
I had been looking forward to Book Lovers even before the start of the year. With a back drop of books and publishing, it’s setting seemed just perfect. As the author says in the book, Is there anything better than iced coffee and a book store on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a book store on a rainy day! This truly echoes my sentiment and hence the eagerness for this book.
Book Lovers is largely circling the tried & tested trope of small town romance that involves saving a local business and falling for a local guy in the process. At first, I was wondering if the book is trying to dispel this, or is it itself one of the same?
The book takes a magnificent start with Dusty’s novel Once In A Lifetime – that follows the same trope – becoming a runaway success. …