader friends.

Let me know what you thought of the book in the comments below. Don’t be afraid to tear it apart in full detail – I really wish I understood those that disliked it! Ha

Stats: 296 pages – Published July 15, 2025