Beach Read (an oldie but goodie) by Emily Henry

Beach Read by Emily Henry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In the past, if you were to ask me what my favorite Emily Henry book was, I would tell you without hesitation that it was this one. When I first read it back when it was released in 2020, I devoured it in one day and LOVED it. However, at that time, I didn't write a review because, well, I really usually only write reviews for books that I read advanced copies of, and this was not one of those.

Recently, I have gotten in the habit of going back and listening to some books that I have loved. I OD'd on political podcasts over the course of the last year, and now I like to spend my driving time listening to audiobooks, and this has given me the wonderful opportunity to revisit some of my old friends like Abby Jimenez's masterpieces and some of my favorites from Christina Lauren, and I have spent the last ten days or so listening to Beach Read. I am happy to report that it is still my favorite Emily Henry book.

Everything I loved about this book is still true. The setting, the characters, the plot...the way this author can just transport me into the middle of her story. The narrator for this audiobook is amazing. And because it had been 4 1/2 years since I had read the book, while I still had the impressions of what I loved about the book, I didn't have total recall of all the details, so rereading it was almost like reading it again for the first time. While Emily Henry has given us some wonderful works in the years since this one, I don't know that any will ever compare to this, my first. I once again give it an enthusiastic five stars and have loved the time I spent immersed in it.

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