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A review by okiecozyreader
Love, Holly by Emily Stone
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
This is my first book by Emily Stone and I really enjoyed it. I feel like it is one of those books that rips your heart and puts it back together again.
The beginning quote says, “serendipity / (noun) finding something good without looking for it”
So much of the book ties back to serendipity or fate and how two people are almost meant to be together, and all the ways their paths cross. It’s true for several people in the book, and it’s fun watching it continue to work out.
Holly is an artist who wants to make art but is teaching. She crosses paths with another family who are also art lovers - and I loved all the art in the book.
This is also a book of second chances and recognizing how precious time is and how you can’t take time for granted with those you love.
Sure, I can always have more Christmas in a book, but I thought this one hit the right notes. Christmas and December are important times in the book.
I loved this one (and I would recommend another British one I recently read and loved - The Man I Never Met, if you loved this one).
“Well, that’s the thing about plants - they rarely do what we want just because we want them to. We have to learn how to give them just what they need instead.” P185
“Without that (connection), Holly was practically a stranger. Just a woman he’d met in a café three years ago. / And had thought about ever since.” P197
The beginning quote says, “serendipity / (noun) finding something good without looking for it”
So much of the book ties back to serendipity or fate and how two people are almost meant to be together, and all the ways their paths cross. It’s true for several people in the book, and it’s fun watching it continue to work out.
Holly is an artist who wants to make art but is teaching. She crosses paths with another family who are also art lovers - and I loved all the art in the book.
This is also a book of second chances and recognizing how precious time is and how you can’t take time for granted with those you love.
Sure, I can always have more Christmas in a book, but I thought this one hit the right notes. Christmas and December are important times in the book.
I loved this one (and I would recommend another British one I recently read and loved - The Man I Never Met, if you loved this one).
“Well, that’s the thing about plants - they rarely do what we want just because we want them to. We have to learn how to give them just what they need instead.” P185
“Without that (connection), Holly was practically a stranger. Just a woman he’d met in a café three years ago. / And had thought about ever since.” P197
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer and Car accident