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Beach Read by Emily Henry
4.5
adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I absolutely adore the banter between the two main characters in Emily Henry books, it's my favorite thing about them. The spicy scenes are also pretty well written. I loved the concept of the competition between January and Augustus and watching them open up to each other and talk about their perception of each other when they met in college. Jan's emotions about her parents were raw and real and totally understandable. However, I'm never that big a fan of the whole "I'm too broken for someone to love me" thing and I thought the ending was kind of silly.
Like his ex shows up to the book talk and he goes to talk to her after and that equals breaking up with you?? What?? And then when Gus is talking about his ex wanting him back it's almost like he's teasing January by drawing out telling her what he's decided to do. Also I don't think it makes much sense for a man who got divorced less than a year ago to propose to another woman but maybe that's just me.