Funny Story

 Funny Story by Emily Henry (2024, 400 pages)

I admit I was hesitant to try Emily Henry, but I'm glad I did. This was arbitrarily chosen as my first book of hers because it was the first available on Libby (all her books have long wait lists!).

Daphne needed a place to live after her now ex fiancé left her for his lifelong best friend. I mean, I could have told her not to marry this guy -- they had moved in together way too soon and had been together two years total. But anyway, what better place to move into than Miles, now bear with me: her ex fiancé's new girl's ex boyfriend. Sure, they're in the same situation. He has a spare room and needs help with rent. She needs to cope.

Miles is introduced as just some guy. I didn't even think he was the love interest. But as both Miles and Daphne recover from their breakups, they're invited to their exes wedding. To each other. Yuck. And what better way to get revenge is to pretend to be dating? We all know how that works out. The fake glances become real, longing looks. They fake kiss was too good. The weekly dates are causing some feelings to surface.

Suuuuper cute, a little sexy, and fun to read! Obligatory goofy characters and deep familial lore. Great narration from the audiobook reader.

(Minor spoilers) The ONLY reason this didn't get 5 stars is because of the miscommunication trope at the very end. If y'all had just like. Exchanged a couple sentences this all would have been fine!