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The Emily Starr Series by L.M. Montgomery

5.0

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If you like the Anne of Green Gables series, you really should give this one a try. It's as delightful with a little more tang. It's more autobiographical—Emily writes things in her journal that L.M. Montgomery originally wrote in her own. Emily is also an aspiring writer who wants to climb "the alpine path" more than anything. She has a number of rejections and small successes along the way, always falling back on the truth that she must write whether she ever succeeds or not. It's deeply relatable if you happen to be similarly afflicted. Like all good Montgomery novels, the love interest is swoon-worthy, and all ends as it should—of course with significant trouble and misunderstanding before you get there. It's a many-time re-read for me and hits almost the perfect spot every time.