‘Love, Holly’ by Emily Stone
Published: September 26, 2023
Publisher: Random House Publishing
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance
Format: e-book
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Synopsis
Sometimes it takes a stranger to bring you back to yourself.
Ever since a car accident tore her family apart, Holly has been part of a lonely-hearts holiday letter–writing club. Each December, she writes to a stranger who is also spending Christmas alone, and receives a letter from another lonely person in return.
Usually, the letters go unanswered. That’s the point—the letters are anonymous, and the senders write whatever is in their heart. But this year, the letter Holly receives is different; not only is the letter full of a grief she knows all too well, but its writer, Emma, mentions a place that Holly has visited. When she realizes that she might actually be able to find the letter’s author, Holly becomes determined to reunite Emma with the estranged grandson, Jack, with whom Emma is desperate to reconnect.
When Holly finally tracks him down, she remembers that she’s met Jack once before . . . and the connection was electric. The spark between the two of them is still there—until a misunderstanding risks their burgeoning romance and his strained relationship with Emma, too. But Holly is determined; if she can fix Emma’s family, she might also be able to fix her own. Though as it turns out, Holly might have less time to put things right than she thought.
My Thoughts
‘Love, Holly’ was a book I was not expecting to hit how hard it did emotionally. Due to how emotional this book was it did take me longer to read. Not because the writing was horrible, the writing in this book is phenomenal. It’s just after a long day of work you don’t want to read something so heavy emotionally. If a book hits you that hard emotionally that shows I’m not lying when I say the writing is out of this world.
Now I also waited to pick up this book closer to the holiday season. With the book’s cover and it’s description, I thought it took place throughout the holiday season. It does do that but it keeps going throughout the months and years to show what happens to the characters how the universe brings everyone together and how everything is tied together by a string (cue Taylor Swift’s “Invisible String”).
Even tho ‘Love, Holly’ is heavy on feelings I think this one you need to pick up. I am giving it a solid four stars and it’s not all too heavy and sad. A few sizzle moments help give this book a one-on-the-sizzle rating. Emily Stone does an amazing job grabbing you into the story and you will be happy to have read the book at the end. ‘Love, Holly’ is out now and available wherever you get your books.
**I would like to thank NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the ARC copy of this book. Getting the ARC Copy did not influence my thoughts on the book as they are all my own.**
