@storyseekers event 15: character that i relate to — january andrews, beach read
“it’s not about what’s happened. it’s about how you cope with things, who you are. you’ve always been this fierce fucking light, and even when you’re at your worst, when you feel angry and broken, you still know how to be a person. how to tell people you- you love them.”
Does anyone know why Emily Henry’s books have different endings depending on if it’s a UK or US version? Does it happen for Book Lovers too? Because I am reading the US one and it seems people tend to prefer the UK endings :( But WHY???
People were complicated. They weren’t math problems; they were collections of feelings and decisions and dumb luck. The world was complicated too, not a beautifully hazy French film, but a disastrous, horrible mess, speckled with brilliance and love and meaning.
maybe, for example, you didn’t have much control over your life as a kid. so, to avoid disappointment, you learned never to ask yourself what you truly wanted. and it worked for a long time. only now, upon realizing you didn’t get what you didn’t know you wanted, you’re barreling down the highway in a midlife-crisis-mobile with a suitcase full of cash and a man named stan in your trunk.
when you love someone,” he said haltingly, “… you want to make this world look different for them. to give all the ugly stuff meaning, and amplify the good. that’s what you do. for your readers. for me. you make beautiful things, because you love the world, and maybe the world doesn’t always look how it does in your books, but … i think putting them out there, that changes the world a little bit. and the world can’t afford to lose that
- perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Mariana Zapata
- fake dating
- enemies to lovers
- grumpyxsunshine
- guy fell first
2. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- hate-to-love relationship
- the sick scene is *double thumbs up
- grumpyxsunshine
- shared one office
3. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- grumpyxsunshine
- fake dating
- Age gap
- women in science
- the friendships you wish you have
4. People We Meet On Vacation
- friends to lovers
- Harry Meets Sally x Love Rosie Vibe
- have one of the best heroine speech
- a feel good - tearjerker story (at least for me)
5. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- the autism rep is good
- cool inclusion of Vietnamese culture
- fake dating
- perfect blend of sweet and steamy
- trigger warnings: anxiety attacks, abandonment, a fatphobic comment or insult, and someone telling someone else about a person’s diagnosis
6. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
- cute smutty romance
- with high functioning autistic and geeky hero who’s struggles and passion for his few interest is genuine
- with uneducated Vietnamese immigrant heroine who’s hard not to love
- shatters ignorant stereotypes as you witness internal battle, growth and love
7. The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
- two individuals from different worlds that cross paths towards the way of healing and learning more about each other for the betterment of their individual selves
- beautiful emotional book
- elicited an emotional reaction a few times which meant something right?
8. . Kulti by Mariana Zapata
- age gap
- slow burn
- grumpy hero
- awesome heroine
9. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
- slow burn
- fake dating (more like a fake marriage but it’s legal)
- have interesting side characters
- fun banter and bickering
10. From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata
- hero and heroine seemed to hate each other on the surface
- slow burn
- the main characters are figure skaters
- great character development
11. All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
- slow burn
- age gap
- grumpy landlord x sunshine tenant
- great storytelling
- fun and heartwarming
12. Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
- book 2 of The Simple Wild
- bearded bush pilot
- tackles couples journey in overcoming their domestic problems
- with great and interesting side characters
13. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
- bearded fisherman from Washington x fashionable influencer from L.A.
- the romance was to die for
- did not expect to be steamy because of that cute cover
That feeling that you can’t start a new book even if you want because your mind keeps thinking about the last one you read, you keep thinking about the protagonists, you remember scenes, you just loved the story so much that you still can’t overcome it to read another one.
