A review by jessgreads
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Title: Book Lovers
Author: Emily Henry
Genre: Romance
Setting: New York, NY & Sunshine Falls, North Carolina USA
Month Read: May 2022
Book Type: Hardcover
Publication: 2022
Publisher:  Berkley
Pages: 384


TRIGGER WARNING- 
Sexual Content / Pregnancy / Language 


"Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day."




No Spoiler Summary (from Goodreads):
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....


Nora Stephens' life is books - she’s read them all - and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.


Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away - with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.


If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again - in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow - what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.





Review:
I'm going to go out and say this right at the top: this book is Emily Henry's best book. I didn't think I could love anyone or anything as much as Poppy and Alex in PWMoV, but here we are with Nora and Charlie. Also, can Emily PLEASE just make books based on every Nora Ephron movie ever? Because she nails it. It's perfect. I was engrossed. I wanted to ignore my child to keep reading. It was that good. 


Enemies to lovers is my kryptonite and Emily also does this so well. It's believable, and it seems so... honest? I loved that her female character in this was sort of the Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada archetype. It just felt so good. Everything about this book, and the obvious tropes (that the characters ACKNOWLEDGE) was just incredible to me. 


If you love romance, or want to dip your toes in- this is the book for you. It's loosely based off of When Harry Met Sally- so it's great if you're a fan of that, too.




"That’s life. You’re always making decisions, taking paths that lead you away from the rest before you can see where they end. Maybe that’s why we as a species love stories so much. All those chances for do-overs, opportunities to live the lives we’ll never have."


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