Another stunning novel by Emily Henry. As the story progressed, I was beginning to think there wouldn’t be a happy ending, I shed tears, laughed, and shouted at the characters as the story progressed. I love a happy ending with characters that are considered “damaged” in their own eyes, I can’t wait to see what Emily writes next!

LOVED. Charlie is a perfect love interest and I absolutely loved their love story! The small North Carolina town was a great setting as well. Emily Henry always creates the most charming settings for her stories, and this town absolutely leapt off the page. I really liked the premise of the 'evil' city woman that gets left for the charming small town girl. It was super original and a great way to start the story. Emily Henry is one of my absolute favorite authors and I can't wait to keep reading her books.

Emily Henry has not let me down yet, and I will read everything that she writes. This book was a delight, made me smile so hard, and in Emily Henry fashion, also made me cry. It was a perfect combination of romance, sisterly and motherly love, and a love letter to small towns and New York City all wrapped into one.

Emily Henry did it again! Book Lovers is a true delight that flips tropes on their heads. I loved Nora and her strong-will and the ability that Henry has to let her characters, who might seem flawed, be themselves. The dialogue, true to Henry's style, was so conversational and funny. She is truly at the top of her game and I'd highly recommend this book!

Oh, my goodness! I loved the book titled Book Lovers by Emily Henry. I had not read anything from this author before, but this will not be my last! In Book Lovers our female lead, Nora, is a literary agent, who wants all the best for her clients. She is then forced to work with our leading man, Charlie, who is prim and proper, and from what I read his wardrobe costs more than my Jeep. The two start sparing over a book they are about to promote and is set in a real small town in South Carolina. Charlie keeps telling Nora there is no way the author had ever been there before, and later we find out how he knows. Nora's sister Libby is about to have her third baby and wants to take a trip to the town from the book for several weeks as the author is her favorite. Once they arrive, Libby sets out with a list of things for them to do while there. Oh, and I have to add that throughout the book Charlie and Nora are reading and editing a new book by an author and we see their excitement over it, and I loved that part.

This book had it all. Humor, romance (and I am not a huge romance fan), heart, and you really care about the characters. I am looking forward to more books by this author.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I like that the book tried to poke fun at all those Hallmarkey tropes while simultaneously using them. Unfortunately I think was a case of people building this book up so much it just didn't quite live up to the hype.

is Nora really a "shark" or does she just know how to answer her phone? is Charlie really a well-written LI, over does he just have eyebrows and respect women? is Libby really a character or is she just a problem for Nora to solve (or learn to try not to solve ig)? is the setting really quaint, or does is just have a pun problem? no offense Emily Henry but this did next to nothing for me...except make me wish I'd taken a page out of Nora's book, read the end, and decided to skip the whole thing.

For some reason, I felt this book waaaay to long. It wasn't bad, in fact I loved it, but some how it was like a never-ending book.

But anyway... a rivals-to-lovers romance, spice with some comedy and a GREAT character development.

Nora is a book authors agent, Charlie its a book editor; their first encounter was a mess, they didn't like each other. A year later, in a small town that insFor some reason, I felt this book waaaay to long. It wasn't bad, in fact I loved it, but some how it was like a never-ending book.

But anyway... a rivals-to-lovers romance, spice with some comedy and a GREAT character development.

Nora is a book authors agent, Charlie its a book editor; their first encounter was a mess, they didn't like each other. A year later, in a small town that inspired a best selles book, they run to each other: Charlie was born and race there, Nora is on a vacation trip with her pregnant sister.

I LOVE the importance that is given to the familiar relationships and the way the main character's lifes shapes according to those choices they made for them.

Nora lost her mother and since then she became her sister's caregiver, she's so over protective and has a real trauma with the fear of loosing control of anything in their lifes.

Charlie never felt he was enought. Not good son enought, not good student enoght, not carismatic enought...

They both have serious traumas and is encouraging, beautifil, the way they face their fears, show their pasts and slowly became a important support to each other.

All the characters inspire empathy, because they're so human, with so relatable problems.

I think my only problem was the narration itself; sometimes was a little over the top on the methafors or the way some scenes were described. I felt a little discconected.

Other than that, Nora's and Charlie's romance is a slow burn that I loved. So much tension, so much fear and so much growth from both of them.

The plot about Libby (Nora's sister) and its ending was good. Sometimes it felt like Libby was just an ornament, but at the end, her life and her choices were esencial for Nora's evolution.

It's a recommendes romance.

I think is fair to say that is a 4 stars to me, not only because of the romance plot (that was a 3 maybe), but because it has so many messages about family, about work life, about resilience and emotional growth. It's beautiful all combined.

It was AMAZING! The perfect book to read this summer, Emily Henry never just never miss! The characters were so endearing and I was rooting for the relationship the whole time. Would highly recommend!

My thanks to NetGalley, libro.fm and Berkley for an eARC and audio ARC of this book to read/listen to and review.

Ok, this book started out SO STRONG. I loved the MC H and MC h. She was snarky, but not mean. It's a fine line, but she was written perfectly. I LOVED the premise of her being the "powerhouse city woman the men left when they found love in a small town". I love how the script was flipped.

What I didn't love? Everything else. WARNING SPOILERS FOLLOW

The MC H and MC h were COMPLETE doormats for their family members and didn't have a backbone for themselves. I HATED Libby, the MC h's sister and how when the MC H FINALLY stood up for herself, Libby conveniently had a health issue and had to be rushed to the hospital so the MC h wasn't able to fully stand up for herself AND she felt guilty due to her preggers sister fainting, so she rolled over and forgave her sister FOR LYING TO HER and MAKING THE MC h FEEL LIKE SH*T.

I hated how the MC H wasn't able to break free from Mummy Dearest and just explain to his parents the situation with the book store they owned and honestly couldn't manage to safe their lively-hoods. So he was going to give up the life he loved to live somewhere he hated, just so his parents could keep the store afloat for a few more months, which if they had cared about at all, they would have managed better.

THEN the MC h refused to stay with the MC H after they shared a very intimate moment and I was DONE.

DNF at 83%. I don't care how it ends or how it gets there from here. I think I'm just a tad touchy, so this is not one I would warn others away from, the writing was good and I liked the MC h's attitude, other than when it came to her younger sister, but it is just not for me.

2, it jumped the shark for me YMMV, stars.

I didn't adore this one as much as Emily's other two adult titles, but it was still a fun read, with a lot of emotional depth! I will still continue to read anything she writes because she is a queen lol.

OKAY I THOUGHT I ALREADY REVIEWED THIS. This. Book. Is. Fire.

I was still on a PWMOV high (yes, several months later) when I got this ARC. However, Henry did not disappoint. She never does.

There’s so much about Nora and Charlie that I loved. My favorite thing, however, was turning the regular tropes on their head. I absolutely loved that Nora wasn’t the typical Hallmark heroine (even though I love those women just as much). I loved that Charlie wasn’t the typical Hallmark hero (once again, I love them). The chemistry. The sexual tension. The FUCKING WIT. I’m obsessed.

I wish I could say more. Other than Libby and Nora were the best sister duo I’ve read in a while.

I was honestly really excited to start Book Lovers! I thought the plot of the book sounded interesting and I love a good rivals/enemies to lovers. I think my issue when reading Emily Henry books is that I just don’t form some sort of attachment. Whether it be the characters, plot, etc. I don’t feel connected and therefore just end up not really caring about the characters and what happens to them. That happened to me here and I felt bored reading this because I didn’t care how it ended. I really wanted to enjoy this book and tried finishing it, but it felt like pulling teeth. Nora and Charlie were okay idk they were kind of bland to me? I didn’t feel anything special about them (I really liked Libby, her sister). I don’t think Emily Henry books are for me and that’s okay. Thank you to Berkley Romance for the free book in exchange for an honest review! {DNF @ 70%}

What a sweet romance. I loved how aware the characters were of the tropes. Will definitely be picking up other titles by the author.

Adored this story! What booklover wouldn't love reading about books and writing and stories and love! Ah! Amazing!

I absolutely loved this. The relationship between Nora and Libby was heartfelt, at times a little complicated, and completely loving. It was wonderful to see how their relationship developed and how they both kept things from each other in order to, in their mind, protect the other. I also loved the relationship between Nora and Charlie, and watching them grow into each other was just fantastic.

Books are all about stories and Book Lovers is a story of love, and the world of books. Two rivals, a ball breaking agent and an entitled editor can't agree on anything and can't seem to stop being thrown together. Neither one can stop their passionate animosity from growing into something unexpected and equally passionate. I enjoy romance stories where the characters have to fight their own personality and habits attempting to fight off love. The characters are interesting and likeable though both have negative clashing traits. You can't help but cheer them on, or occasionally yell at the book. The eventual breaking down of barriers is sweet and satisfying. Nice little love story about people who love books.

Not my typical genre, this book surprised me. Enjoyable, funny, sentimental, and I will be recommending to everyone. Book Lovers has made me an Emily Henry fan!

3.5 stars. I do love Henry’s take on romance but this one was just ok for me. Rather predictable and I found the text exchanges hard to follow as they were all so close together, needed spacing between them. Give this a read as you might enjoy more than i did.

Thought this was really cute romance. It was cheesy but done in the best way and was definitely intentional