Funny Story by Emily HenryMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hooter: The book version of Rihanna's we found love in a hopeless place.
I rarely do RomComs but hey, I do get out of my comfort zone once in a while and GoodReads win bolstered this book's ranking on my "Light reads" list. The ending is cliched but that's with all romcoms - the predictability of that cliche is why the genre survives. The dopamine hit of a feel good ending has to be contrasted with the trials and tribulations prior to that for that heightened sense of an enjoyable ending.
Emily takes an interesting premise of our main protagonist Daphne who is about to marry her fiance Peter- a Greek God of the modern dating world till he drops the bombshell that he has decided to marry his childhood best friend Petra instead. Daphne moves in with Miles - Petra's ex boyfriend and is the exact opposite of Daphne. Being complete opposites yet united by a common tragedy, they learn more about each other and in that journey learn more about themselves. There was a phase of intense lovemaking that carried on for pages which felt a tad overboard in the scheme of the entire book.
Emily creates extremely flawed yet loveable characters (except the villains of this story Peter and Petra) making their challenges in dealing with family and life relatable and makes for a fun(ny) read.
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