Where do I get an abridged audio of all the times Jackson says "fuckkkk" 😋

Olivie Blake said, "What if we put a few Geminis in one room together and made them bet on who's moral conscious can talk the longest?"

and maybe i'm in that room

“I just want to sit on the beach and read.”

📣 This just in!! 📣 honeydijon, self-described “non-romance reader” who keeps trying the genre even though she should have learned her lesson by now, finally finds the ever-elusive The One: a contemporary romance she enjoys!

Beach Read was my first Emily Henry and I’m going to be honest, I debated if I should even give it a try since I know that romance isn’t my genre. But this book has languished on my Kindle for years and while I wasn’t in Michigan like January and Gus, I was visiting Myrtle Beach. Surely Beach Read deserves to be read at the beach if at all possible.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book to the point that I was excited about the fact I was genuinely enjoying it. And I get it, y’all. I get why you love Emily Henry. These characters felt realistic, complete with flaws and quirks and histories and personalities. I found myself laughing out loud a few times while reading, but Henry tempered the humor with heart. This storyline is heavier than the cutesy cover would lead the reader to believe, but it was executed with nuance.

As a litfic reader, I enjoyed the role that the literary fiction genre played within the plot. The cult side storyline was really intriguing to me and fulfilled my desire for the “something extra” that I have often miss in other contemporary romances I’ve read. Grief, family, empathy, and growth were the prominent themes I connected with.

Of course this book will appeal to romance readers; I doubt I need to recommend it to existing fans of the genre. But if you’re like me and yearn for yearning but struggle to enjoy romance novels despite your best efforts, Beach Read just might be The One for you too. I really enjoyed it.

I don't understand why anything in the last 40% of the book happened but did enjoy the first part

we get it you don’t know how to talk to your fuck buddy