A review by jessreads137
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

5.0

 Book Lovers was a wonderful addition to Emily Henry's line up of contemporary romances that have recently been released. The book follows a successful literary agent who lives in the city and loves the life she has worked hard to create for herself. The hero is an editor she has met in passing but has had very little reason to interact with since a couple years ago when he ruthlessly reviewed her authors manuscript that became a best selling novel. 

Our heroine is invited on a long trip to the small town her author's best selling book is based in, with her sister (the book's biggest fan) who is expecting her third child. While they are away the sisters struggle to find each other past the stress of their personal lives, and the secrets they are both hiding that will eventually need to be revealed in order for them to repair their relationship. They are both also working through their memories of their mother and the struggles of their childhood in very different ways. 

The book deals with childhood poverty, memories of a mother who struggled with depression, the lasting impact that their mother's multitude of romantic relationships had on them, and the ways that living in poverty has lead the girls to lifestyles that are shaped by those experiences while also being opposites of each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Childhood poverty, Neglect, Parentification of a child, Death of a loved one (before the book begins). Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Sick parent