Ah Book Lovers, the book that finally helps me understand the Emily Henry hype train and has convinced me to purchase a first class ticket aboard.

Book Lovers answers the question left unanswered by every Halmark film, every small town cosy romance - "What about the bitchy city gf? Where's her happy ever after". And what a delightful answer it is.

Sharp, Witty and utterly swoony - Emily Henry hits the mark with this small town romance turned on its head.

An ode to all the city girls that would rather die than pick a slow, sleepy town over the fast pace, 24hr city life (one for me, one for us).

I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of romance novels, but I was drawn in by the cover and had heard great things about Henry's previous books, so I thought I would give it a try. I loved this book and devoured it in a few days. It's a classic enemies to lovers trope, with just the right amount of humour, spice, and emotion. I love Nora and I love Charlie and I love this book!!

Literary agent Nora agrees to spend a month with her sister away from the city bustle. Hoping to meet an eligible beau, she instead keeps meeting Charlie, the editor she’s trying to escape from. Can the magic of Sunshine Falls bring the pair together?

Book Lovers is a highly entertaining rom-com, with engaging characters and an amusing plot. It kept me interested from the start and I would recommend it for all.

Lovely story, I read this in 1 sitting. Really enjoyable. The characters were believable and relatable. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers and the author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion

Emily Henry is officially the Queen of the modern rom-com. I fell hopelessly in love with Nora, Charlie and Sunshine Falls and didn’t want the book to end. If you love Schitts Creek, and Rom Coms you will adore this smart, funny, outrageously cute and romantic book.

This book was just what I needed to escape from reality while going through a tough time.

I loved BEACH READ, and BOOK LOVERS has cemented Emily Henry as one of my auto-read authors. I love books that involve the book industry in some way, whether through authors, booksellers/bookstores, or publishing itself, in the love of the written word that shines through even as the reality is twisted somewhat to suit the story (Dusty ringing her agent during a weekend made me recoil in lack of professional boundaries and work/life balance), and I think Charlie is my favourite of Emily Henry’s male leads.

10/10, no notes. ❤️

I enjoyed this book but I dont think I’ll read it again. The characters weren’t my favourite.
The MC’s sister was really selfish and I found her annoying, I wish the MC did more about it.

I still will continue to read Henry’s books, her writing is good and I do enjoy the banter between the live interests.

I love this and honestly Emily Henry’s writing never fails to blow me away with how brilliant it is, I am so in love with the characters

🍸 BOOK REVIEW 🍸

Synopsis: Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.
Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.

Review: Jumping back on the Emily Henry train for a third time, but this time with the hit “Book Lovers”. I’d seen LOTS of raving reviews for this one, and y’all have great taste! It certainly didn’t disappoint, giving us lots of character depth, humour, and the lighthearted storyline we’ve come to know and love from Henry. I loved the character growth and how the story wasn’t super predictable. A little touch of the miscommunication trope (which I usually avoid like the plague) but done in a way that didn’t have me rolling my eyes for the rest of the book. If you need something that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but has a bit more depth than the average rom-com, then this is your book. Highly recommend!

4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So so so so good. While not my favourite Henry book, she continues to impress, with an innate ability to capture the magic of people falling in love (without feeling super cringe).

Her ability to write characters that feel authentic and flawed is second to none and she continues to be a fave of mine in the romance space.

Also I LOVED nora - top tier character for me.

fun, flirty & with Just the right amount of Spice, Emily Henry's ' Book lovers' is yet another example of why She is said by some tobe the new Queen of romance. I really enjoy the enemies to lovers trope and this book was a great read.

Loved this one! As a publishing professional there's nothing more fun than a book set in the publishing world. Very much enjoyed it!

Wonderful, and a perfect rom-com, definitely recommend as a summer read!!! Also great fun for anyone who works with books!

Love, love, love! This is SO good. Great writing, narrative arc, characters… Full Nora Ephron vibes. Hard recommend (and have already recommended many times over).

Words cannot describe how much I loved this book! Nora, Charlie, Libby all perfect characters. An absolutely fantastic summer read I recommend to everyone!

I absolutely loved this book! The premise immediately hooked my interest and it was filled with beautiful characters and such intense plot! Emily Henry is one of my all-time favourite writers!

A brilliant love story that I’m sure will stand the best of time. This story will appeal to all those that love a well written tale with winning characters and unforgettable moments. I was fully won over by this story and once again this author has convinced me that she is worthy to be read. Love, love, love.

I did not finish this book - I read to 56%, so over halfway, and realised I hadn’t picked it up in a few days and had no desire to. I had hoped this would be a fun and light hearted book, which I guess it was, but I did not connect with the characters at all. With no connection, there’s no reason to keep reading to find out what happens to them. Not for me.

If Nora’s life was a rom com she’d be the other woman, the cut throat, career oriented, beautiful ice queen that the romantic lead leaves to be with his beautiful down to earth rom com heroine and this has in fact happed to Nora, not once but four times. Just because Nora loves the city and her job it doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a heart. Her sister doesn’t agree and in attempt to get Nora to refocus she drags her to Sunshine Falls South Carolina to convince her that the city has nothing on small town living. There’s just one problem, her first day there Nora bumps into her career nemesis Charlie. Book Lovers is very good I appreciated all the literary tropes and Easter eggs. Charlie and Nora are sparky and their banter on point. The only fly in the ointment is Nora’s sister who is a manipulative dick for a large part of this book and only scrapes redemption right at very end and only because Nora says so. Anyway i laughed I cried we all got therapy the end.

I’ve read all of Emily Henry’s books and this one? THIS ONE is my favourite! I fell in love with this book from the very first page!

I LOVED the set up with their first meeting not being off to the best start and how Nora mentioned the way her romances usually go following a particular story type and I loved Nora in general really.

I found her really likeable even though she doubted herself, and easy to empathise with because she’s had things tough and she’s used to looking out for others. I actually thought she was quite sweet!

Charlie was literally the perfect love interest for her and the chemistry was smoking! I was rooting for them from day one! I loved the banter between them and it had me chuckling along knowing from not that far in that I was going to love this book!

The insight into the publishing industry was a lot of fun, and the two different roles Nora and Charlie occupied but I also loved the setting of this little town and the quaint bookstore and all the quirky names for it!

Genuinely, I had so much fun reading this book! It’s been a long time since I started to read a book and knew almost immediately that it was going to be a favourite. While I liked the previous two books from the author well enough, I feel like I connected with Nora the best and I just loved the romance so much! The banter and chemistry were both on point and there’s even a little bit of mystery surrounding Libby!

I genuinely wish I could go back and read this again for the first time, I was doing the absolute most to savour this book and eking the chapters out to make it last!