Book Lovers
Nora Stephens' life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.
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Readers say *Book Lovers* by Emily Henry is funny, cozy, and emotionally heartfelt, with witty banter and genuine sisterly bonds. Many praise its char...
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
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