Summer Breakdown (Training Seasons)

I am going to have a hard time adequately explaining how much I loved this book. Before this book, my most highlighted book probably had like 5 highlights in it. I highlighted 48!!! passages in this one because they were just so beautiful and moving and I was absolutely obsessed. I mean: "Frankie wants to be around her, even if Jasmine's glaring at her. Isn't that what it's all about? Wanting someone to see you, even on your worst days? To sit with you as they kill you, because at least their hand will be the last thing you hold." Come on!! If you tell me you didn't swoon, I wont even believe you. It's like the best of instalove but also with a truly bonkers amount of pining (in the best way, I love pining so much). If you love when your MCs are truly into each other, like obsessively (but not creepily) into each other, then you need this one in your hands on its release day. It does also have its hard and its dark moments. Jasper does not pretend that Frankie's BPD doesn't exist, nor does falling in love "cure her". It's rough, and it's emotional, and my family asked me why I was sobbing into my phone earlier because I just loved these two so much and I need them to be the happiest they've ever been. These characters are going to live with me forever. And luckily, there's an amazing found family full of people that I think I'll get books for so I don't have to let them go!

Summer Breakdown was such a beautiful, heartwarming, angsty, sapphic romance. Frankie doesn’t believe she deserves love because of her Bipolar disorder. As Jasmine waltz into her life making Frankie feel safe and cared for she must confront her beliefs about love. Jasmine a single mom that is looking to start over, didn’t expect to find love in the elusive Rugby coach that has a hard time finding words to express herself. With patience and love she accommodates Frankie into her life in ways that will be hard to extricate. I loved the dynamic between these two, who seemed to always be making accommodations the other didn’t ask for. It’s the perfect summer read. Highly recommend it