2.5

By the Book

Julia Sonneborn
Book
February
2021

Review:

I think this book could have been so much better. The author clearly had too many ideas that she put all in one book. It would have been so much better If she had just focused on one of them. Like only have an ex as the college president and a dad with dementia. There were just too many variables that diluted the actual story. She also tried to tell a story through emails, but it was not executed very well. I think this book could have been so much better if someone had told her to choose between everything going on. If she had done that, she could have made 5 books out of this one. Overall not sure if I would read this again.

Trigger Warnings:
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Synopsis From Book:

Anne Corey is about to get schooled. An English professor in California, she’s determined to score a position on the coveted tenure track at her college. All she’s got to do is get a book deal, snag a promotion, and boom! She’s in. But then Adam Martinez—her first love and ex-fiancé—shows up as the college’s new president. Anne should be able to keep herself distracted. After all, she’s got a book to write, an aging father to take care of, and a new romance developing with the college’s insanely hot writer-in-residence. But no matter where she turns, there’s Adam, as smart and sexy as ever. As the school year advances and her long-buried feelings begin to resurface, Anne begins to wonder whether she just might get a second chance at love. Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austen’s classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past...and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all.
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