Beach Read

by Emily Henry

368 pages

English language

Published Jan. 24, 2020 by Penguin Books, Limited.

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(40 reviews)

January is a hopeless romantic who narrates her life like she's the lead in a blockbuster movie.

Gus is a serious literary type who thinks true love is a fairy-tale.

But January and Gus have more in common than you'd think:

They're both broke. They've got crippling writer's block. And they need to write bestsellers before summer ends.

The result? A bet to swap genres and see who gets published first. The risk? In telling each other's stories, their worlds might be changed entirely...

5 editions

LunaReadsBooks reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

Somehow the least and most conventional romance novel I have ever read

5 stars

This was absolutely incredible!! The wild and random plot threads through out the book were my perfect kind of batshit crazy and all the characters have my heart forever. Emily Henry is 100% my favorite romance writer currently, I don’t know what she’s sprinkling into the pages of her books, but it’s wonderful. One of the easiest 5 star ratings of my life, loved every second.

nasamuffin, book enjoyer reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

Needed this one more than I realized just now

4 stars

Definitely had more depth than these tend to, but a good read. Alas only like.... three peppers.

megan reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

literally one of the best books i've ever read

5 stars

the drive in scene lives in my mind rentfree

patchworkbunny reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

Review of 'Beach Read' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I read Emily Henry's later books before this, so I can understand why some people were disappointed with them after Beach Read. They definitely have a different tone.

mayorbeetles reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

Review of 'Beach Read' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I thought it wouldn't like this book, but ended up really enjoying it. It was touching, had me tearing up at times, and the insights on literature/the life of an author were interesting.

mayorbeetles reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

Review of 'Beach Read' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I thought it wouldn't like this book, but ended up really enjoying it. It was touching, had me tearing up at times, and the insights on literature/the life of an author were interesting.

the_lirazel reviewed Beach Read by Emily Henry

Review of 'Beach Read' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

Hey guess what I continue to read contemporary romances even when they aren't my thing I DON'T KNOW WHY.

Anyway, this one was well written and emotionally engaging and not too cheesy, but tbh I was really just into the main characters' shared backstory that they were super obsessed with each other in undergrad but each thought the other hated them and Gus was such a teenage boy that he couldn't relate to her in any other way than criticizing her writing because he thought that showed that he took her seriously but she just thought he had contempt for her and January was so committed to not letting him know how much she was into him that she just refused to look at him and then one night they couldn't keep their eyes off of each other and BOOM goes the chemistry and then they can't keep their hands …