It’s a fairly small shop and their selection of new books is not extensive, to be honest. However, each and every title they offer is worth the real estate it takes up in this shop. If you want your refreshments to be bookish themes too, you’ll have no problem in London, here are some of the best places to get coffee and afternoon tea to enhance your London itinerary even further! 5 London Literary Afternoon Teas: nora is me. i can’t describe her another way. i have never read a character who so closely resembles my personality (frances from conversation with friends resembles the way i think + my self reflections, but nora’s personality is just completely me). emily henry crawled inside my brain and took my thoughts and my experiences. wow.

when she moved to romance, her books felt less like My Books, ones written specifically for me, but it was kind of wonderful to see them be The Book for so many other people. not only that, but this book has THE best banter and chemistry i have ever seen. and i don’t mean that lightly. and charlie. i promised i’d elaborate on charlie in my pre-review, so here is me trying to sum up just how much i love him. Anyone else experience slight breathing problems when they are *that* immersed in a story? Because the writing is so good and the characters are even good-er and you can’t wrap your mind around the fact that a story like this exists because of how well it speaks to you? If only the book was solely about them, however this book also focuses on Nora’s complex dynamic with her younger sister, Libby, and while I think that dynamic was well explored I personally simply did not care. It takes up so much of the narrative and so much mental space for Nora that her romance actually felt like a side plot to her relationship with Libby. The story just did not feel balanced particularly because it is marketed as a romance and her relationship with Charlie is not centralized nearly as much as her relationship with Libby. reading this made me stupidly optimistic that maybe i can too find a very hot and swoon-worthy guy who can deal with me in all my control freak, neurotic, workaholic, bitchy city girl glory. one can dream.This is absolutely best work of the author and probably my winner for 2022 best romance reads that earned my full vote for Goodreads Awards Choice in romance category!

I knew the last third of the book would feature their inevitable sex scene, but before we got to the Big Penetration Sensation, the moment that would wrap this book up with a bow, I was finally trapped by too many irritating things. They piled up to a height I couldn’t ignore; a height that cast a m o s t a g g r i e v e d shadow over the nice and tidy nothing special five-orgasms-in-one-sex-scene sex scene. It’s never taken effort—that’s what made me fall in love with reading: the instant floating sensation, the dissolution of real-world problems, every worry suddenly safely on the other side of some metaphysical surface.” Elephant House calls itself the “birthplace of Harry Potter”, which isn’t strictly true, but that hasn’t stopped droves of tourists from visiting each day. Emily henry’s writing is so unique to me and refreshing. she’s always been one of my comfort authors. i feel like she’s THAT white woman who is MY white woman. she writes for poc first, i’m convinced. she deserves to get her ass ate for birthing this masterpiece that’s all.

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Also this book is incredibly meta and because the characters are in the publishing industry, they are hyper aware of the character archetypes and narrative tropes they fall into. Which is cute at first but felt a bit grating to me after a while. i suppose i can admit that there is some growth on the part of nora. she chases her dreams, lets a man into her life, and finally lets her grown ass sister be a grown ass adult. Elephant House has become one of Edinburgh’s most popular cafes over the years thanks to one very famous former visitor – J.K. Rowling. This Victorian Gothic monument is dedicated to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. After his death in 1832, a competition was held to design a monument to this famous Scotsman. Inside you’ll find an exhibition exploring the Scottish Reformation as well as the centre’s bookshop. If interested, you can also arrange a guided tour of the house. History buffs won’t want to miss out on this historical gem in the centre of Edinburgh.

i don’t think the way i 100% related to nora will ever be replicated in any other book (this book and conversation with friends will always be it for me). Maybe it’s possible to have more than one home. Maybe it’s possible to belong in a hundred different ways to a hundred different people and places.” i love charlie, who passes my single requirement for romance novel love interests with flying colors. (this single requirement is, of course, being obsessed beyond logic with our main character.)The Scottish Storytelling Centre is the world’s first purpose-built modern centre for live storytelling. The city has connections to historic Edinburgh writers such as Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott as well as modern authors such as Ian Rankin and J.K.Rowling so there’s something for every kind of book lover. If you’re wondering about the cafe’s name, you only need to put one foot in the door to understand why it’s called “Elephant House”. There are over 600 model elephants of varying sizes inside this cafe! There’s also a little souvenir shop you can spend your money in. There’s a usually a massive line waiting to get a photo with the luggage so if you’re ok with that maybe grab a coffee to stand with, there are plenty of cafes and food places in the station. Find Word on the Water I’m gonna stop my blabbering session! Just read it, buy to your all loved ones! This is unique literature feast that you shouldn’t miss out! Pure definition of perfection!

Outside of that though, this was a hit. In addition to the usual stuff I like, I also really appreciated how the author made use of their careers-- she a literary agent, he an editor --to challenge, point fun at, and subvert the romance genre's tropes.

Magical,delightful, andutterly one of a kind:Emily Henry’s writing is a gift to the world. I’ve loved every single one of her books more than the previous, to the point that I cannot wait to see what her next title will do to me!”