Maggie Banks hasn’t found her calling yet. Her college friends all have their lives together and she’s still floundering. Her college roommate Rochelle invites Maggie to come fill in at her family’s bookstore while she’s out on maternity leave.

Maggie isn’t a reader and soon discovers the town’s entire identity is wrapped up in a long-dead author who lived there and wrote one famous book. The bookstore isn’t even allowed to sell books that were written after the author died, decades ago.

She finds a community of people and small business owners, makes friends, and tries to save the bookstore by holding secret events.

I liked the book but thought there were a number of holes and gaps. It was a good lighter read. 3/5 for me.