As the Goodreads summary states, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is really a book about books. For me, the books were the starring character, unless you count Amy Harris, who is never even truly present in the novel.

Sara, the Swedish main character, has spent the last ten years working part time in a bookstore and not really living. After befriending an older Iowan woman named Amy Harris via handwritten letters, Sara decides to vacation with her in her very small town named Broken Wheel. Only, when she arrives for her vacation, she learns that Amy has passed away. Despite this, she decides to stay for her vacation, because the town informs her that it is "what Amy would have wanted."

Sara falls in love - with the town and its inhabitants, and one inhabitant in particular. The town falls in love with her as well. However, I failed to fall in love with Sara. She was skilled with recommending books to people, but that was really her best quality. Nt much else about her was ever explored, despite the book being more than 300 pages. I felt like the romance was really forced, and the town scheme was more than a little ridiculous.

However, there were a lot of good moments to this story. There were quotes I loved, and the letters from Amy were amazing and felt so real. I loved Andy and Carl, and the small town atmosphere, but this book really didn't stand out to me. I really enjoyed the cover, as well. It wasn't bad, but it was just not the book for me, leaving it at a solid 3 star rating.