Funny Story
By Emily Henry
- Release Date: 2024-04-23
- Genre: Romantic Comedies
Description
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Named a Most Anticipated book of 2024 by TIME ∙ The New York Times ∙ Goodreads ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Today ∙ Paste ∙ SheReads ∙ BookPage ∙ Woman's World ∙ The Nerd Daily and more!
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 actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Which is how Daphne begins 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?
Reviews
Enjoyable Read
5By Freida44The characters are very likable.Cute rom-com
5By Saleemm90What’s not to like about this story! Unexpected match made in heavenCouldn’t put this down
5By nounskyLiterally the best book I’ve read in a while!Great Book
5By Erica De SilvaThis was a really enjoyable, well-written book that I couldn’t put down. Loved it!!Quirky rom-com
5By rocky022Cute story of 2 strangers who fall in love under unexpected circumstance.Loove
5By lexikrekorianLoved itCute concept but way too long
2By VVMRDUToo many characters who have no real meaning yet take up pages and pages of content making a sweet read take forever.SO GOOD
5By jyusef123I chose the sample of this Emily Henry’s book Funny Story on a whim. I didn’t intend on reading a ton. I was looking for something to do and had some time to spare. About halfway through the sample, I realized I needed this book. I fell in love with the characters and Henry’s humor. I hope you enjoy this quick read as much as I did. *warning: if you’re on TikTok a lot, this book will keep you from it!*Cheesy
1By KesslerLSU1518CheesyA lovely book about a book lover
4By Not-a-kidThis was so nice to read. The development of the relationship just flowed naturally and felt like how it actually happens in real life. The complexity of human emotions with different types of relationships, especially when things go sideways, was portrayed so well. There’s obviously the love story part as well but this book has more than just romance in it. It has life lessons and perspective.
