Contemporary Romance published by Berkley 3 May 22
This is now at the top of my favorite books list. It’s my first Emily Henry book and it did not disappoint.
Do you ever start a book and know within a few chapters it’s going to be five stars, hands down? Because this story is that for me. Even if I did feel personally attacked in the beginning when the author is describing the heartless career woman always reading on her peloton, as I was literally doing just that. It’s fine, maybe that means all I have to do is vacation to a small town and I’ll meet Prince Charming.I totally feel the You’ve Got Mail vibes and anyone who says they don’t love a good Meg Ryan rom com is lying. I laughed out loud A LOT. Like real belly laughs. I love this book so much. I love Charlie even more. He is my new number one (excluding fantasy, it’s important to me that I make this distinction) book boyfriend. He had me swooning with one line: “Of course I have a checklist. What am I, an animal?”
Every character is wonderful. Everyone’s obsession with checklists had me in my happy place. Nora’s organization and outlook on life is like looking in a mirror. Nora and Libby’s relationship is uplifting and warmed my heart.
I binged this book in one sitting – I could not stop. It was phenomenal and I cannot recommend it enough. Put this at the top of your TBR, you won’t regret it.
Book Lovers hits the shelves tomorrow, and I hope you all love it as much as I do.
Grade: A
Summary:
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn’t see coming…
Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.
Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.
If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.
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