She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. Beach Read Book SummaryĪugustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. To see other books by Emily Henry, click here. (I’m including this fun fact because I’m a Buckeye. She studied creative writing at Hope College and the New York Center for Art & Media Studies and now spends most of her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the part of Kentucky just beneath it. She writes stories about love and family for both teens and adults (which I personally love because I can still get into a good YA book at 36 years old.) If you’re wondering what makes a book a “beach read”, click here. Oprah Magazine named it one of the top 29 beach reads of 2020. I kept reading because I couldn’t wait to see what happened next! About Beach Readīeach Read became an instant New York Times bestseller when it was published in May of 2020. Beach Read by Emily Henry is a quick, fun read that will have you rooting for the two main characters from start to finish.

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