I flew through this book in just a matter of hours. It was that good.

Beach Read by Emily Henry is everything I need in a feel-good romance novel. It is witty, doesn't revolve around heavy topics (although it is mentioned in the book), and is sometimes predictable. Although I'm not usually too fond of predictable stories, I love the predictability in romance novels that everything works out and is happily ever after.

January is flawed but lovable. She has a conflicting relationship with her father, revealed after his death. Still, her problems with her father are written so that we empathize with both January, her father, and everyone else involved. January is a romance author who used to believe in happily ever after. However, after her father's death and his secrets are revealed, she can no longer write romance, doesn't believe in love, and is broke and homeless.

Augustus is fine. I don't think he has much of a personality, to be honest. He was in college with January, and they used to have a rivalry going on, as Augustus used to mock everything January had written and so forth. Suprise! he didn't hate her, but apparently, he was five years old, and the only thing he knew how to do was pull on her pigtails to get her attention. I usually can't stand this romance trope of mistreating her because he likes her; however, I think I will forgive it in this book.

Their names annoyed the hell out of me, though. Cant stand them.