Enormously entertaining ... Offers a reprieve from our dystopian present reality ... There are some intriguing twists and turns—and a bit of soul-searching—along the way. But even during fraught moments, such as when a hurricane traps Alice in her rental cottage without power, Henry finds a way to infuse her pages with Ephronesque humor and a stimulating dose of eroticism ... Readers can count on Em-Hen to transport them to a kinder, sunnier, and funnier galaxy where happy endings can be counted on ... Henry’s magic elixir, it seems, is to return again and again to a simple boy-meets-girl formula while writing textured novels populated with vivid characters that never feel formulaic: she takes us back to a time when we believed, with all our being, that love conquers all. She also reminds us that a good, old-fashioned cry can be very revitalizing. Bring on the tissues!
At times, the romance feels a bit fast ... Henry...gives plenty of room for Alice to grow ... Complicated and emotional; sweet, sexy, and ultimately what you expect from the queen of contemporary romance: full of love. Henry would say that, at its core, so is this great, big, beautiful life we get to live.
Readers will love Alice and Hayden’s grumpy/sunshine dynamic, and Margaret’s life is equally ... Both longtime Henry fans and new romance readers will devour this rivals-to-lovers slow burn, one of Henry’s best to date.
Henry continues to burnish her reputation for fashioning sublimely satisfying love stories with another perfectly calibrated, delectably witty tale featuring endearingly quirky, thoughtfully nuanced characters, including the redoubtable Margaret, whose family’s history is deftly relayed in snippets stitched into the story line.
A substantially new spin on the usual Henry formula ... The compelling if expansive story-within-the-story at times threatens to overwhelm Alice and Hayden’s gorgeous, inexorable tumble into love. But their chemistry is just strong enough to sustain them both.
What begins as a charming if standard rom-com evolves into a hauntingly beautiful meditation on what makes a life well lived in the latest showstopper from Henry ... Poignant ... Plenty of Henry’s trademark wit and even a hint of mystery as the sparring hearts probe the veracity of Margaret’s tales. This is a stunner.
Both a steamy romance and a moving look at the sacrifices people make for love ... Alice and Hayden’s romance is a delightful slow burn and Henry, as always, shines when exploring family drama.
