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.
