Reading Moonlit Pages

Hey everyone! My latest review is for the upcoming novel by Emily Henry: Beach Read. Coming out on  May 19th 2020!  5 SHINY, WONDERFUL, FILLED WITH TEARS OF JOY STARS!  Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Beach Read is quite possibly my favourite book I’ve read this year so far, and it has definitely made its way to my top 5 all time favourite books!  "Bad things don't dig down through your life until the pit's so deep that nothing good will ever be big enough to make you happy again. No matter how much shit, there will always be wildflowers."  I went into this book without any specific expectations, I only wanted to read it and let the story envelop and surprise me. And I could not be more pleased!  Beach Read follows January and Gus, both published writers who have found themselves struggling to put their next story onto paper due to mishaps in their personal life. And so they ...

3.5/4 out of 5 stars.  I finished this book really late at night a few days ago and I have been really struggling to figure out a review to write for it.  The start of this story comes to us really really slowly. I found myself getting tired of the constant reiteration of the character's thoughts and situations. After the 50th time of a character saying that this is their plan and this is what they are going to do, you can kind of just really get tired of it. I think this was my main problem with the story. For the first half of the book we are constantly told the same exact thing every few pages and it disengaged me from the plot line a little.  BUT, I loved the diversity in this book and the concept of the story is incredible. A boarding school full of kids whose parents are filthy rich but the kids are actually all secretly damaged and kind instead of being mean? SIGN ME UP.  I did really love the characters in this and the aspects relate...