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Emily Henry

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION AND BOOK LOVERS!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.

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Author

Emily Henry

Pages

400

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2020-05-19

ISBN

1984806734 9781984806734

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"A classic chick lit. Light, enjoyable, and easily consumed. "

Cassie Sandberg

"4.5 - This was so funny! I loved the banter between the two main characters. It had the element of rivals – but with juicy history between them. I also appreciated that this was only told from one POV. I was totally expecting to switch over to the other main character but it never happened. It was such a pleasant surprise. The climax of this book also made so much sense. It wasn’t overly dramatic but it wasn’t nothing either. In other books they make the climax so life changing when it really is just another but slightly bigger problem than all the rest. Honestly, when I was starting this book, I was expecting them to be on the beach more. But I think it worked out quite well."

haven

"Not a fan of this book or The People You Meet on Vacation. I was not swept up by the idiosyncratic quirks and attempted whimsy that is used for characterization. Just ick. "

Juliet Shalu Castillo

"4.5/5 What’s odd about this one is this takes place in beach houses obviously near the beach and yet I didn't get that much of a summer feel like I was hoping for but it's still a fun witty romance Emily Henry writes some of the best banter like not me laughing out loud while reading i finished this book pretty quick I couldn't stop reading "

Gizelle Villalta

"Loved it!"

Alyssa Bull

"I did not want this book to end. I will never be able to get enough of Augustus and January. I am not someone to re-read books, but would pick this book back up right now and re-read it This was perfection, a breath of fresh air, and I still feel that is not giving this book enough justice. One of my favourite reads ever! "

Courtney Earle

"Finished 6/17/23. I am in between a 3.5 and 4 ⭐️ for this book. I definitely loved January and Gus’s love story and I wanted to read more about their life in the end of the book. The name January is so beautiful too! Definitely more drama in the book than I thought, but a good balance with the romance. "

Delaney Dauchy

"Im sorry this is easily one of her best books. HEARTBREAKING STORYLINE. and I loveeeeeeee the relationship dynamics here. I’m writing this after reading so i don’t really have too much to say since it’s not fresh in my mind but I didn’t think I’d like this book that much and then I read it and I ******* LOVED IT. if you like any Emily Henry book read this. "

Bianca Aguirre

"Ignore this it has too much spice, same with icebreaker"

awesome_user_411190

"I loved this book the story line was everything, love everything about it. Love the slight romance in it. I know some people have mixed feelings about it. It was a great read."