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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
hopeful
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It took me so long to get through this book - which unfortunately proves to me Emily Henry is not one of the authors about whom I can just say "I love everything she writes!". I absolutely loved "Happy Place", but dragged through "People We Meet On Vacation" and now through this one as well. Although it has beautiful passages and sentences and some very heart-warming moments, for the most part I just felt like I was reading yet another boring, "feel-well" romance where everything is going to be fine at the end - with the added discomfort I kept feeling throughout the book that the title didn't make any sense whatsoever. To be fair, it did surprise me a few times, and the title eventually made sense - but I think it just took way too long to tell a story that's not so interesting and/or which details (her book, her father's story) could have been much more explored. Meh.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
fast-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
It is a love story, obviously, but is also a story about family dynamics, lies, and learning to live with knowledge you never wanted.
There is the perfect balance of romance and angst. The ending is lovely.
Honestly? It was just a really enjoyable book.
There is the perfect balance of romance and angst. The ending is lovely.
Honestly? It was just a really enjoyable book.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book was really cute!! in my rating of the emily henry books i have read, it comes 2nd, right after book lovers and before people we meet on vacation. this book i noticed the emily henry pattern more than the other two… her love for enemies to lovers/golden retriever and black cat romances. i eat these up but the only thing is that the love interest always have similarities to my previous ~toxic~ situationships. So I was a little hesitant at first getting to know Gus more, scared it was probably going to promote some toxic dude being saved by hopeless romantic girl and he would keep disappointing her. But this was not the case at all! Gus grew with January, opened up his heart to her and didn’t push her away. He helped her build the world she loves so dearly in the realistic way he sees the world.
I absolutely love the plot of them switching genres like that is so unique and cute. I like that they still added their own touches to their books while still experimenting in a different genre!
the setting, as always, is one of my fave parts… maybe i need to start picking books just for the setting and the vibes bc a lake beach in michigan is so unique! totally different than where i thought beach read was going to be set, bc ocean beaches have such a different vibe than lake beaches. it was so cozy and warm, not a in a fall winter way which is what i think for cozy settings, but in a summer way: cute houses by the water, camping, reading on the deck, close small town, etc, etc
fave scenes probably had to be them giving backstories to the people at the carnival and sitting at their windows across from each other writing their books together and holding up notes “tswift you belong with me” style! that is so adorable and probably my fave part of their love story… so wholesome
I absolutely love the plot of them switching genres like that is so unique and cute. I like that they still added their own touches to their books while still experimenting in a different genre!
the setting, as always, is one of my fave parts… maybe i need to start picking books just for the setting and the vibes bc a lake beach in michigan is so unique! totally different than where i thought beach read was going to be set, bc ocean beaches have such a different vibe than lake beaches. it was so cozy and warm, not a in a fall winter way which is what i think for cozy settings, but in a summer way: cute houses by the water, camping, reading on the deck, close small town, etc, etc
fave scenes probably had to be them giving backstories to the people at the carnival and sitting at their windows across from each other writing their books together and holding up notes “tswift you belong with me” style! that is so adorable and probably my fave part of their love story… so wholesome
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Emily Henry the woman you are. This really put up a fight for my favorite romance book of all time.
January felt so real as a protagonist and GUS. OH MY GOD. Need me a man like that. I also thought that their relationship built at just the right pace, not too rushed but not drawn out too far either.
Just overall a banger of a book.
January felt so real as a protagonist and GUS. OH MY GOD. Need me a man like that. I also thought that their relationship built at just the right pace, not too rushed but not drawn out too far either.
Just overall a banger of a book.