The stepfamily who lives under the same roof as Piper and her sister are so wealthy, and Piper seems to be the favorite child. They pamper Piper so much that nobody can deny her prettiness. Piper also has so many chances in drinking, party, and enjoy her life. Champagnes and celebrity life are also not foreign things to her. It all thanks to Brendan that Piper eventually finds a place worthy to be called home in It Happened One Summer novel. LA and Westport may not be her home, but Brendan’s willingness in showing her the beauty of the world eventually changes her perspectives. If is unfair to children to unknowingly expose them to this type of language and subject matter when they are innocently looking for a character by which to connect. Muszynski most recently adapted Christina Lauren’s New York Times bestselling romantic comedy novel The Unhoneymooners for BCDF. It Happened One Summer is not an exception, and we can look at the ways the author directs the cover’s illustrations and pictures of the romantic moments in the story.

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Yes, I know,” she said, prodded by irritation—and more than a little bit of reluctant shame. “Life is what I’m documenting through photos. I—” It Happened One Summer is an urban romance comedy a.k.a. rom-com novel that inspires people to be their best selves. The main message I get from reading this novel is that we are free to be the most attractive versions of ourselves, and sometimes, we need to get out of our comfort zone if we’re going to say hello to the nice things that life offers to us. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar... in Washington. EXCLUSIVE: BCDF Pictures and Frolic Media are set to produce a feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling author Tessa Bailey’s bestselling romantic comedy novel It Happened One Summer. Brendan from It Happened One Summer may look like another big, bad, and grumpy fisherman, with his bearded looks and sailor suits. However, he is a kind-hearted man who is willing to support Piper in delving deeper into other sides of life that she has never opened up to before.

Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. Piper’s tumultuous feelings soon meet their ends after she encounters Brendan. Even so, the first encounters between the two MCs of It Happened One Summer is so awkward. Piper can’t imagine herself being attracted to a big and bearded sailor like Brendan who will likely take her to a shabby apartment with bunk beds. It was worse than she thought. How many people had already tipped off TMZ? Tomorrow night at six thirty, they would be tossing her name around the newsroom while Harvey sipped from his reusable cup. “I didn’t beg Adrian to keep me. Come on, Kirby, you know me better than that.”

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Yet, the same thing doesn’t apply in Tessa Bailey’s It Happened One Summer. Instead, we get to see the beautiful things that all states (New York, Los Angeles, the beach, and more) have to offer. The urban feels are there, and the romantic feels can paint an endless smile on our faces without having too many spicy details. The way Brendan grounds Piper is commendable and I loved the changes their relationship brought out in her character, especially when we learned of all the things she’d done to help the other residents of Westport. Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather—and the hot, grumpy local—that she’s more than a pretty face. No, thank you.” She pursed her lips, trying to appear as non-airhead-like as possible. “I’ve learned a lot about myself over the last three weeks.” “Come on, Piper.” Adrian laughed, scrutinizing her head to toe. “You play dress-up and spend your daddy’s money. You don’t have a reason to learn anything.” Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather—and the hot, grumpy local—that she’s more than a pretty face.Piper struggles to keep peace with her pasts, as she always seems to try to flee from discussions about her pasts through the chapters in It Happened One Summer novel. Her characters start to develop the moment she encounters her fisherman date. Brendan The characters were brilliant and vibrant and there was plenty of witty dialogue to enjoy along the way. The connection between Piper and Brendan was well developed and I liked seeing their growth throughout the book and how their relationship prompted both of them to make positive changes in their lives. As expected, the plot did follow a typical romance structure, however something about the setting and direction of the story still felt fresh. Oh. Yeah,” she rushed to say, her voice horrifyingly unnatural. “You couldn’t be more right about breaking things off before the boring blues strike. I didn’t think about it like that.” She clinked her champagne glass against his. “We’re consciously uncoupling. Très mature.”

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Piper pulled her phone out of her clutch and absently requested a luxury Uber, connecting her with a driver who was only five minutes away. Then she closed the app and pulled up her favorites list. Her thumb hovered over the name “Hannah” momentarily, but landed on “Kirby,” instead. Her friendanswered on the first ring.

To make matters worse, Piper is also not proficient in some essential skills for her survival, such as math skills. Piper’s smile felt brittle, so she turned it up another watt, careful to keep it one crucial notch below manic. Chin up, woman. This wasn’t her first breakup, right? She’d done a lot of the dumping, often unexpectedly. This was a town of whims, after all. This book allows young readers to connect with a character, Rose, whose mom experienced the depression that many moms experience at the loss of an unborn baby. I love that this author’s intent is to provide and easy-to-read, graphic, comic book style novel that can allow teens to feel a commonality when their family is experiencing something similar. Right now, Tessa lives in Long Beach, California. So, that’s why It Happened One Summer is full of beachy elements. While we haven’t seen the adaptations of It Happened One Summer, we can picture Brendan, the male MC, as how a sailor should look like in the real world. I absolutely adored this book, Piper and Brendan had such a healthy dynamic in their relationship which I absolutely admired. Brendan is definitely one of my favourite book boyfriends! This book got tabbed and annotated A LOT! All of the characters were so loveable, and I’m extremely excited to read Hook, Line & Sinker next!

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Brendan is the towns Sea Captain and also Piper’s love interest. I mean, who doesn’t love a well portrayed grump, who gives off the best boyfriend vibes and has a ton of smut talk? It’s enemies to lovers, whereas the sequel Hook, Line, and Sinker, (which was also amazing!!!!) was friends to lovers. Brendan was giving me Rip from Yellowstone vibes, and Fox (a main character in the sequel, and Brendan’s best friend) gave me so Sawyer from Lost vibes. (I’m pretty sure he was written with Sawyer in mind….if you know, you know). At twenty-eight, Piper was not old. But she was one of the oldest women at this party. At every party she’d been to recently, come to think of it. Leaning on the glass railing that overlooked Melrose was an up-and-coming pop star who couldn’t be a day older than nineteen. She didn’t need tape from Milan to hold up her tits. They were light and springy with nipples that reminded Piper of the bottom of an ice cream cone. In It Happened One Summer, we meet Piper Bellinger, an influential Hollywood-it girl with her wild child reputation. Piper is not only always appearing fashionable, instead, she also drinks and parties tirelessly. After all, her wealthy stepfamily always pampers her. Too bad, they turn out to be unsupportive of her. Piper couldn’t think about that now, though. She just wanted to exit the party as inconspicuously as possible and go have a good cry. After she popped a Xanax and posted an inspirational quote on her IG feed, of course. It would confirm the breakup, but also allow her to control the narrative. Something about growth and loving herself, maybe?

But when they landed in the sleepy fishing village of Westport and were brought down to earth with a bump, it was then that I really started to enjoy the story.