to be published January 7, 2025
This might be the perfect rom-com novel.
I would read ten more books about Emily and Jack. That’s how much I love these characters. I love the first two books in this series but this one takes the cake.
Emily and Jack have been competitive nemeses since college. They became second grade teachers at the Rome, KY elementary school with some series Anne and Gilbert vibes. He relocated to Nebraska with his fiancé Zoe; who was unfaithful and canceled their nuptials. So now Jack is back in town and happened to buy the house next door. Emily hasn’t told anyone that she has been secretly writing a romance novel for years. She struggles with depression and is careful not to let anyone get too close.
This is the best banter I have read in years, it was so obvious that these rivals were in love for the reader, but also very believable that they didn’t realize it themselves. I laughed, I cried. One of my favorite things about Sarah Adams is that she lets the reader know up front which chapters to skip if you “prefer to keep the bedroom door closed,” it’s so accessible if the steamy scenes aren’t your thing.
Perhaps my favorite thing is how well Sarah Adams is able to describe what depression feels like, Emily was extremely relatable. There is something so healing about reading in a book EXACTLY how you feel, seeing on a page the words that you have never been able to find.
Thanks to @netgalley and @randomhouse for the ARC. Book to be published January 7, 2025; you bet I preordered this from Barnes and Noble.
Where is the 6th star?
