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Book Lovers by Emily Henry
5.0
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Yes Yes and Yes.

Book Lovers gives you warm, giddy feelings! It was perfect. The love Nora has for her sister, and the love Libby has for Nora was so realistic as an older sister, I definitely felt parts of myself reflected in Nora. Nora is fiercely protective, passionate and driven I couldn't have asked for a better main character. 

Charlie and Nora's relationship was funny, witty, and cute. The chemistry was great they were both mirrors of each other, the driven-working type that would do anything for their family. I was definitely internally screening at some of their scenes. It is everyone's favourite trope: slow burn enemies to lovers. Charlie is beyond supportive of Nora and incredibly endearing, he came off cold at the beginning but is misunderstood. 

He wasn't one dimensional either, neither was Nora, we really get into their background and motivations, which is really nice in a trope like this one. Like Nora being tall came up often but in the context of a joke or someone asking how tall she was, it wasn't overused where the only way the author could describe the character was tall, large, massive, gigantic (although the 'large' descriptors are mainly used for the men). We get a brief description and then that's it which I loved.

I will be re-reading this! and getting my hands on beach read and you and me on vacation.

PERF!