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Dear Reader,
My name is Isabelle Louisa Edgewood--Izzy, for short. I live by blue-tinted mountains, where I find contentment in fresh air and books. Oh, and coffee and tea, of course. And occasionally in being accosted by the love of my family. (You'll understand my verb choice in the phrase later.) I dream of opening my own bookstore, but my life, particularly my romantic history, has not been the stuff of fairy tales. Which is probably why my pregnant, misled, matchmaking cousin--who, really, is more like my sister--signed me up for an online dating community.
The trouble is . . . it worked. I've met my book-quoting Mr. Right, and our correspondence has been almost too good to be true. But Brodie lives across an ocean. And just the other day, a perfectly nice author and professor named Eli came into the library where I work and asked me out for a coffee. I feel a rom-com movie with a foreboding disaster nipping at my heels.
But I've played it safe for a long time. Maybe it's time for me to be as brave as my favorite literary heroines. Maybe it's time to take the adventures from the page to real life. Wish me luck.
Authentically,
Izzy
Escape into this fun love letter to books and the people who love them. You'll be sure to laugh out loud and swoon for bookish Brodie as you feel the weight lifted from your shoulders with this sweet, low-spice but high sizzle rom-com.
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DNFing this book @40% coz I can't read it anymore😭Ngl, I loved the first 20% that I read - it was so funny and witty, I was grinning and smiling all the time. The exchanges between the protagonists were so sweet and I was super invested in the plot. But after some time, I was just skimming through the dragged conversations.Even though I loved the conversation style initially, it became boring pretty fast. There was just so much unnecessary information and the pages-long paragraphs...omg😓 Plus, who interacts through emails in this century? It felt really out of touch...Also, what's up with all the PS, PPS, and PPPPSSS??😩Moreover, there is a love triangle which I don't like but there was no chemistry in any of the couples. For some time, I was captivated by Izzy-Brodie's interactions and couldn't stop laughing when Izzy wrote long-ass paragraphs telling about her life events to Brodie, a stranger😂 but it too became repetitive.I couldn't connect with any character but liked Izzy's personality a bit coz she stood up to Josephine every time she tried to belittle her - be it about Izzy's looks, habits and whatnot, Josephine was so nosy and obnoxious that I wanted to hit her. Izzy was strong and a little mess with cheerful vibes, which I liked about her.Brodie gave me such calm and collected vibes in all the parts I read of him but even his impact started becoming dull after some time. I have no idea about Eli because I was not interested in his story at all. Out of all the side characters, Luke is the best😌It's not that I have not read any epistolary novels before, I have! and love the writing style but it didn't work in this one. This is a miss for me and I'm super disappointed😔 because I had high hopes. But many people have loved it, so do give it a try. Maybe, you'll like it too!...or maybe I'll pick it up again someday but for now, dnf-ing it.Thanks to Pepper Basham, Thomas Nelson--FICTION and NetGalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review. This book will be published on 15th Nov'22.P.S.😉: I'm sure Pepper Basham is an incredible author and I'll read her other works but this one didn't work for me. I'm giving 2 stars✨ for the starting part that I enjoyed to the fullest.