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Songs of Summer is a sweet little earworm of a book that follows a young woman's quest to find her birth family over a long weekend on Fire Island. The characters are well drawn and fun to spend time with. I particularly loved the song title for each chapter which had me singing along throughout the book. A wonderful summer read for those who love a family centered romance without the "spice".

This was a good book. I enjoyed reading it and following Maggi's journey. She was hesitant to find her mother and open herself to trust. She succeeded and I always like a happy ending.

Songs of summer was a very enjoyable read. I would call it a light read with a lot of heart and some interesting themes. The setting, characters, and events seemed believable in a Disney kind of way. I enjoyed that the desire to belong to a family, even a messy semi-dysfunctional family was at the center of the story.

I think anyone who enjoys a sweet book with clever dialogue and a taste for good music would find this novel very entertaining. It was interesting that the book referenced Mama Mia as that is what it reminded me of.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read good rom-com books with satisfying endings.

In Songs of Summer, Maggie crashes a wedding party in a Fire Island community to scope out the birth mother who gave her up for adoption thirty years earlier. As someone who didn't meet my bio dad until I was in my sixties, I was intrigued by the concept.

The actual story took a while to warm up for me. I was initially turned off by the drifting, aimless nature of Maggie's character. She's thirty, managing the record store she inherited from her adoptive parents, and dating her life-long best friend Jason because she can't think of anything better. Jason wants to get married, but for reasons she can't understand, Maggie drags her feet. When she (with Jason's help) tracks down her birth mother, she goes in cognito to see if the woman is someone she'd like to know.

Maggie became more alive for me—almost like she woke up—once she ventures to the small Fire Island community and out of her comfort zone. I enjoyed the portrait of the small no-cars allowed island community and the unfolding of Maggie's connections within it.

Yes, Maggie May Wheeler is named after Rod Stewart's hit song. No wonder: her hippy parents were proprietors of a record store in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Maggie, practically 30 years old, has had a classic upbringing. Her now deceased parents were eccentric yet loving and supportive. However, at thirteen Maggie was told she was adopted.

And Jason, her lifelong best friend turned possible fiancé, is pressing her to make their unofficial engagement official. Instead, Maggie decides she wants to find out where she came from before she can commit to where she may be headed. A little sleuthing leads Maggie to Fire Island where (hopefully) her biological mother will be attending the wedding of a friend.

Songs of Summer is at times funny and romantic and full of "oldies but goodies' musical references. Friend and family relationships are quirky and mostly believable. The issue of the consequences of adoption on not only the child but the biological parents is explored with some candor.

At its best this novel is a good summer read for those wanting to escape into a world that is fairly predictable yet wacky enough to keep turning the page for what's next.

This is a story about the journey of a woman, Maggie, who find out she is adopted. Maggie finds herself in the middle of a family drama that she's not sure she want to be a part of. You can feel her struggle wanting to know her birth mother while feeling that her adopted parents are her real parents. She also struggles between playing it safe in life or following her heart. It makes for a great summer read.

I really enjoyed this book. The characters all had great personality.

The character Maggie was born interesting and frustrating; she runs a record store and has lots of knowledge about music that's woven into the story. But she's about 16 emotionally, so going through her potential relationships and reunion with her birth mother was a bit of a roller coaster. I was entertained but never surprised; when each new character appeared it was obvious how their story would evolve. This is a good read I've you just want to escape into others' lives for a bit but not a book I'll remember or discuss.