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A review by illstoptheworldandreadwithyou
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
4.75
A Novel Love Story has that magical realism charm of Ashley Poston’s other adult novels with the added bonus of a Stars Hollow-esque setting, and I simply adored it.
When romance-loving, literature professor Elsy finds herself stranded in small-town New York, she quickly realizes that the town and its people seem eerily familiar. It’s as if she turned off the main road and drove through the covered bridge straight into her favorite book series.
Well, everyone is familiar, that is, except the “blond-haired Darcy” bookstore owner, Anders. She doesn’t remember him from her books.
A Novel Love Story explores what happens to the characters when a series is left unfinished, to whom stories truly belong, and what happens when people become unstuck in their lives and start living again.
The town is frozen in time; Elsy and Anders are a bit frozen themselves. Coming together may be exactly what they all need to begin moving forward again.
A few of my favorite things:
- How very bookish this book is (a town from a book + a bookstore owner + a literature professor whose mother was a librarian + a love of romance novels + an online book club that gets together once a year)
- The idea of daydreaming being seen as a talent
- The quirks of the small town and how quickly gossip travels 💙
- The banter between Elsy and Anders
I received an advance copy from Berkley and NetGalley. All review opinions are my own.
When romance-loving, literature professor Elsy finds herself stranded in small-town New York, she quickly realizes that the town and its people seem eerily familiar. It’s as if she turned off the main road and drove through the covered bridge straight into her favorite book series.
Well, everyone is familiar, that is, except the “blond-haired Darcy” bookstore owner, Anders. She doesn’t remember him from her books.
A Novel Love Story explores what happens to the characters when a series is left unfinished, to whom stories truly belong, and what happens when people become unstuck in their lives and start living again.
The town is frozen in time; Elsy and Anders are a bit frozen themselves. Coming together may be exactly what they all need to begin moving forward again.
A few of my favorite things:
- How very bookish this book is (a town from a book + a bookstore owner + a literature professor whose mother was a librarian + a love of romance novels + an online book club that gets together once a year)
- The idea of daydreaming being seen as a talent
- The quirks of the small town and how quickly gossip travels 💙
- The banter between Elsy and Anders
I received an advance copy from Berkley and NetGalley. All review opinions are my own.