Review:
If I could get this book 16,000 stars I would. I do not think there are any spoilers in this review but I deeply apologize if there are. I did my best to refrain from giving any spoilers.
Thank you Net Galley and Wednesday Books for this treat! Elle McNicoll is incredibly talented.
This is a romance book with two main characters.
We have Allegra, who is a famous actress and she’s really tired of being in the spotlight and needs a regular summer so she goes to the small town where her father owns a bookstore.
The other main character is Jonah, the love interest, and he works at the bookstore.
Not only do you get a mix of a bookstore romance, you also get a love letter romance in this book.
You also get witty banter, sarcastic comments that are fresh, and criticism that speaks to societal standards as a whole in a way that is incredibly profound. Many times I feel messages in books tend to not hit the mark in quite the same way.
I am extremely picky with romance books in particular, and this book I need on my shelf immediately. I thought the cover was too pretty for the book contents to actually match, but this is one of those instances for the book is genuinely phenomenal.
I’m at a loss for words between the execution of the storyline the development of the characters the dialogue the pacing – this is going to be one of my favorite books of all time.
I have never really seen myself in books before or related to characters very much and this is one of those books that I actually saw myself in and because of that, I cried several times both in feeling seen and in feeling empathy for the character and in just experiencing the story. Genuinely a work of art.
This is a wonderful book to read if you want to learn more about what it is like to have autism I think this book does it really well (there’s a lot of books I have read that show it in a blatantly insulting degrading way or barely really show it at all).
This book is phenomenal and I’m so incredibly happy that I was able to read this ARC. I heavily recommend this to romance lovers.
Please know this book doesn’t have open door spice in it but it’s also about 18-year-old’s so I was going to be slightly uncomfortable as a reader if there was going to be explicit scenes so understand that this book is a lot more about character development, and the relationships and these people finding themselves in a really beautiful way.
I will not be able to stop thinking about this book for a while and I cannot emphasize enough how much I love this romance book.
Tropes I could personally identify:
-Summer romance
-Actress and book store worker
-Book lovers
-Small town
(I would not identify this as enemies to lovers or friends to lovers. It’s very complex and an in between. I loved it)
While there is ableism in this book, it’s never tolerated. It was called out.
Thank you so much Wednesday books and Net Galley for allowing me to read this ARC. I appreciate the opportunity to leave honest feedback voluntarily.
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