And through it all, there is an undeniable attraction. They discover who they are individually, with each other, and with other people.

They open up to each other about their dreams, Sam sharing his reasons for wanting to be a doctor and Percy letting Sam read her horror short stories. They spend afternoons reading on the dock and nights watching the scary movies Percy loves. And they quickly find that in each other. When Percy and Sam meet as 13-year-olds, they are both in need of a friend. And Percy and Sam’s relationship captures exactly what it’s like to fall for a friend, from the initial doubting of your feelings to the fear of becoming more and ruining the friendship and the comfort that is already there. No matter what, the lake is always there.Ī post shared by Ally | readsbyal Friends-to-Lovers RomanceĪs someone who was friends with my husband for three years before we started dating, I will always love a friend-to-lovers romance. And when Percy, Sam, and Charlie return home from a shift at the Tavern, sweaty and smelling like pierogis, they cool off by going skinny dipping. When it turns out that Percy isn’t the runner Sam is, she takes up swimming instead.

When Sam and Charlie fix up their dad’s old boat, the three use it to get around, taking it to go cliff jumping and into town for ice cream. Percy lounges on the dock and swims to the Floreks’ raft while her parents watch from the porch. Sam’s house and the cottage that Percy’s parents buy both overlook the lake. But while there are reasons to head into town, Barry’s Bay is all about the lake. It offers a few businesses, including a convenience store, an ice cream shop, a pizza place, and the Tavern, the restaurant that Sam’s family owns. And the depiction of Barry’s Bay in Every Summer After perfectly describes what being on a lake feels like.īarry’s Bay is a small town in Ontario, Canada. As a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, I am frequently asked which I prefer: the mountains to the west or the beaches to the east? But this question leaves out where I actually feel most at ease: on a lake.

Percy and sam every summer after