✧ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐝 ✧ 🌊🤍 (𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰) Sixteen was supposed to be easy. Cousins Beach was supposed to feel the same. When Isla Rivera returns after two summers away, she comes back quieter, older in ways she can't explain. She isn't looking for love but she finds something close enough to hurt. This is a story about timing, unspoken feelings, and the kind of summer that changes you even when it doesn't choose you back. Some love stories don't end. They almost happen.