Ok, gather round because I want to say a thing about Emily Henry& #39;s Beach Read, which is out today. I finished it this weekend on a patch of sunny concrete on day 64 of quarantine and I am not exaggerating when I say that it is magnificent. (Thread)

When her father dies and leaves her a secret lake house where he lived with a woman who was not her mother, January (our heroine) does what any of us would do -- she heads out there to clean it out and sell it and not think about what it all means.

Of course, that& #39;s never going to work, January. But you do what you want. She& #39;s a romance novelist who has been blocked since her father& #39;s death, and she has plans to clean the house and write an HEA at the same time. Cue me: Wow. That is also not going to work, January.

BUT WAIT. Next door, there& #39;s a MAN. He& #39;s (obviously) handsome and (obviously) grumpy but *also* a writer and the kind who writes Very Important Novelshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="™️" title="Trade mark sign" aria-label="Emoji: Trade mark sign">. BUT WAIT. He is *also* blocked. He& #39;s also very opposedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="™️" title="Trade mark sign" aria-label="Emoji: Trade mark sign"> to love (obviously).

So January and Gus make a deal. He will write an HEA. She will write a Very Important Novelhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="™️" title="Trade mark sign" aria-label="Emoji: Trade mark sign">. He will teach her about Existential Suffering. She will teach him about Romance. And they will write. And absolutely not fall in love because who has time for that.

Y& #39;all, this book is GREAT. The dialogue is sparkling, the romance is tummy-flipping. I laughed out loud multiple times. There& #39;s a make out session that is pure https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">. Gus is a Romance Hero, capital letters intended. They are adorable.

But this is January& #39;s story. She& #39;s dealing with her father& #39;s death, his secrets, the idea that she& #39;ll never fully understand him, the fact that her mother isn& #39;t quite who she thought she was, and of course, her own identity. She has to rebuild herself. And she has to do it alone.

It is an exceptional book. I am so grateful that it found me out here on day 64.

Beach Read, out today:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ADBDnH 
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‎Beach Read

‎Romance · 2020

https://amzn.to/2ADBDnH