Book Lovers

May 23

Book Lovers - Emily Henry

my review : ✮✮✮✮✮

Just skip my review and buy it, trust me

This story is perfection. It’s so much more than a rom-com, with not a hint of tired tropes or cheesy moments, just whip-smart dialogue, brilliant characters, and butterfly-inducing banter.

The book follows Nora, a hard-working, fabulous New Yorker. Sure, every boyfriend has dumped her for some Hallmark movie type girl (i.e., running off with the daughter of a Christmas tree farmer, the local baker, you get the gist), but her life is pretty fabulous. When her sweet little sister begs her to take a break from work and head to the idyllic small town of Sunshine Falls, NC, Nora dutifully goes there for a reprieve and, if her sister has any say, to maybe find her own small-town love story. Instead, upon arrival, she keeps running into Charlie Lanstra, a dark, brooding editor from back in the city, basically the anti-small-town love interest she’s after. You can see where this is going, right?

I wanted to curl up into the pages of this book and live there.

I need Emily Henry to write a War and Peace–length tome so I’m never without her writing. She is the queen of the romcom. It says it on the jacket, and I couldn’t agree more. She’s our generation’s answer to Nora Ephron, although I don’t think I want to see any of Emily’s books on the big screen; I much prefer reading her stories on paper 📖.

Best paired with a dry, very dirty gin martini (my drink of choice and the heroine’s go-to, so much to love about that woman) garnished, of course, with creamy blue cheese olives 🍸.

you’ll love this book if you love:

Enemies to lovers
Great banter

my favorite quote:

“That’s life. You’re always making decisions, taking paths that lead you away from the rest before you can see where they end. Maybe that’s why we as a species love stories so much. All those chances for do-overs, opportunities to live the lives we’ll never have.”