Book Lovers

4.25 out of 5.

Emily Henry and her A1 writing restores my faith in the straights; as a bisexualllll lady (meant to be read in a JennaMarbles singing voice, iykyk)

Okay joking* aside, I think I cried CONSISTENTLY while reading the last 50 pages of the book because of how much I related to the deep rooted anxieties Nora came to terms with. Where I usually am the first to absolutely obliterate Hallmark movies for being cheesy and predictable, I actually loved how this book took that concept and flipped it sideways. The fact that Nora, our main character starts off as this almost ice-cold and extremely ambitious editor who also obliterates the same hallmark movie tropes I do without blinking makes me feel SEEN.

This book has heart. I think that’s the best way to describe it. Emily Henry’s books feel like a warm hug. The reason I didn’t rate the book higher is that while I absolutely enjoyed the heck outta this book, I almost feel like the characters and the world are… missing something? Like instead of being 100% fully fleshed out, well-rounded, multidimensional characters… the characters were at 80-90% in that department of being fully fleshed out. I felt the same with the small town aspect of the book.

It also took me slightly longer to get into the book, especially compared to Beach Read. But that doesn’t mean much, because at the end of the day, I still truly enjoyed reading this book. Yeah, I’m becoming an even bigger Emily Henry fan.

*disclaimer: I may only be half joking about the straights

This book was very cozy and cute. I enjoyed the angle of the FMC being a stereotypical villainess trope according to most fictional writing. However, I will say, it was leaned into a lot throughout the entirety of the story. I also felt some parts of the characters were difficult to relate to, but enjoyed that there was an arc for them and a HEA to wrap it all up.

It is exactly what it is supposed to be! Romantic novel! Not a lot of great mind blowing writing but it has a plot, and it is not weird or over the top ! Will I remember the plot two days from now? No, will I recommend it ? Also no but again, it didnt make me gag and in this genre of books if it doesnt make me want to pull my own eye out of its socket then it is a win hahah

One of my all time favorite RomComs. If you love banter between characters this is for you. I literally LOL’d while reading!! So cute!

I’ve been in a slump and within the first 20 pages of Book Lovers, Emily Henry’s Nora pulled me out and I devoured the book in a single day. By the end, my eyes were puffy for crying big, fat happy tears. Even more so than in Beach Read and PYMOV (which I didn’t think was possible), Henry writes dialogue and train of thought that puts you in the room with your very real and very ridiculous friends. She makes it OK for her characters to say all the things we’re trained not to.

Much like Charlie, I nearly skipped the end of this so I could hold it for a day when I really needed to make sense of things. But like Nora, I lack self control.