Thank you to Netgalley for providing a review copy of this book. This review will also be posted on my Goodreads page.

I enjoy Emily Henry's books- I seek them out when I'm looking for a feel good read. While I didn't enjoy this one as much as Beach Read, Book Lovers is a close second. Nora Stephens, literary agent, is taken on a much needed vacation with her sister...and a checklist. This vacation is to the town one of Nora's clients wrote about in her hit novel. The town isn't what the sisters expected, however, Libby has a plan. She has a checklist of things to do in town...and one of those things involved Nora going on a date.

This is a sweet, feel-good novel. The romance is cute and steamy and there's the storyline of a secret that Libby is keeping that gives the story a little mystery. A very enjoyable read.

Great book!
It had some typos and minor grammatical errors, but overall I loved the story-line.
I fell in love with all the characters. I think Nora was my favorite, because I could relate mostly to her when it came to being the independent one and growing up too soon. Then Charlie comes along, who really evolves throughout the novel. I did not see him becoming a main character, but so glad he did, because it really shaped the entire novel.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to review this novel via eBook. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

5 STARS

This is the third book I’m reading from this author and it’s by far my favorite! All the feels ,I freaking loved Nora! I could easily relate to her!

The connection between Nora and Charlie was one of the best I read. I have so many feelings, their relationship gave me butterflies , it was so heartwarming!I fall hard with both of them.

They were flirting , there was tention and they have such a great connection, I seriously couldn't get enough of them!

My new favorite book of all time.
I knew after the first chapter this would be my favorite Emily Henry book,( which seemd crazy, because I love her other two so much) but I didn't think it'd become my favorite book ever and it quickly did. I absolutely loved Nora and Charlie. This book had everything I look for in the perfect read, the witty banter, the heartfelt moments, the spice. I laughed, screamed and absolutely sobbed through this book. And I can't wait to own a physical copy of it so I can't reread it so many times I'll have it memorized word for word.
Its an absolute must read.

I don't know if I'll ever come up with the words to describe what this book did to me. Emily Henry has an uncanny ability to see straight through me, tapping into different parts of me with every passing book. in some ways, Nora is so fundamentally me that I knew it didn't matter what happened with the plot, I would love this book. I'm not sure yet where this falls in my ranking of her three romance novels but Charlie Lastra has my whole heart and the writing and banter is the sharpest it's been. I started off 2022 with this book because I knew it wouldn't disappoint and I regret nothing. it's just so good, like sob through the last third good, like sit stuck in one position on your childhood bedroom floor because your kindle is dying and you have to finish good.

Books Lovers is one of my favorite books of the year. I loved the main character and the entire premise was charming and enjoyable. The sisters remained central to the story even though it’s a romance. The family dynamics are complex and interesting. I loved the love in the book. The romance was sweet and satisfying. The characters’ senses of humor were a great addition to the book.

EMILY HENRY STRIKES AGAIN

I do think that if you preferred Beach Read to PWMOV, you'll LOVE this. I personally preferred PWMOV, and it's still by far my favourite of her books but I enjoyed this more than I enjoyed Beach Read so it's kind of a good in-between.

There is more exploration of parental grief, and OH MY GOD Nora and Libby's sister relationship was so heartbreaking and made me cry several times. Nora was a decent main character, I didn't relate to her personally but I enjoyed reading her perspective. Charlie was hot AF and the spice was top tier.

Plot-wise, I love how this book played with classic 'hallmark movie' tropes in a very self-aware way, and I felt like it was extremely enjoyable to read.

I LOVED this book and couldn't put it down. This book is very self-aware and puts a spin on romance tropes. Emily Henry knows how to write characters that have depth and that you fall in love with and cheer for. The banter was top notch and the plot kept me guessing and interested throughout.

I highly recommend this book for those who like a good romance with complex characters.

I loved this book so much! I’m an Emily Henry fan but this book is far and away my favorite book by her. I loved all the call outs to different Hallmark movie troupes, the small town setting, all of it. Usually people who are so pro NYC anti anywhere else in the world annoy me in books but the way Henry wrote Nora and her relationship to NYC I absolutely loved. I loved the chemistry between Nora and Charlie so much and really appreciated how they acted with each other. They seemed like real grown ups that talked about their issues, unlike Nora’s sister who was one of the few things in the book that annoyed me. I wanted to tell her to grow up but I also wanted Nora to be more assertive with her. I absolutely loved this book and have already recommended it to so many people.

Emily Henry has given us another delightful romance. I loved the reverse trope and the insight into publishing and agents. This will particularly appeal to, you guessed it, book lovers.

I loved this one from the first page to the last. From the start, there's a self-awareness about this book that makes it a delight to read. Yes, you're getting a trope -- ice queen, enemies-to-lovers, etc. -- but is it really what you think? The tropes become tools to consider what's actually going on in the story and with these characters. So much of this story has nothing to do with romance, though Henry is really good at writing the banter and the swoon and the steam, too. The story explores grief and family relationships, expectations and ambition without feeling preachy. And yes, it's a romance, so everything works out in the end, but it all felt earned. I suspected I knew how it was going to wind up, but honestly wasn't sure until it happened that it would.

I've liked and recommended Henry's other books, but this one is my favorite.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy.

Emily Henry has done it again. Her characters always have such fun, realistic, and delightful chemistry, and Sam and Nora are no different. I can't want to recommend this to literally everyone I know.

No one writes witty dialogue like Henry and the flirty tension in her books is palpable and delicious.

Absolutely lovely. Emily Henry is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I love the characters she creates - such snark from these two, I love it - and they almost make me believe that some people are meant to be.

This book has a smart new take on the“city girl finds love in a small town” trope in romance novels. I loved the witty banter and that the main character’s evolving relationship with her sister was as prominent as her new romance. The story did drag at times for me and some of the steamy scenes could be cut, but overall I enjoyed it.

I loved Beach Read by Emily Henry, but this one was her best yet. I connected with the characters, but the plot was equally engaging. I thought at first it might be a bit flat because of the setting and their jobs being in the book world, but I was delightfully wrong. The characters had so much depth to them, and the plot kept me guessing. I loved finding out more about the characters' pasts as the book went along. The relationships developed in a seamlessly way, that was also fully of respect for one another. A fantastic read that I've thought about since finishing.

As a prickly book lover myself, this story spoke to my soul. This was much more then your typical romance novel. Yes, there was a sizzling “haters turned to lovers” romance, but there was so much more offered as well. There was the true, consuming love of a great book. There was the MC’s deep love for her city, and there was the complex and beautiful love between sisters. Emily Henry did an amazing job combining all these great loves into one well written and truly engaging story.
Thank you NetGalley for a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
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This was so fun! An ode to books and small towns and finding your people on the weirdest of places. I know I read and enjoyed Beach Read, but I forgot it soon after. This one features characters who may not be lovable to everyone but I recognized them, especially their New York-ness. Thanks to Netgalley for this one.

Emily Henry does it again. This book is so well-rounded that I would classify it more as Women's Fiction than simply Romance. Her characters are complex, realistic, and easy to love. If you've ever been described as cold or frigid, and felt discouraged from love (romantic, familial, or otherwise) - this book is for you.

Emily Henry has become something of a breakout over the last year and I was really excited to get my hands on Book Lovers and finally see what the hype was all about! This is a very meta book, with characters who are aware of the tropes they embody and explicate this. Nora, our protagonist, is a literary agent based in NYC who's cultivated a cutthroat image for herself that's led her to the top of her field. Yet, it's also seemingly pushed away the men in her life who have routinely left her for women straight out of a Hallmark movie. When her sister suggests a girls' trip to small town USA (aka. Sunshine Falls) she begrudgingly agrees and then stumbles into her work rival. The dark, brooding Charlie Lastra is as much a fish out of water in this small town as her except... there is more to him being there than it seems. What follows is a rivals to lovers romance that attempts to knowingly navigate the tropes and archetypes we're all so familiar with while also juggling a deeper reflection on family and sisterhood.

I really wanted to like this one but felt it was almost too self-aware for its own good and indulged in tired tropes rather than subverting them. The constant references to other media and cheesy similes often took me out of the book. While I like that there was more to both Nora and Charlie than just the romance between them the conflict between Nora and her sister Libby often felt strung out. Maybe my expectations were too high going in but I just wanted more from this.