“Maybe love shouldn’t be built on a foundation of compromises, but maybe it can’t exist without them either. Not the kind that forces two people into shapes they don’t fit in, but the kind that loosens their grips, always leaves room to grow. Compromises that say, there will be a you-shaped space in my heart, and if your shape changes, I will adapt. No matter where we go, our love will stretch out to hold us, and that makes me feel like … like everything will be okay.”
In this book we follow Nora, a cutthroat literary agent. She's a powerhouse of a person who is really good at her job. She agrees to go to Sunshine Falls-a small town that one of her clients wrote about- with her dear sister, Libby, where she encounters Charlie Lastra, a book editor she met with a few years prior. This first encounter was not great, and in a chain of happenstances, they end up having to be around each other over and over again.
This book contains all the elements in a romance book that I like-witty banter, steamy love scenes, and a brooding, intellectual male love interest that actually isn't an asshole. I liked Nora, and I loved that the author didn't have this tough, powerful career woman change into someone who needs to be a little softer so people can like her in the end. She is who she is, and, while she admits to her faults, that doesn't mean she has to change her entire personality to adjust accordingly.
“That’s the thing about women. There’s no good way to be one. Wear your emotions on your sleeve and you’re hysterical. Keep them tucked away where your boyfriend doesn’t have to tend to them and you’re a heartless bitch.”
The storyline is cute, and I loved the literary references, both towards actual books and just everyday things that book lovers can relate to:
“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day.”
“Nora.” He just barely smiles. “You’re in books. Of course you don’t have a life. None of us do. There’s always something too good to read.”
The one thing I didn't love was Libby's incessant use of the word "sissy", her nickname for Norma. It felt awkward to me and I kept thinking there must have been another nickname she could have picked. But this a trivial complaint that didn't lessen my overall love for the book.
I've realized that I don't typically love these types of romances, but I thought this one was engaging and hard to put down. I will be reading more Emily Henry.
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