A review by rebeccamm
Beach Read by Emily Henry

emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Dead, philandering parents rarely make an appearance in romance books, and as someone whose own philandering father recently died, I'm not sure this was the right choice for me.  Also, I found the main character, January, relentlessly neurotic.  Again, I relate, but I have enough hand-wringing and anxiety in my actual life. I read romance for a bit of escape.  I think my issues were mostly ones of expectations management. The title is misleading. This is a novel with some romance tucked into it, not a breezy beachy read.
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