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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Prime Video is well-known for its impeccable track record of young adult dramas.
The Summer I Turned Pretty and Maxton Hall dominated 2025, with Off Campus knocking all expectations out of the park earlier this year. Surely, then, Amazon's new YA drama adaptation Every Year After will make it a clean content sweep.
A week after the new TV show, based on Carley Fortune's hit novel Every Summer After, was released, fan energy feels as though it has changed for the worse.
In case you haven't caught up yet, we follow Percy Fraser (Sadie Soverall) and Sam Florek (Matt Cornett) as they fall in love, and then join them one weekend, years later, as they come back together to confront a "heartbreaking mistake," as the show itself puts it.
Basically, it's One Day without the tragically hideous ending. But while the cast have been hoping for Every Year After season 2 to be greenlit following its very subtle cliffhanger, fans aren't sharing the same enthusiasm — and they've got a "laundry list" of complaints.
'This was cheap... there was no heart'
"Listen. I LOVE teen romance. I love romance period. Gay, straight, whatever. I eat it all up. Love is love. I want all of it. Give me the yearning in all shapes and forms. But this was not enjoyable," one fan muses on Reddit.
"Every character seemed to be cast wrong. The writing is weak. Even edits were bad. Example: Delilah getting ready to golf with Jordie. They literally cut her to being in the stance before she even set up. It was extremely jarring. So cheap."
Complaints from r/everyyearaftertvshow
Another had an ongoing list of complaints (which you can see above), including Soverall and Commett having "no chemistry" in their leading roles.
"Omg everything you just said is 100% my thoughts exactly!!!" another responded. "I’m on episode 3 and debating if I should continue or not. It’s so bad…"
Several other Reddit threads also commented on how "bad" they found the cast's acting, with Off Campus fans adding that the impact is "nowhere near" what they experienced watching Prime Video's ice hockey romance.
But what about season 2? "Honestly, no. I don’t think so. Their plan is backfiring, and I’m starting to think any glowing critic reviews are paid advertisements," one fan argues.
Another adds, "I didn’t even want to watch eight episodes of season 1 lol. Can’t imagine making it through four more seasons."
Ouch. Over to you, Prime Video.
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