A review by heatherbennett
The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler

1.0

Let's call this 1.5 stars. The parts without Mitchell were decent. Luke kind of made up for Mitchell and is the main reason I stuck with it. None of the characters were as well rounded as they could have been though. Esme was ridiculous. She's moved to New York to work on her PhD. You'd expect some level of intelligence or independence or something but she's a whiny doormat who insists she loves this horrible, selfish, cruel, man-child for some reason that's never made clear and then spends the rest of the novel acting in whiny, desperate, embarrassing ways. It's hard to stomach.
At least the setting is charming. It made me want to rush out to the nearest used book store.