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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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Romantic Comedies

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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

"This is easily my fav Emily book The story is throughly thought out and I love the characters and the journey that they went through. Can’t wait to ready happy place🥹"

Tram Ly

"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

"So happy I gave this BookTok book a chance! Emily Henry is a phenomenal author. This is the first book of hers I’ve read, and I can’t wait to dive into the others. I cannot recommend this book enough! Simply beautiful. "

Jamilah

"3.5 ⭐️"

Arleisha Strauder

"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

"Reading Emily Henry is just a lot of fun! I always find myself laughing out loud with her characters. I think Beach Read was my favourite of the 3. I really liked Book Lovers as well but I liked the characters and the other elements intertwined in this story more. It’s emotional and a slow burn and just so good! I also like that there is no 3rd act breakup. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 🌶/5 "

Halie V

"⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love a good romcom. This one started out great for me but slowly became just okay. I got a little bored with the characters in the middle of the book and it took me awhile to get engaged again. It was okay. "

Krystyn

"Ok rant incoming. I've read Emily Henry books before and usually give em 3 stars cuz like they were okay and usually I'm not the biggest fan of her characters and storytelling. But this book was actually so good. I honestly had no qualms with the characters (which is rare for me in romance books I usually get pretty irritated with them) and also I think the plot was so cute. My only complaints were that for some reason authors love the miscommunication trope so that was in there but it was resolved rather quickly and also the fact that the ending seemed off. I don't know how tho. Like not that it wasn't resolved but something was missing I don't know. Either way, definitely one of my top Emily Henry books cuz I usually don't like them but this one was cute I recommend. "