Nora Stephens' life revolves on literature, and she is not the typical heroine. Not the courageous one, the laid-back ideal girl, or the darling. In truth, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she secures lucrative agreements as a ruthless literary agent, and for her adored little sister Libby. 

 

Which is why, when Libby asks her for a sisters' vacation away, she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August, with ideas of a small town metamorphosis for Nora, who she's persuaded has to become the heroine in her own narrative. Instead of picnics in the countryside or encounters with a lovely country doctor or a bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps running across Charlie Lastra, a bookish moody editor from the city. 

 

It would be a meet-cute if they hadn't met so many times before and it had never been cute. If Nora recognizes that she isn't an ideal heroine, Charlie recognizes that he isn't anyone's hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences that no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover may just unravel the carefully crafted stories they've written about themselves. 

 

In a nutshell, I absolutely adored this book. A book about books automatically piques my curiosity, so I had no trouble getting into this one. Emily Henry stated in the acknowledgements that she was heavily inspired by Hallmark movies, which I can absolutely understand. The novel has a strong Hallmark feel about it. I adored Nora and Charlie as characters. I felt a strong resemblance to both of them. 

 

I watched a video months ago that said this book is for the oldest siblings, and I can understand why. Nora's difficulties as the oldest sister were identical to mine as the oldest sister. Her love and devotion to Libby was immensely relatable. 

 

This, in my opinion, is the best Emily Henry novel. I've never seen people so divided over a particular book as they were over this one. Personally, I thought it was fantastic. It had everything I had been looking for in a novel in a long time. It's not for everyone because the characters may be too unlikable or workaholic for others, but I related to Nora to such an extent that I simply adored her.