Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they are books that have yet to be released. The meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week I'm highlighting Funny Story by Emily Henry.
From Goodreads: 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?
Emily Henry is probably my favorite romance writer, and her new book sounds like it will be all kinds of fun, I can always count on her to provide well-written characters, fun banter and an engaging love story with plenty of heart-fluttering moments. My Waterstones special edition is ordered, and I can't wait to add this little beauty to my Emily Henry collection. I'm predicting this will be a five-star read for me, and so I'm desperately waiting for the release date.
Funny Story will be released on April 23, 2024.
Check out the early reviews on Goodreads, or preorder the book at Amazon US / Amazon UK / Blackwells
I am counting the days to release. I've read and enjoyed all of her adult books. I already have a hold placed on Libby.
ReplyDeleteI love everything I've read by her as well. Let's hope we both enjoy Funny Story!
DeleteThis sounds adorable! So much so that I've ended up requesting an arc! Thank you for sharing and fingers crossed I get a copy:)).
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for this one to come out! Good luck on your request! Hope you get it!
DeleteI really need to read one of her novels. I have a couple already on my TBR shelves but haven't gotten to them yet. And this one sounds so adorable! I hope you enjoy Funny Story when you read it, Tonje!
ReplyDeleteThank you! You should check her out when you have the time. She really does write good romance novels.
DeleteI am lucky enough to have received an ALC of Funny Story and I’m listening (and loving it) now! I hope that you enjoy it too!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm so jealous, but I'm glad you're enjoying it so far! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy later this month!
DeleteI've been seeing this one around the blogs and it looks wonderful. I have it on my wish list. I hope you enjoy it.
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