My summary:

Elsy Merriweather has had a tough year. With a lackluster career as a part time English professor and a broken heart, the only thing keeping her going is looking forward to her annual book club getaway to a cabin in New York. When everyone else in the group bails on her, Elsy decides to still go on her own. On the way, a rainstorm comes up fast that forces her into a small town. And Elsy is shocked to find she’s in her favorite fictional town, the setting of a series that was left incomplete. 

My thoughts:

I love this book so much. So, so much. It really resonates with me. I love books with bookish references or themes, but this one takes the cake. Who wouldn’t want to find themselves in their favorite fictional book’s setting??!? And I liked it right off the bat, so I knew it would be a great one for me. 

I found this book to be so cute and fun. I just want to climb inside of it and live there forever! I love the premise of finding yourself lost in an incomplete favorite fictional series. It’s every readers dream come true, am I right? I think anyone who reads fiction to escape reality will really enjoy this book. 

I also love Ashley Poston’s idea that the readers, and each reader’s unique interpretation of a book, influence the book just as much as the author who wrote it. This take is everything. The idea that a book is different for everyone, and even the same person reading it at different times in their life, is so true. 

I did find some plot points to feel a bit abrupt. I didn’t feel a buildup of chemistry between Elsy and Anders that I would’ve liked. But, overall, I love the premise and bookish themes here so much that it’s still a five-star read for me. And somehow it left me an emotional mess, all the way through the Readers Guide at the end.