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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "The beach-read master hooks us again."--People Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by BuzzFeed ∙ Paste Magazine ∙ Elle ∙ Southern Living ∙ SheReads ∙ Culturess ∙ Medium ∙ Her Campus ∙ Readers Digest ∙ Zibby Mag and more! A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college--they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now--for reasons they're still not discussing--they don't. They broke up five months ago. And still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they'll all have together in this place. They can't stand to break their friends' hearts, and so they'll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It's a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week...in front of those who know you best?Show more
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Absolutely obsessed! This book is perfect for the twenty-thirty somethings who feel like they’re going through a midlife crisis. So many hard things like trauma, fear, change, relationship hardships etc covered in this book. The way that Henry writes has you in the book experiencing every characters story as if you’re in it yourself! So beautifully written. 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I read BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry to low-key make fun of it. I am not a reader of contemporary romance. It completely backfired on me because I loved it - immediately added this one to my TBR - and once again, I loved it. Am I a fan of contemporary romance or am I just an Emily Henry fan? This author writes some of the most authentic and compelling characters. They make me laugh, cry, love, hope and bring me face to face with remembered pain from experiencing something similar.
Emily Henry writes characters who are like me. They have self-made check off lists. They talk in book tropes. Reading isn't just a hobby to them. Half deaf, but still will holler questions from another room, knowing full well they're not going to hear your answer. Sarcasm, quick wit, humor - all the best ingredients for great banter and character interaction.
I cannot get enough of Emily Henry's writing. The ability to put words to emotions is something I fell in love with in BOOK LOVERS and enjoyed again in this one, even though it made me cry a lot.
The tone for this one is a little darker, we really go through it with these characters. Told from the perspective of Harriet, we follow her to Maine for a vacation with her best friends. Only one teensy issue - she arrives and discovers her college sweetheart Wyn is also in attendance - the one she was engaged to and broke up with a few months ago. The breakup that she still had not told her friends about. At first, I thought it might be a comedy as these two try and figure out how to navigate this trip, but it quickly becomes deeper than that. There was so much pain and baggage carried by these characters - and sadly the miscommunication trope reared its pesky head - but I still loved my time spent with this book. (Even when it made me physically ache from some shared experiences!)
If you're a romance reader or a fan of Emily Henry, I do think you will love this one, but I think it's important to make sure you read it at the right time for you.
Emily Henry writes characters who are like me. They have self-made check off lists. They talk in book tropes. Reading isn't just a hobby to them. Half deaf, but still will holler questions from another room, knowing full well they're not going to hear your answer. Sarcasm, quick wit, humor - all the best ingredients for great banter and character interaction.
"Want is a kind of thief. It's a door in your heart, and once you know it's there, you'll spend your life longing for whatever's behind it."
I cannot get enough of Emily Henry's writing. The ability to put words to emotions is something I fell in love with in BOOK LOVERS and enjoyed again in this one, even though it made me cry a lot.
The tone for this one is a little darker, we really go through it with these characters. Told from the perspective of Harriet, we follow her to Maine for a vacation with her best friends. Only one teensy issue - she arrives and discovers her college sweetheart Wyn is also in attendance - the one she was engaged to and broke up with a few months ago. The breakup that she still had not told her friends about. At first, I thought it might be a comedy as these two try and figure out how to navigate this trip, but it quickly becomes deeper than that. There was so much pain and baggage carried by these characters - and sadly the miscommunication trope reared its pesky head - but I still loved my time spent with this book. (Even when it made me physically ache from some shared experiences!)
If you're a romance reader or a fan of Emily Henry, I do think you will love this one, but I think it's important to make sure you read it at the right time for you.
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I consumed this book in just over a day, I love EH. My chest actually ACHED the whole time for Wyn and Harriet. I don’t like Harriet’s career decision in the end, but I understand burnout. I’d possibly read sequels from the POVs of Cleo/Kimmie and Sabrina/Parth, if there was more than Parth’s lack of real personality and more to Kimmie than partying (we get glimpses into her and I know there’s more substance if she’s with Cleo). Book #50 in 2023
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I don’t think it shouldn’t take 20 chapters to get good… the flashbacks that Harriet had were hard to understand when they were happening.
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