books like the people we meet on vacation

In my kind of romantic novels, there is no bodice ripping or vampires - but, hey, good for you if that’s your thing –– instead, my kind of novels are like if literary fiction had a breezy, flirtatious younger sister.

When I say I read romantic novels, people assume I mean grocery store paperbacks, but that could not be further from the truth. I love blockbuster movies starring celebs with shiny teeth and perfect hair. I love indie rom-coms about people falling in love while wearing overalls and studying at liberal arts colleges. I am indiscriminate as to whom, where or how fictional characters profess their love for each other - I only insist that they do. My streaming service recommendation algorithms have given up on selling me anything without at least a secondary plot of romance. I scan book reviews waiting for a hint of romance in the narrative. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship.If every genre but romantic comedy suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth, absolutely nothing about my media consumption would change. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together-lay everything on the table, make it all right. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. For most of the year they live far apart-she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown-but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. She has insatiable wanderlust he prefers to stay home with a book. One last chance to fall in love.įrom the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago Tribune ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookPage ∙ BookBub ∙ Betches ∙ SheReads ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Business Insider ∙ Real Simple ∙ Frolic ∙ and more! !

A TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON SUMMER READS NOMINEE!

Books like the people we meet on vacation