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A review by laura_cs
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young
4.0
I received an ARC of this title from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
After being stood up on her first date in two years and overlooked for a promotion in favor of some fresh-out-of-college guy nearly ten years her junior and just generally feeling like she's the sidekick in her friends' lives, Evie Starling decides to do something bold and daring. When Evie discovers "Much Ado About Books", a bookstore located in northern England where tourists can stay and run the shop during their visit, Shakespeare-loving Evie takes the store's name as a sign and books her trip. For three weeks, Evie will find herself and follow one single rule: no men.
So, of course, her first day there, she saves the life of a Great Dane, who happens to have a sexy English farmer owner. A very, very, very sexy English farmer, who makes Evie want to break her one rule. Good thing he's got one big flaw: he doesn't like Shakespeare. Evie can't like anyone who doesn't like Shakespeare, no matter how big their biceps are and how pretty their face is and how much he loves his dog, right?
Evie quickly takes to life in the small English village and makes friends easily, though she tries not to get too comfortable. After all, her life there has an expiration date, and it's quickly ticking away. When an opportunity arises for Evie to stay longer, she jumps on it. Now she begins to wonder, is this where she belongs? Does finding herself mean starting over an ocean away from everything she knows and loves? And where does Roane--the world's sexiest farmer--fit into this?
Funny and sweet, "Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune" meets "The Tourist Attraction" in this novel that gives you cozy BBC sitcom feels in "Much Ado About You." Full of nerdy Shakespeare references, drama, and heart, Young has crafted a plotline, a setting, and characters that make the reader as well as Evie feel at home in Alnster, like it is a place to belong. Take inspiration from Evie and find yourself and follow your heart, no matter where it takes you! You won't regret the adventures doing so will bring!
After being stood up on her first date in two years and overlooked for a promotion in favor of some fresh-out-of-college guy nearly ten years her junior and just generally feeling like she's the sidekick in her friends' lives, Evie Starling decides to do something bold and daring. When Evie discovers "Much Ado About Books", a bookstore located in northern England where tourists can stay and run the shop during their visit, Shakespeare-loving Evie takes the store's name as a sign and books her trip. For three weeks, Evie will find herself and follow one single rule: no men.
So, of course, her first day there, she saves the life of a Great Dane, who happens to have a sexy English farmer owner. A very, very, very sexy English farmer, who makes Evie want to break her one rule. Good thing he's got one big flaw: he doesn't like Shakespeare. Evie can't like anyone who doesn't like Shakespeare, no matter how big their biceps are and how pretty their face is and how much he loves his dog, right?
Evie quickly takes to life in the small English village and makes friends easily, though she tries not to get too comfortable. After all, her life there has an expiration date, and it's quickly ticking away. When an opportunity arises for Evie to stay longer, she jumps on it. Now she begins to wonder, is this where she belongs? Does finding herself mean starting over an ocean away from everything she knows and loves? And where does Roane--the world's sexiest farmer--fit into this?
Funny and sweet, "Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune" meets "The Tourist Attraction" in this novel that gives you cozy BBC sitcom feels in "Much Ado About You." Full of nerdy Shakespeare references, drama, and heart, Young has crafted a plotline, a setting, and characters that make the reader as well as Evie feel at home in Alnster, like it is a place to belong. Take inspiration from Evie and find yourself and follow your heart, no matter where it takes you! You won't regret the adventures doing so will bring!