At this stage, if Emily Henry writes it - I will read it. She can do no wrong when it comes to romances for me. I went into this one with very high expectations after You and Me on Vacation was one of my favourite books of last year and I certainly wasn't disappointed. I loved the dynamic between Nora and Charlie, their connection just leapt off the page with their banter and just how much they cared about each other. I found myself both swooning and laughing. I will definitely pick up more of Emily Henry's books in the future because she just keeps getting better.

Emily Henry was on my tbr list for a really long time. I have finally The Book Lovers and it was brilliant!

I adore it. I love everything. I love Nora, Charlie, their relationship. I love Nora's transformation, her changing into a strong woman who is reaching what she has always dreaming about. I love the books in between, the atmophere, their sense of humor and even the smalltown vibes.

I took it for my Greek holiday and it was the best option ever. I have already bought the rest of Em's books and really looking forward to catch them all up ASAP.

Perfect story for not only book lovers.

t’s rare for me to be hooked from the start but this book had me in its grip from the first page. I enjoyed the story, I liked how it was written and felt each emotion as if I was living it. I’d definitely recommend this book. It was absolutely brilliant. Emily Henry never fails to hit the feels!

Books about books is one of my favourite genres and I have yet to find one that ticks every box for me. As I started Book Lovers, I found myself laughing immediately and thought I'd found it. The book starts with a hilarious look at book tropes, and this hooked me straight away!
I first tried to read this a few months ago but for some reason, put it down and didn't go back to it. My sister has recently read it and loved it, so I decided to go back and try again.
I'm so glad I did!
I have no idea what made me stop reading it! I loved it so much, read it in a matter of days as I couldn't put it down. It was exactly the kind of book I needed at the moment.
The humour in it is fantastic, I literally laughed out loud with every page!
Warm, funny and with so much heart!
I loved it.

Emily Henry has done it again! An enemies to lovers slow burn that doesn’t fit the normal mold. Henry seamlessly weaves in additional plot lines that make this so much more than your average romance novel- one of the things that keeps bringing me back to her novels! Highly recommend this to fans of Beth O’Leary, Ali Hazelwood and Tessa Bailey!

I absent-mindedly picked this up late Saturday afternoon and didn't let it leave my hand until I finished after midnight. My old, cynical, grumpy heart is full. Thank you, Emily Henry, for this wee bit of much-needed joy and vicarious living in Sunshine Falls. I highly recommend 'Book Lovers' and can't wait to see what this author comes up with next!

Nora eats, sleeps and breathe books. Everyone she meets fits in to a character profile. Agent to bestselling author, Dusty its only fitting she should take a vacation in the setting of her.most recent novel with her heavily pregnant sister. To get the most out of their trip they compile a list of things to do including get Nora dating again.

A really enjoyable read with captivating characters. Highly recommended for 'book lovers'

Thank you Ellie Hudson Penguin Random House for the chance to review this book.

With a title Book Lovers what’s not to like? A book about literary agent Nora and arch nemesis editor Charlie, both workaholics.
Nora’s sister takes her away to Sunshine Falls a small romantic town to get some downtime and maybe find a cute farmer or lumberjack to have a holiday romance with.
Instead she bumps into Charlie! Who is also staying in town.
Loved the location, community feel, fulfilling a wish list and finding more to life than work!
Great fun gripping read.

First Emily Henry's book, grateful to be able to read such an anticipated novel.. Unfortunately, the tone was a miss for me (as mentioned by other reviewers, it read more like a contemporary fiction). The family dynamic tho (especially the sister-sister relationship) was written with a lot of care and interest in real life struggles, and the experience of working in a male dominated field was also displayed really well, so if a reader comes to this book expecting more than a romance novel, they will absolutely get it here

Omg I loved this book!
What a brilliantly written story. So we’ll thought out and portrayed. Related to the characters and the pages just kept on turning themselves!

Thank you to Netgalley for a pre publication copy. In return for an honest review! #booklovers #netgalley

Nora Stephens is an agent for authors and is practically married to the job. Whilst her sister, couldn't be any more different, has tried many careers until she married, settled down and is now having her third baby. She proposes to Nora that they should have a girls holiday for one month. To the small town where Nora's clients best selling book is based. Will Nora find herself and learn to love or will this end in disaster?

After reading this authors book called "Beach Read." I knew I must read all her books. I then read "You and me on vacation" and didn't love it. Hence it has taken me a while to read this book.

This book is a great romance read. It is a beautiful story that gently unfolds making nothing feel too heavy. Whilst your totally invested in the characters happy ending and just know that Lastra and Stephens are meant to be together. This book keeps the pace steady and pages turning throughout.

The characters each have their own unique personality and this provides important dynamics. Particularly as they've both got secrets which do change everything about their relationship. This dynamic shows that people put on a front to protect themselves during their busy lives but take it back to basics and those fronts melt away.


This book makes you laugh, cry, jump with joy and shout at the pages! The twists and turns hit just in the right places when you start to get that warm fuzzy feeling. Right up until the last page!

Two literary professionals with one antagonistic meeting in their past find themselves meeting again in a small town.

I cried.

I had heard great things about Henry's romance books. But something was holding me back. But then I got in a reading slump and needed something diffrent to read and get me out of the slump. This was perfect for that, really enjoyed it and will definitly read her other books.

Emily Henry never disappoints! Her writing style is incredibly immersive and dynamics between the characters (both main and side) are incredible!

Emily Henry has done it again folks - another well written and moving, deeply romantic novel about two book lovers and their not quite rivals to lovers arc. I say 'not quite rivals' because I didn't really detect too much of a rivalry, moreso a battle of wills and then they kind of become friends pretty quickly but I digress.

I liked the romance and the slow build up of Charle and Nora's relationship - I like that in each of Henry's books the main couple start off as friends first, with tension and longing in bucketloads to keep it interesting. I thought that the dynamic between the characters was well done and I particularly liked the whole message about 'unlearning who we think we are and finding who we actually are' along the way. Amongst that though - I also liked that the characters, Nora especially were unapologetically themselves and that she isn't vilified for being ambitious and wanting the life she wants - notably by Charlie. Where in other stories her passion and zeal would cause friction, here she is simply understood and seen for who she is and that's a wonderful thing.

The secondary characters were just as well developed - though I didn't particularly care for them too much. I don't know if it's the eldest sibling in me but I found Libby really annoying at times and related more to Nora, I wonder if other older sibs reading will feel the same way? Anywho, I feel like I could have done with slightly less of the family stuff but it made sense in the context of the story so I can deal.

Overall, Book Lovers was a great read - not my favourite of Henry's books so far but a solid contender.

I have loved every Emily Henry book I have read and this is another to add to the collection of great summer reads. I finished this book in a day and was sad that I read it so quickly. There is romance, steamy encounters..

If you like hallmark romance movies then I recommend you read this book as it is everything you will want in a cheesy romance novel.

What a book, loved this one, best book I’ve read in a while – certainly one I will recommend.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry is a fun romance, set in New York and Sunshine Falls, North Carolina.

Nora, a book agent, who gets the best for her clients, is off on holiday with her younger sister, for the first time in a long time.  They go to Sunshine Falls, the setting of one of Nora's clients books, and a favourite of her sister's.

Charlie is a book editor, who clashed with Nora about this book as he said he found the setting false, but he has the reputation for making best sellers.

I really enjoyed the summer setting, the reality of a place that you build up in your mind, and seeing it, and the differences between big city and small town life in America!

Book Lovers was published on 12th May 2022, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Emily Henry on Instagram and on her website.

I have also read Beach Read  and You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry, and loved it!

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Penguin.

4.5/5

Book Lovers was so much fun to read and Emily Henry is now an auto-buy author for me. Most of the stars I'm sprinkling in this rating are from how much I laughed and enjoyed the BANTER! It was layer upon layer of banter. Laughs and smiles and just wholesome little character and relationship developments (ie. romantic as well as sisterly and self growth). All the right ingredients for a contemporary romance. It was just a truly enjoyable experience.

I especially resonated with the Main character Nora's feelings (love) towards the big city (NYC), as I'd been very homesick for my hometown Melbourne at the time that I was reading the book.

I did love Beach Read more, but mainly because I preferred its pacing and the way its ending came together when compared to Book Lovers.

Thank you to @netgalley
for my digital ARC, in exchange for an honest review. I very quickly purchased a physical copy because I just HAD TO 🤭

It’s been over a month since I read Book Lovers and I’ve tried writing my review quite a few times. I find it really hard to write a review for a book I loved so much! Once I started this book and I just couldn’t put it down and I didn’t want it to end at the same time.

Book Lovers definitely understands us readers. I loved how Nora uses all of the book tropes we know to describe her own love life and how dating can work at times. It makes a bit of fun of those tropes, but that just fit perfectly in this book. Add in two main characters that both work in the bookish world and I was in book heaven.

This story isn’t just a romance, but also two characters figuring themselves out and what they really want in life. Looking back at traumatic experiences and how it’s changed the way you look at life. It’s about family and wanting to take care of them, but also wanting your own life. And even giving up the possibility of an amazing relationship, because you know it’s just not going to work at this time.

Nora and her sister Libby travel to the small town a very popular book takes place at. The town turns out to be nothing like it is in the book, but this small town is still charming in its own way and has an amazing community like all small towns should. I think all of us book lovers can relate to this book in one way or another and I really don’t want to say more about this than I have. Book Lovers is a book you just need to experience on your own.