A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it… right up until the moment he realized he was in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Which is how Daphne is beginning her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.
Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?
But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex… right?
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Goodreads Choice Awards:
Winner for Readers’ Favorite Romance (2024),
Winner for Readers’ Favorite Audiobook (2024)
Angela’s Review:
Funny Story by Emily Henry shows the beauty in friendships and rediscovering oneself. It is a fun read and there’s a level of honesty in her characters. Henry’s books are never just about romantic relationships. Instead, she takes on how we can be affected by others in our lives. Where can trauma or loss stem from and how does that manifest into something else?
I’m not generally a romance novel kind of girl, but Henry’s books make a nice palate cleanser for me. This one was a quick read and I enjoyed both the plot and the characters. I give the book 4 stars.