Book Lovers: International Bestselling Romance Novel About Ambition, Family, and Finding Love in the Most Unexpected Place by Emily Henry

The book lives up to the title. The characters and the story line is amazing. The best part is that it does not only focus on the love story, but the other characters in the story are well placed too and are giving good importance. The sparks between the leads, how they realize their feelings, try to keep it to themselves and then decide the way ahead not hurting each other, their families and negatively impacting their relationship. Very well thought storyline and full of emotions. Randomly bought it just on the basis of the description. Loved it to the core!!

In "Book Lovers", Emily Henry brings together two fiercely ambitious and career-driven characters, Nora and Charlie, who couldn’t be more different—or so they think. Nora, a sharp and relentless literary agent, is pulled out of her element when her sister Libby insists on a small-town getaway. But instead of the peaceful break she expected, she keeps crossing paths with Charlie, her professional rival. As sparks fly and walls come down, Nora begins to question her identity, her priorities, and what happiness really means. It’s a smart, heartfelt, and witty romance that book lovers will devour, with themes of love, family, and self-discovery at its core.

It is kind of a “hate to love” story of a literary agent NORA who keeps bumping into her work nemesis CHARLIE. Other than this general plot, there’s a side plot that revolves around the relationship with her sister LIBBY. —- The main reason for my love for this book is the easy breezy and witty writing style. —- All 3 main characters were lovely and I genuinely cared about them. This was due to the fact that their whole life was books. —- There were so many book references that added to the charm. And these references weren’t just limited to classics- There were many from books that I have read . This whole experience amplified my enjoyment levels. —- In such genres , I tend to like it when a little bit of life is thrown apart from the main romance. The story wasn’t just the romance , it had sub plots involving sisterly love/drama. We also get a closer look at the life of a successful literary agent. —- This is undoubtedly my favourite book in the romance genre. Highly recommended. You may love it even if you aren’t a romance reader like me.

Book Lovers describes the story about Nora Stephens which includes her life, family, relationships and a vacation. It is not only a small-town romance as I felt that her relationship with her sister weighed more. I expected it to be a typical romance book, but it turns out that there’s much more than just that. The romance is really intense in the way it was described and the emotions were equally strong. There are some dialogues that almost got me sobbing. Such influential stories are always interesting to read. This is one of those books.

Nora is a workaholic and career-oriented. She loves her sister, Libby. She sacrificed her many dreams for Libby. She had to take on the responsibility of herself and her sister at a young age. She works hard because she can't let her past come back. Charlie is sweet. He is also career-oriented and good at his job. He thinks he doesn't fit somewhere. He has a complicated relationship with the town. He has had some bad childhood experiences in this town. Nora and Charlie. Two characters. They are similar, but different. I love them together. Their banter is one of the most entertaining banter I've ever read. They have personal problems in their lives. They find peace in each other's presence. They understand and respect what each other needs, each other's wishes, each other's dreams, and what each other wants. They do not impose one's desires on others. I loved that about them. Their back stories add depth to their characters. I love the story. It's not only a rom-com; the book deals with family matters. Sometimes we have to make decisions that our hearts don't want, for the people we love. This book deals with that too. The characters growth gives depth to the story.

Loved it towards the end. The chemistry between Nora and Libby is well-writen. The characters are just straight forward and blunt, I never felt they were enemies. Although the trope says otherwise, I genuinely think colleagues to lovers is a more appropriate description. Story stays stagnant for some time where the characters just shared titbits about each other's life. The information that was built up around them leading to a grand reveal just felt exaggerated once the truth was revealed.

Must Read!! It's a beautiful story about love, identity, family, sibling relationships and home. It is very funny and also very touching. Must read for people who love romcoms as well as people who hate romcoms ❤️

5 ⭐️ | 📖 book lovers if she were in a Hallmark movie, Nora would be the ex left behind while the lead goes to a small town and falls in love with a local. she knows that. it has literally happened to her. more than once. when her sister, Libby, decides that they too deserve to have their own small-town-life-altering experience, Nora finds herself spending a whole month in the city that inspired a bestselling book from the author that skyrocketed her career as an agent. what she didn’t expect was to find her nemesis, editor Charlie Lastra, running the local bookshop. while she tries to keep her distance, she realizes this might not be as easy in a small town as it’d be in NY. I went into this book not knowing much. and I thought, I truly thought, maybe I wouldn’t love it as much as Emily’s previous books. I don’t have much in common with Nora. I didn’t think I’d be able to relate to her. I went as far as to convince myself that it’d be okay if I didn’t love it. well, I should’ve known better. even if I had hated Nora, which I obviously didn’t, I’d still have loved the book. simply because of Emily’s writing. what she does with words… it feels like magic. the kind of magic people hunt grimoires down to try to replicate, but it just never comes out the same. there’s a secret recipe that belongs only to her. she has the ability to put feelings into words, and I know this sounds like a basic skill a writer should have, but that’s not what I mean. I just can’t quite explain it. like, in pwmov, when she gave the best definition of “saudade” I’ve ever come across, and she doesn’t even speak Portuguese. i’m gonna leave her own words here, because it’s the best way I can explain how reading her books feel: “This book has crushed me with its weight and dazzled me with its tiny bright spots. Some books you don’t read so much as live, and finishing one of those always makes me think of ascending from a scuba dive. Like if I surface too fast I might get the bends.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 🌶🌶

Super süße Geschichte. Hat sich sehr schön gelesen und hat Spaß gemacht. Die Witze sie die Autorin einbaut gefallen mir persönlich sehr gut.

Good book

This book was magic from the first sentence to the last, full of witty banter and dialogue and so much incredible understanding and emotion. I rarely cry in a book and even rarer still—happy tears, but I finished this book and sobbed. It is utter perfection, I instantly want to start again and absorb all of it again in case I missed something. (I literally hard to force myself to put this down and eat I was so engrossed) I truly loved the emphasis and depiction of the bond two sisters share and the absolute love and understanding the men in this book showed for that. Emily Henry has written such beautifully flawed and real characters that make you wish you could crawl inside the book and get to know them forever, Charlie was so real which I find rare in a romance book. So often male characters are written to perfection in such unrealistic standards, but Charlie’s characteristics are what any of us can find in a decent partner who just wants to see us thrive and love us despite the flaws we see in ourselves. I especially loved Nora and watching her grow and adjust her outlook on life whilst still staying so true to herself and who she was. This book is going straight to the top of my list of favourite books ever, there truely was not a single thing I did not like, Nora was strong and independent and such a great example of a female lead in literature, this book felt inspiring. Thank you Emily Henry for writing this, I’m happier in this world for reading it.

great