Author: Emily Henry
RATING:
REVIEW
“I know no matter how long I get to love you, it will be worth whatever comes after.”
Trigger warnings: child abuse, death of a parent, grief
This isn't the cutesy romcom I expected but I still loved it!
January Andrews is dealing with grief after her father passed. Besides that, she also finds out secrets her dad has been hiding so she’s trying to reconcile the version of her dad she knew before his passing. Since she is a romance author, this affects her writing process — she didn’t believe in happy endings anymore.
She goes to her dad’s beach house that was left for her. Her next-door neighbor happens to be her college rival Augustus Everett who’s also a struggling best-selling author like her. Unlike January, the books Gus writes don’t contain happy endings. He’s gone through so many hurts in the past so he doesn’t believe in them anymore.
They grow closer since they’re both struggling with the book they’re currently writing. This leads them to form a pact to challenge each other: January has to write a book without a happy ending while Gus has to write a book that delivers one. They also spend time helping each other with research for the books they’re writing.
It’s told solely in January’s POV so I enjoyed slowly unraveling more about Gus as she gets to know him more. I liked the romance. I’m a sucker for good banter and this book definitely had a lot. They have such good chemistry and there’s a lot of cute and swoony moments as well.
January and Gus are two characters with emotional scars. All the family aspects on January’s side and know more about Gus and his past is honestly really sad so really, don’t expect a romcom. But this book is still worth a read, I’m adding it to my 2020 favorites.
ARC provided by Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
This isn't the cutesy romcom I expected but I still loved it!
January Andrews is dealing with grief after her father passed. Besides that, she also finds out secrets her dad has been hiding so she’s trying to reconcile the version of her dad she knew before his passing. Since she is a romance author, this affects her writing process — she didn’t believe in happy endings anymore.
She goes to her dad’s beach house that was left for her. Her next-door neighbor happens to be her college rival Augustus Everett who’s also a struggling best-selling author like her. Unlike January, the books Gus writes don’t contain happy endings. He’s gone through so many hurts in the past so he doesn’t believe in them anymore.
They grow closer since they’re both struggling with the book they’re currently writing. This leads them to form a pact to challenge each other: January has to write a book without a happy ending while Gus has to write a book that delivers one. They also spend time helping each other with research for the books they’re writing.
It’s told solely in January’s POV so I enjoyed slowly unraveling more about Gus as she gets to know him more. I liked the romance. I’m a sucker for good banter and this book definitely had a lot. They have such good chemistry and there’s a lot of cute and swoony moments as well.
January and Gus are two characters with emotional scars. All the family aspects on January’s side and know more about Gus and his past is honestly really sad so really, don’t expect a romcom. But this book is still worth a read, I’m adding it to my 2020 favorites.
ARC provided by Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
♡, Z.
♡, Z.
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