A review by toofondofbooks_
Beach Read by Emily Henry

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don't have a lot of things to say in a critical sense. I just really liked the vibes in this book. It dealt with a lot of themes around familial trauma and grief of people we knew / thought we knew. It wasn't really a light read the way that the title would suggest, but I was fine with that, because I really like romance to have depth to it and I really felt that this one did. I still like People We Meet On Vacation better, but this was pretty solid.

no thoughts just vibes you know

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction