After seeing Beach Read pop up on my instagram feed more than a few times, I decided that destiny wanted me to read this book. And OH MY it did not disappoint. Bloody brilliant.
Thoughts:
Beach Read has such a unique story line as it gives us a snippet into the thought process behind two authors of very different genres and their process of writing a new book. I absolutely loved the two main characters, and this was one of my favourite aspects of the book.I specifically love a rom com where the two main characters have some sort of history, and Gus and January certainly have a history! They are complete opposites in all ways, and their banter is so fun. There was one moment mid way through where my heart was throbbing for January, and it was just beautifully written.
In a nutshell: I absolutely loved reading this story and I was dying for Gus and January to keep spending more time together all the way through! The way the 'new book' was tied into the story was super clever and really different. The story was the perfect mix of romance, humour and raw messy life snippets, with two beautifully wonderful characters that you love from the first moment.
Steaminess level: Medium- sexual content is steamy and saucy.
Stars: 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Favourite quote: “You know that feeling, when you're watching someone sleep and you feel overwhelmed with joy that they exist?”
On the cover:
Illustration: Sandra Chui
Published by: May 2020 Penguin/ Berkley
Blurb:
A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.
Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.
They're polar opposites.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.
Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
Thoughts:
Beach Read has such a unique story line as it gives us a snippet into the thought process behind two authors of very different genres and their process of writing a new book. I absolutely loved the two main characters, and this was one of my favourite aspects of the book.I specifically love a rom com where the two main characters have some sort of history, and Gus and January certainly have a history! They are complete opposites in all ways, and their banter is so fun. There was one moment mid way through where my heart was throbbing for January, and it was just beautifully written.
In a nutshell: I absolutely loved reading this story and I was dying for Gus and January to keep spending more time together all the way through! The way the 'new book' was tied into the story was super clever and really different. The story was the perfect mix of romance, humour and raw messy life snippets, with two beautifully wonderful characters that you love from the first moment.Steaminess level: Medium- sexual content is steamy and saucy.
Stars: 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Favourite quote: “You know that feeling, when you're watching someone sleep and you feel overwhelmed with joy that they exist?”
On the cover:
Illustration: Sandra Chui
Published by: May 2020 Penguin/ Berkley
Blurb:
A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.
They're polar opposites.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.
Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
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