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.
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 is an American woman; however, she is not too familiar with the Westport area. Plus, the idea of having a romantic relationship with the big, bad, and bearded sea captain while sleeping in a shabby place sounds too horrible for her. Will Piper and her date survive the challenges in the chapters of It Happened One Summer?
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- Part 1: Meet The Characters Of It Happened One Summer
- Part 2: The Storylines Of It Happened One Summer
- Part 3: The Author Of It Happened One Summer
Part 1: Meet The Characters Of It Happened One Summer
Piper Bellinger
Other characters in It Happened One Summer tend to recognize Piper Bellinger only as far of her pretty face, exquisite sense of fashion, and her constant drinking and partying behaviors. They seem to fail to understand that Piper is more than just a fun-loving socialite.
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
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.
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.
Part 2: The Storylines Of It Happened One Summer
The first parts of It Happened One Summer novel tell us stories about a Hollywood it girl named Piper Bellinger. She currently lives with her sister, and both American women have lost their biological fathers. As a result, the stepfamily is the one taking care of Piper and her sister.
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.
Piper’s life starts to change when her stepfamily decides to throw her to a small beach town that she has never been into. Even though she is born American and lives with an American family, Piper has never stepped in that small beach town, which name turns out to be Westport in It Happened One Summer novel.
To make matters worse, Piper is also not proficient in some essential skills for her survival, such as math skills.
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Confused? Feeling desperate? Sure, Piper experiences it all, at least in the first few chapters of It Happened One Summer.
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.
Soon, though, their relationships begin to bloom as we read more chapters of It Happened One Summer novel. Piper begins to embrace the present while also making peace with her past. Not easy for her, but also enjoyable, as long as she is with Brendan And we can say, It Happened One Summer in this novel.
Part 3: The Author Of It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey is one of the names we see in the lists of New York’s Best-Selling Authors. More precisely, she specializes in writing romance novels, including urban romance and rom-com novels with young adults as the main characters.
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.
Young adults’ romantic scenes are usually (a little bit) spicy with some explicit language in the scenes.
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.
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.