Review:
I have a few of Emily Henry's books on my TBR list and have read a lot of great reviews, but I never seemed to get around to them. When I was looking for some reading material to take on spring break, this one jumped out at me for obvious reasons. I was heading to Florida, so Beach Read sounded like the perfect choice, which it absolutely was.
January is living at her father's lake house in Michigan and is trying to come to terms with his death. She has a book due to her publisher, but she has no inspiration and can't focus on her writing. She soon discovers that a college acquaintance lives next door, and they once again get off on the wrong foot. They were frenemies while in school for lack of a better term. They were both writers and had crushes on each other, but she took his critiques the wrong way and quickly labeled him as her arch enemy. The success of his books is where she set the bar for her success. If she surpasses Augustus, she will have achieved her goals.
They are living in a small town and now find themselves literally next door to each other. She can't even sit on her deck or look out her windows without seeing him. She is invited to a local book club and who do you think shows up? They end up challenging each other to write the other person's style of books to get themselves out of the ruts they are in. He must write a happily ever after and she must write a novel. They take each other out on weekly "dates" as research and the book takes off from there.
I loved these characters and Emily's writing style. I have since read Book Lovers and plan on reading Happy Place later this year. She is definitely going to be an automatic read for me in the future. If you haven't read her books, you absolutely should!!
