Beach Read by Emily Henry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A romance writer who
no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage
in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe
about happily ever afters.
Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.
They're polar opposites.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.
Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.
They're polar opposites.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.
Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
Beach Read was the perfect summer read. I enjoyed the story, rhythm, and characters. Nonetheless, I did not think it would be such a profound read. Do not get me wrong, I just thought it would be a light rom-com and it was, in a way, but it also gave so much more. It was a rich story, with well-created characters, snarky dialogues, and the right amount of romance, drama, and
comedy. However, it was also thought-provoking, and it definitely got me thinking about a lot of things and it made me connect with the characters.
I liked it, and I recommend it and even when it is the first Emily Henry book I read, consider me captivated by the author’s style and writing.
I liked it, and I recommend it and even when it is the first Emily Henry book I read, consider me captivated by the author’s style and writing.
Thanks to Edelweiss and publisher
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