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A review by penandswordinn
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
5.0
I am a pretty big critic when it comes to books recommended to me via Tik Tok. Mainly because I find most of the recommended ones focus solely on the smutty scenes of a book rather than the actual story. So when I saw this book being recommended, I can in with caution.
Book Lovers follows literary agent Nora as her sister brings her on a month-long vacation to a town that inspired a best-selling book she sold. Nora is single and focused solely on her career. While in town, she runs into an old enemy, Charlie, an editor who turned down the now best-selling book.
Nora’s sister brings a challenge; Live a Hallmark movie dream. Nora is up to the challenge, especially if it means connecting with her sister again. But around every corner is Charlie and Charlie is much more than he seems.
This was a very easy read and an interesting one for me. As someone studying and working in the publishing industry, I find it interesting when the characters of a book do so as well. It gave a different perspective to the industry, one that we usually only see from an author’s perspective. I find it interesting that Nora was called “The Shark” throughout the book, but I found little evidence to prove the bloodthirstiness.
This book was basically “How a Hallmark movie would actually play out.” It was funny to watch the usual romantic tropes be flipped on its head throughout the book and characters as well. It made me wonder throughout what tropes I would be seeing and what would be changed.
The banter between our two love interests was so genuine and real to how people interact I loved it. I didn’t feel like a fake conversation people only have on tv or in movies. It felt real. I was also glad that Nora didn’t change who she was to get the guy in the end. She was a woman focused on her career, and there was nothing wrong with that. She showed how dedicated she was and how she wasn’t going to apologize for the decisions she made.
I will say I was so happy that we didn’t get a misunderstanding third act. I am so sick of it that it makes me not want to read romance books. The fact that these two adults actually talked about their long-distance relationship and came to an adult conclusion that it wouldn’t work was so mature and just wow. I think a lot of people can learn from Nora and Charlie.
I read this book in just a couple of days, and it really rejuvenated me to read more Emily Henry books.
Book Lovers follows literary agent Nora as her sister brings her on a month-long vacation to a town that inspired a best-selling book she sold. Nora is single and focused solely on her career. While in town, she runs into an old enemy, Charlie, an editor who turned down the now best-selling book.
Nora’s sister brings a challenge; Live a Hallmark movie dream. Nora is up to the challenge, especially if it means connecting with her sister again. But around every corner is Charlie and Charlie is much more than he seems.
This was a very easy read and an interesting one for me. As someone studying and working in the publishing industry, I find it interesting when the characters of a book do so as well. It gave a different perspective to the industry, one that we usually only see from an author’s perspective. I find it interesting that Nora was called “The Shark” throughout the book, but I found little evidence to prove the bloodthirstiness.
This book was basically “How a Hallmark movie would actually play out.” It was funny to watch the usual romantic tropes be flipped on its head throughout the book and characters as well. It made me wonder throughout what tropes I would be seeing and what would be changed.
The banter between our two love interests was so genuine and real to how people interact I loved it. I didn’t feel like a fake conversation people only have on tv or in movies. It felt real. I was also glad that Nora didn’t change who she was to get the guy in the end. She was a woman focused on her career, and there was nothing wrong with that. She showed how dedicated she was and how she wasn’t going to apologize for the decisions she made.
I will say I was so happy that we didn’t get a misunderstanding third act. I am so sick of it that it makes me not want to read romance books. The fact that these two adults actually talked about their long-distance relationship and came to an adult conclusion that it wouldn’t work was so mature and just wow. I think a lot of people can learn from Nora and Charlie.
I read this book in just a couple of days, and it really rejuvenated me to read more Emily Henry books.