Beach Read
Emily Henry
5/5
January Andrews is an author, she writes women's literature and she's proud of what she does. She usually writes happily ever afters though and she's in a place where she doesn't want to write that. When she finds out her new neighbor is her college nemesis, another writer who specializes in dark cult fiction, they make a bet. He writes a happy ever after, she writes a darker novel without one. First one to sell their book wins.
When I tell people that I like reading contemporary romances, this is exactly what I mean. The perfect balance between contemporary and cliche, utilizing characters that are serious with real-world problems but that have a world-changing romance. To top this one off, they're both authors and make constant bookish references. January writes women's lit which people constantly scoff at her for, I think that people constantly scoff at people who read it too which make her extremely relatable to her audience.
The relationship isn't instant-love and it also has that classic enemies-to-lovers feel. I love that trope, but it can get annoying when they spend too much time going back and forth and can't decide whether they want to be together. Here, there are obvious emotional traumas blocking them- they don't get completely stopped by it though. There's a flawless progression from their first meeting as neighbors to their romance, it feels simultaneously natural and fantastic.
I would 100% recommend this to fans of contemporary romance. I read it in one sitting, it's so fluffy and serious and had me laughing and crying. One of the best releases of 2020 so far for sure.
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