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A review by bookedbyemily
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
5.0
From the very first page, this book had me in hysterics. The prologue reminded me exactly why I love Emily Henry so much: she’s goddamn hilarious.
This book is so clever. It basically calls out the predictability and ridiculousness of small town romance books while also being a small town romance book itself. I don’t know how Emily makes it charming but she does - creative genius.
Nora really reminded me of myself at times; particularly when speaking/thinking about her self esteem and worthiness (which I’m sure we can all relate to at times). Unlike Nora, I don’t have a Charlie who will act as my own personal cheerleader. The way he spoke to Nora and tried to boost her self-esteem was so beautiful.
Charlie and Nora were made for each other. They kept pushing each other away and I just wanted to scream at them “you shouldn’t waste that kind of a connection!”.
I don’t know if I was overly emotional but I just couldn’t stop crying the whole way through. It was mainly happy tears because the sad parts were rare, but that didn’t stop my tear ducts.
I felt really protective of all the characters so perhaps that’s why. Or maybe it’s just Emily’s incredible writing.
The sisterly bond between Nora and Libby is also something I can relate to (starting to wonder whether Nora is actually me in another life…?). It felt like the focus of the book was more on the sisters and their determination to get back to the way they used to be, rather than the romance. It didn’t bother me, and I actually enjoyed it more because of this.
Thank you to NetGalley and Emily Henry for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
✦ Tropes: work rivals, small town romance, enemies-to-lovers, destination romance
This book is so clever. It basically calls out the predictability and ridiculousness of small town romance books while also being a small town romance book itself. I don’t know how Emily makes it charming but she does - creative genius.
Nora really reminded me of myself at times; particularly when speaking/thinking about her self esteem and worthiness (which I’m sure we can all relate to at times). Unlike Nora, I don’t have a Charlie who will act as my own personal cheerleader. The way he spoke to Nora and tried to boost her self-esteem was so beautiful.
Charlie and Nora were made for each other. They kept pushing each other away and I just wanted to scream at them “you shouldn’t waste that kind of a connection!”.
I don’t know if I was overly emotional but I just couldn’t stop crying the whole way through. It was mainly happy tears because the sad parts were rare, but that didn’t stop my tear ducts.
I felt really protective of all the characters so perhaps that’s why. Or maybe it’s just Emily’s incredible writing.
The sisterly bond between Nora and Libby is also something I can relate to (starting to wonder whether Nora is actually me in another life…?). It felt like the focus of the book was more on the sisters and their determination to get back to the way they used to be, rather than the romance. It didn’t bother me, and I actually enjoyed it more because of this.
Thank you to NetGalley and Emily Henry for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
✦ Tropes: work rivals, small town romance, enemies-to-lovers, destination romance