michellebookaddict's Reviews (822)

Absolutely loved this and now I want to get a copy myself as library loans discourage people writing in books.
I’m still emotional from this read as it’s reminded me of my own grief from loosing my mom from ALS in 2024.

It’s a 3.5⭐️ and at the moment I’m not sure I’m going to bump it to 4 or keep it at 3. The plot and characters are nice. Brodie is a great book boyfriend. But there was some parts that lasted a little too long and caused me to get bored. And there’s some characters that I didn’t like that much (Josephine & Eli). It did have a nice (but predictable) ending.

This was a really slow-burn for all the epistolary parts and then a sudden insta-love. At least with Brodie for he fell first I think. Izzy was just so insecure about everything so she never believed in the insta-love at first. At least the ending was a Happy For Now (HFN) with a possible HEA.

❤️ A note about the book references in here… That part I liked and one of the reasons why I continued reading it (Brodie & Luke is the other reason). I almost DNFd this but pushed through thanks to those things I liked (& it’s a Library Physical Loan which just encouraged me to push through and finish). I really liked how Izzy & Brodie named their dogs out of Lord of the Rings characters. And the end with the Guernsey and the Potato Peel Pie reference was cute (even if it was a predictable moment). Because of the book references and all I’m going to see if my library has the other books in the series (digital or physical, I’m not picky unlike Izzy).

Also thank goodness it was light on the Christian Fiction tone. Thankfully there was no hidden agenda that I paid attention to at least. I enjoyed that it was more focal on the characters and their love of books over that.

Audiobook was good. Story was interesting and has my interest to try other books in the series. And yes, I have started to watch the TV Show. Loving that so far.

The secret miscarriage & can no longer have kids secret can be forgiven since it happened when they were 18 year old.

Forgot how old they were when they reunited for this second chance romance.

A nice audiobook story to listen to while traveling on busses and also working on my knitting projects.

I absolutely loved this!!! Lynn is now on my favorite author lists. 2nd book I’ve read by her and I can’t wait to read more of her books!

Warning ⚠️ have a box of tissues handy. I absolutely loved this! Kinsella is still my favorite author and my heart breaks just thinking about this book. I loved it!