ESSENCE Magazine selected Speaking of Summer as one of “10 Books We’re Dying to Toss in Our Summer Totes," calling the novel’s main character Autumn Spencer “A voice for the invisible.” O Magazine names it one of the best beach reads of 2019, saying “This mysterious novel is well worth the wait.”

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