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Named a Most Anticipated book of 2024 by TIME ∙ The New York Times ∙ Goodreads ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Today.com ∙ Paste ∙ SheReads ∙ BookPage ∙ Woman’s World ∙ The Nerd Daily and more!

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

 Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads —Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?

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I’ve been a fan of Henry’s since her first book, and she never disappoints. This book takes a crazy situation, makes it crazier, and then somehow it’s all normal after all. This writer has mad skills!

Daphne and Peter are engaged, but when his “best friend” Petra shows up after the bachelor party, Peter doesn’t hesitate for a second. He dumps Daphne and takes off with Petra, his best friend who now decides she wants to be his girlfriend. Except Daphne moved to this small Michigan town for Peter, and she has a great job that she loves as a children’s librarian and Peter gives her a week to move out. She ends up asking Petra’s ex, Miles, if he has room for her, and he does. They are both heartbroken and quickly become friends.

When Daphne and Miles are invited to Petra and Peter’s wedding, they decide to go together. One thing leads to another and Daphne ends up telling Peter that she and Miles are dating. The next thing you know, they really are dating. Everyone gets their happily ever after, but it’s the journey that makes this read so memorable.

Fans of romance subgenres like fake dating, forced proximity, small town romances, and steamy romances have all that to look forward to! Once again Henry gives us a romance with a surprising amount of heart and depth before we get to the happy ending. Highly recommend!

Enjoy this short interview, courtesy of the New York Times —

4/2024 Stacy Alesi, AKA the BookBitch

FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry. Berkley (April 23, 2024). ISBN: 978-0593441282. 400p.

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