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Emerett Has Never Been in Love by Anyta Sunday
4.0
**Thanks, Anyta for the ARC!!**
A queer, contemporary retelling of Austen's Emma by the effervescent Anyta Sunday? Uhm, yes, please!
Emerett "Lake" Lakewood is at it again! He's 1,000 percent confident that he can pull off another matchmaking success story and he can't wait to get started. Not only will this mission distract him from the fact that his best friend is married and living a married life apart from him, but his success will wipe that smug know-it-all smile from his best friend's (hot) father, Knight. What could go wrong?
The plot points of Emerett Has Never Been in Love stay pretty faithful to the original storyline, though I never felt bored by how predictable the novel can be. Once again, Anyta writes some loveable, bright characters that pop out of the page and makes you wish you could be part of this friend group because there's always love (of all kinds, not just romantic) to be found among them.
Lake makes a delightful main character, meddling and a little too confident but also kind of lost and aimless in his life which accounts for why he is so keen to distract himself by succeeding in his second matchmaking attempt. Much like Emma, he too has some mistakes to fix by the third act and I found his regret and reconciliation attempts satisfying.
Knight was an excellent counterbalance to Lake. Of course, as a forty-four-year-old, Knight comes off as grounded, mature, and competent. His feelings towards the oblivious Lake were so obvious early on in the story and that only made him more endearing (and sexy) to me. Most importantly, even though Knight is old enough to be Lake's father, he never came off as too paternal where I thought there was an icky power imbalance between the two.
This novel was a much-needed metaphoric warm beam of sunshine to sink into during the frigid winter storm that hit my state of Texas and left yours truly without power for days. I highly recommend this book. I cannot wait for the continuation of Anyta's Love, Austen series. . . especially for her version of Pride and Prejudice. But before P&P, we will get the passionate, loquacious Cameron's story in Cameron Wants to be a Hero inspired by Northanger Abbey.
A queer, contemporary retelling of Austen's Emma by the effervescent Anyta Sunday? Uhm, yes, please!
Emerett "Lake" Lakewood is at it again! He's 1,000 percent confident that he can pull off another matchmaking success story and he can't wait to get started. Not only will this mission distract him from the fact that his best friend is married and living a married life apart from him, but his success will wipe that smug know-it-all smile from his best friend's (hot) father, Knight. What could go wrong?
The plot points of Emerett Has Never Been in Love stay pretty faithful to the original storyline, though I never felt bored by how predictable the novel can be. Once again, Anyta writes some loveable, bright characters that pop out of the page and makes you wish you could be part of this friend group because there's always love (of all kinds, not just romantic) to be found among them.
Lake makes a delightful main character, meddling and a little too confident but also kind of lost and aimless in his life which accounts for why he is so keen to distract himself by succeeding in his second matchmaking attempt. Much like Emma, he too has some mistakes to fix by the third act and I found his regret and reconciliation attempts satisfying.
Knight was an excellent counterbalance to Lake. Of course, as a forty-four-year-old, Knight comes off as grounded, mature, and competent. His feelings towards the oblivious Lake were so obvious early on in the story and that only made him more endearing (and sexy) to me. Most importantly, even though Knight is old enough to be Lake's father, he never came off as too paternal where I thought there was an icky power imbalance between the two.
This novel was a much-needed metaphoric warm beam of sunshine to sink into during the frigid winter storm that hit my state of Texas and left yours truly without power for days. I highly recommend this book. I cannot wait for the continuation of Anyta's Love, Austen series. . . especially for her version of Pride and Prejudice. But before P&P, we will get the passionate, loquacious Cameron's story in Cameron Wants to be a Hero inspired by Northanger Abbey.