Updated
Updated · Variety · Jun 9
Prime Video Debuts 8-Episode Every Year After on June 10, Adapting Carley Fortune’s Best Seller
Updated
Updated · Variety · Jun 9

Prime Video Debuts 8-Episode Every Year After on June 10, Adapting Carley Fortune’s Best Seller

3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 9

Summary

  • All eight episodes of “Every Year After” land on Prime Video on June 10, bringing Carley Fortune’s “Every Summer After” to screen as a romantic drama spanning six summers and a return 10 years later.
  • Seattle sets up the present-day story as Percy Fraser heads back to Barry’s Bay after Charlie Florek tells her his mother Sue has died, forcing her to confront the place where she fell for Sam Florek.
  • 2011-to-2016 flashbacks trace Percy and Sam’s first love through bonfires, restaurant shifts and summers at the lake, while the series uses older and younger actors to cover nearly 20 years.
  • Prime Video’s latest YA romance invites comparisons to “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” but the review says its broader focus on friendship, grief and long-term consequences gives the adaptation its own lane.

Insights

Will the TV adaptation of 'Every Year After' supercharge the book's already powerful effect on Canadian tourism?
With critics calling the leads 'pouty,' does this series successfully sell a romance or romanticize a toxic one?