{"id":45118,"date":"2025-08-05T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45118\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:38:10","slug":"book-review-summer-in-the-city-will-prove-to-be-your-guilty-pleasure-monsoon-fling-with-reading-but-nothing-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45118\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Summer in the City will prove to be your guilty pleasure, monsoon fling with reading\u2026. but nothing more!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published on: Aug 05, 2025 02:01 pm IST <\/p>\n

Summer in the City by author Alex Aster is a perfect read for a rainy day. This one’s for those who like their books messy and a bit unhinged.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Sometimes all you want is a book that feels like gossip, and Summer in the City by Alex Aster is exactly that kind of rainy day read. It\u2019s hot, dramatic, occasionally stupid, and full of decisions you would never make in real life. At the centre of this little mess is Elle, a 27-year-old screenwriter with writer\u2019s block and a shot at the movie deal of her dreams. She\u2019s house-sitting in a fancy Manhattan apartment (as one does) and panicking about her deadline. Enter Parker \u2014 former acquaintance, current nemesis, and unexpected muse. He\u2019s rich, hot, mysterious, and emotionally unavailable. You know the type.<\/p>\n

\"Cover Cover of the book Summer in the City, by Alex Aster. <\/p>\n

Their dynamic tries to encapsulate the steaming, hot tension of enemies-to-lovers but falls deliriously short. Elle is…a lot. If you\u2019re not into the \u201cI\u2019m quirky and broken and better than other girls\u201d brand of heroine, this will test your patience. But Parker? Parker is so rich he makes it your problem. He loves her as if she\u2019s the only person in the world, and then he buys her favourite pastry shop chain because he can. The rest is for you to read.<\/p>\n

Is the writing over the top? Absolutely. It\u2019s all simile galore, and every dialogue feels like it\u2019s the brainchild of a 16-year-old seasoned fanfiction writer. But none of that really matters, because this isn\u2019t a book that\u2019s here to make you think; it\u2019s here to make you giggle at 1am when you should be sleeping, but instead you\u2019re googling, \u201chow to find love in 2025?\u201d It\u2019s chaotic, unserious, and just unhinged enough to make you feel something. But honestly, if a billionaire romance isn\u2019t at least a little ridiculous, then what\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n

Title: Summer in the City<\/p>\n

Author: Alex Aster<\/p>\n

Publisher: Bloomsbury <\/p>\n

Price: \u20b9699 <\/p>\n

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