Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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🖉Rating: 5/5

🖉Spice: 0/5

🖉Plot: 5/5

🖉Primary Genre: Contemporary Romance

🖉Blurb:

Goodreads Choice AwardWinner for Readers' Favorite Romance (2022)

One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....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.

🖉My Thoughts:

This is sort of like a small town romance within a small town romance. Idk how else to explain it. Emily Henry is such a treat, I have loved every single book of hers so far. Nora comes off as this Devil Wears Prada type of lady who is completely insecure once you listen to her inner monologue. What she is not is soft, and she has to spend this book learning to soften herself up a little bit to open up enough to have real in-depth relationships with anyone. She's kept everyone at arm's length for so long that she doesn't know what it's like to let someone in anymore until the infuriating Charlie Lastra starts poking holes in her armor. This book is just fantastic. It's the small town romance that makes fun of small town romances. It has the wit of Lorelai Gilmore and some of the vibe of Stars Hollow without making a whole Gilmore Girls carbon copy. It's got just a dash of a Gilmore Girls vibe and it's the perfect amount. At the end of the day, this book is really about chasing your dreams instead of playing it safe. And isn't that a lovely dream?

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