An enjoyable romance, with good character development and engaging plot. I recommend it specially if you like romance books in general.

Who doesn't love a book about books???? This is a lovely "feel-good" novel.. perfect to read on a quiet Sunday afternoon. This book is meant to be a romance and there definitely is a spark that takes place between two characters, but that's really a very small part of this novel.. so don't pick it up if you are expecting a juicy nerdy romance read.

Maybe this was my fault, but I thought this would be a quick easy romance. This was not quick, easy, or a romance. There was no excitement or happiness in this book at all. I tried off and on for a couple months to finish this book and only made it 30% of the way through and DNF.

find some aspects of the plot to be somewhat predictable, and the pacing could have been improved in certain sections. Overall, I would recommend this novel to anyone who loves books and enjoys a sweet romance, but I think it falls just shy of being a truly standout novel in its genre

Must love Books wasn't what I expected it to be from the cover or the blurb.
I expected a light read, but it got very heavy in parts. That didn't put me off. It is well written, believable characters and moral dilemmas. Overall I enjoyed it.

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK: Must Love Books
AUTHOR: Shauna Robinson
FORMAT: eBook
RATING: DNF (did not finish)

MY THOUGHTS

I started this book and found that I had a lot of difficulty connecting to the story. I did not finish it, not for lack of quality of the book but more so that I felt it was a “right book wrong time” situation where I wasn’t in the right mindset for this one at this time! Hopefully will be picking it back up in the future!

Unfortunately this was more of a miss than a hit for me. The concept is cute and totally drew me in - a book about books! About bookish people?! Ever meta and fun! Sadly, it didn’t hold my interest, only the idea the book centred on. I’m still happy and thankful to have read this book.

This was a cute bookish themed book. I have always thought the publishing world seems glamorous. This book shows the "real" version of the world, and it's not as glamorous as it might seem. Parts of this cracked me up in the book, especially the parts that talked about authors. A lot of times we turn authors into celebrities, because they are, but they are also real people. and the character of Andrew really shows this clearly. I liked that part so much!

Thank you so much to Net Galley and Sourcebooks Landmark for a gifted e-copy of this book!

Must Love Books is the kind of literary romance we need more of. As much an exploration of the millennial coming of age as it is a tender portrait of chemistry and falling in love, Robinson's writing is lovely and refreshing. Read my interview with the author here: https://culturess.com/2022/01/18/author-shauna-robinson-must-love-books/

Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I did not read Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson through an educator lens.

Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books was one I really looking forward to. I liked the characters and the inside look at the publishing world. I liked the banter and the storyline. It just felt like the same day over and over and it was fine. I read it, I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it.

Super cute and easy to read story. Loved the main character in this one. So well done and you don’t want to put it down.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy.

What a great debut. We all know I’ve discovered Romance (I still don’t classify some as Romance), and I read this book in two days. Cute story. Loved Nora and I can totally understand how she felt. Loved Santos too. He was the cookie cutter type of guy that just happened to be at the right place at right time. I look forward to Robinson’s next book.

This is a hard one for me to talk about. Whilst I loved many aspects of this books especially the fact it's about books, I found our main character very hard to like or care about. When I have a disconnect to characters I find it difficult to fully enjoy the experience but this was still a 3 star read.

Loved loved this book!! I was expecting more romance but at the same time I truly enjoyed Nora's self discovery and acceptance throughout the whole book! I feel like both main characters were so realistic, I could actually feel and relate to their struggles, thoughts and worries. Truly enjoyed this read!

This book was fine. It wasn’t overly good and it wasn’t overly bad. It was just fine. I liked Nora, but I also found myself annoyed with her. Andrew was fine, but I wasn’t really rooting for them.

I liked this book but one issue I had with it is that Nora's mental health seemed to take a backseat to everything else. It felt like it was mentioned as an afterthought and then mentioned sporadically.

this was just not for me. I could not finish the book. I wish it would have moved a little faster. I was hoping for something different.

Thank you, Netgalley and the publisher, for the eARC!

Shauna Robinson should be an auto-buy author for anyone interested and captivated by soft narratives that explore starting over, finding yourself, and figuring out what matters. The bookish element to the novels I've read so far are also a quiet love letter to those of us who still find wonder and comfort between the pages of a book.

Shauna Robinson is a new to me author, I have to say I am looking forward to reading more by her! I loved this book!

I started and then put Must Love Books down several times, but ultimately just couldn't get into it. The premise sounded really intriguing but the beginning was so slow and it just didn't grab my attention enough to want to continue.

DNF @ 32%