Beach Read

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Goodreads Summary:
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

My Review:
I went into this book expecting a light and fluffy summer romance read, but that is not really what I got. This book broke my heart so many times and then put it back together again. This book has all of the funny, flirty banter that a typical romance novel has. I loved it, and found myself laughing out loud on a few occasions. However, there is also a lot of serious scenes in it as well.

The love story between Gus and January is so sweet and real. You can feel not only the chemistry, but the love between them. This story was written so beautifully. I also loved the character development and getting more and more glimpses into who the characters are as the story progressed. I don’t even know how else to put my love for this book into words. It was done so well, and will probably be a top of 2020 for many.

5 stars
I received this book for free in return for an honest review.