title: Last Kiss of Summer
author: Jessica M. Felleman
publisher: GP Putman's Sons Books for Young Readers
publication date: April 28, 2026
pages: 320
peppers: 2-3 (on this scale)
warnings:
- illness/medical scenes/blood/surgery
- death
- alcohol
summary: When Sera and Luke were infants, they were part of a three-way heart transplant, with Sera getting a donor heart and Luke getting part of Sera's heart. Since then, they were best friends...until two summers ago. When Sera started having romantic feeling that Luke didn't reciprocate, she was crushed, but then she went into heart failure and had to leave their small summer town. Now, they're reunited but things are awkward as neither of them knows what's been going on with the other.
tropes:
- friends to lovers
- you have a piece of my heart
- small town
- summer people
- hometown hero
- family drama
- no-nonsense best friend
what I liked:
- emotional tuggin
- mind of 18-year-olds
- summer vibes
- art scenes
what I didn’t like:
- predictable ending
overall rating: 4 (of 5 stars)
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