Friday, March 03, 2023

Beach Read by Emily Henry


Started: 3/2/2023

Finished: 3/3/2023

Year: 2020

Pages: 358

Genre: Romance

Grade: B

Reason for reading: library book

Type: paperback

Blurb (from Amazon): "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."

Opinion: A sweet story about two authors who write from different angles. Predictable? yes? But a happy ending none the less.

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