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A review by yazthebookish
Beach Read by Emily Henry
5.0
5 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"When I watch you sleep," he said shakily, "I feel overwhelmed that you exist."
I found Beach Read to be emotionally resonant for me in ways I did not expect.
It's a swoon-worthy slowburn romance between a romance author and champion of happily-ever-afters [January Andrews] and her literary nemesis from their college days and fellow author [Augustus Everett] whose work is solely focused on bleak literary fiction, and he absolutely abhors happy endings.
That was what I'd always loved about reading, what had driven me to write in the first place. That feeling that a new world was being spun like a spiderweb around you and you couldn't move until the whole thing had revealed itself to you.
One particular summer came and January and Gus found themselves spending an unproductive summer living in neighboring beach houses. Both stuck in writer's block but Gus strikes a deal with January as a way to pull them out of the hole they dug themselves into to find a spark of creativity that'll get them back on track: the challenge is to swipe their roles—January should attempt to write a literary fiction while Gus will write a Happily Ever After.
Weekdays will be dedicated to writing while weekends are for research and exploration. Whoever wins will make the loser promote their book and endorse it.
Sometimes life is very hard. Sometimes it demands so much of you that you start losing pieces of yourself as you stretch out to give what the world wants to take.
Apart from the beautifully written romance and the fantastic chemistry between the main couple, this book is much more than that.
There were a couple of scenes that put me on the verge of tears because of how much I related to it. This book explores loss, heartbreak, loneliness, and grief. Emily Henry splendidly balanced the lighthearted scenes with the deeply emotional scenes where the main characters had to deal with the ghosts of their past.
The story is narrated through January's POV, it was easier to connect to her emotions and see that side of her yet the author also impressively managed to show how emotionally vulnerable Gus is. It wasn't just a story of two individuals falling in love, it was about how they managed to pave the way to each other to allow themselves that love despite their insecurities and the pain and disappointment they have experienced in their lives.
That's why I'll always hold this book close to my heart. It was such an emotionally gripping story but the romance also made my love butterflies flutter.
Trigger Warnings: death of a parent, mentions of cancer, mentions of infidelity.
"When I watch you sleep," he said shakily, "I feel overwhelmed that you exist."
I found Beach Read to be emotionally resonant for me in ways I did not expect.
It's a swoon-worthy slowburn romance between a romance author and champion of happily-ever-afters [January Andrews] and her literary nemesis from their college days and fellow author [Augustus Everett] whose work is solely focused on bleak literary fiction, and he absolutely abhors happy endings.
That was what I'd always loved about reading, what had driven me to write in the first place. That feeling that a new world was being spun like a spiderweb around you and you couldn't move until the whole thing had revealed itself to you.
One particular summer came and January and Gus found themselves spending an unproductive summer living in neighboring beach houses. Both stuck in writer's block but Gus strikes a deal with January as a way to pull them out of the hole they dug themselves into to find a spark of creativity that'll get them back on track: the challenge is to swipe their roles—January should attempt to write a literary fiction while Gus will write a Happily Ever After.
Weekdays will be dedicated to writing while weekends are for research and exploration. Whoever wins will make the loser promote their book and endorse it.
Sometimes life is very hard. Sometimes it demands so much of you that you start losing pieces of yourself as you stretch out to give what the world wants to take.
Apart from the beautifully written romance and the fantastic chemistry between the main couple, this book is much more than that.
There were a couple of scenes that put me on the verge of tears because of how much I related to it. This book explores loss, heartbreak, loneliness, and grief. Emily Henry splendidly balanced the lighthearted scenes with the deeply emotional scenes where the main characters had to deal with the ghosts of their past.
The story is narrated through January's POV, it was easier to connect to her emotions and see that side of her yet the author also impressively managed to show how emotionally vulnerable Gus is. It wasn't just a story of two individuals falling in love, it was about how they managed to pave the way to each other to allow themselves that love despite their insecurities and the pain and disappointment they have experienced in their lives.
That's why I'll always hold this book close to my heart. It was such an emotionally gripping story but the romance also made my love butterflies flutter.
Trigger Warnings: death of a parent, mentions of cancer, mentions of infidelity.