Surely it’s not funny in my recap, but Henry does an absolute perfect job with the timing and delivery her jokes are well-integrated into the narration and dialogue. The purse wine killed me and her growing horror at the book club was capped off by the dog farting on her The scene at the book club meeting had me in a fit of the giggles. January’s dry wit coupled with Henry’s excellent timing created some truly hilarious narration. January is almost constantly ribbing Gus at one point she asks him, “what do you weigh, Gus? Three beer cans, some bones, and a cigarette?” January and Gus both have a wry sense of humor and the banter between them was always entertaining. But Henry had me actually laughing out loud at several points. Maybe I’m a miser, but so many of those books are barely funny. People around the sub are always talking about humor and clever, witty banter. Not this one!įirst, this book was fucking funny.

Typically I don’t read a lot of contemporary romance it feels so cheesy and contrived a lot of the time. I fucking loved this book for so many reasons. There will be spoilers wherever possible I have used spoiler tags, but those things are incredibly fickle so proceed at your own risk. I wanted to read it, so I figured why the hell not?įine Print: This is not an Official Thing TM so don’t blame the mods. It was published in May of this year, so it’s still pretty new, but it seems to be favored highly by those who have read it and definitely experienced a burst of popularity not too long ago. This book isn’t technically a sub favorite. This time I’m dragging Beach Read by Emily Henry. Welcome to another installment of 🎉Drag🎉Your🎉Favorites🎉, the review series where we talk about The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of r/romancebooks popular titles.

Beach read by emily henry summary