This was sweet, and it was interesting to imagine the story of Margaret Wise Brown. The writing fell a bit flat for me. Sometimes I wanted a little more depth to the story, but I still had an enjoyable experience reading.

June Anderson is a succesfullNew York business woman of a bank. Her great-aunt Ruby has passed away recently, and in her will is stated that June will inherit Bluebird Books, the smalltown Seattle children’s bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s. But June sees this more like an oppurtunit, be it her expertise in this field, to determine the fate of this bookstore, which isn't looking good as it didn't go very well with it the last few years and the estate has to be sold. June says her live in New York goodbye and moves to the small town in Seattle where Bluebird is located to inspect what has to be done.

When she uncovers a secret Ruby kept hidden - her friendship with Margaret Wise Brown and the true story of how Goodnight Moon came to be - June finds herself enchanted. Letters between Ruby and Margaret are found by June and tells her more about her own history. Beside this, June's sister Amy's is ill (and pregnant) and will pass away soon, and someone has to be found to take care of Amy's daughter. Due to the fact that June's former fiancee cheated on June when June found them together making out, June is hestitant to visit Amy in her final days. Opposite of the bookstore is an Italian restaurant. From the first day on the owner, Gavin is friendly, helps June and leaves Italian meals for her and a romance starts between the two. Could June let her past g and go for this new live in Seattle?

I was very impressed by this beautiful story! I have read another book by Sarah Jio recently which I liked a lot, and so I was very curios for Goodnight June. The plot was amazing and very entertaining, with lots of plot twists. What I absolutely liked was the cute romance that started between June and Gavin and how Gavin treated her from the beginning with food from his restaurant that he cooked for her. That was soo cute! The letters where nice, but at some point to long and a bit distracting from the story. Sarah Jio portrays Bluebird books very well, I could just imagine it as a very cozy and homy children's book store, very opposite to the cold banking world where June is coming from which was a nice contradiction. The end part is both dramatic, romantic and nice, every piece of the puzzle falls in to place. I highly recommend Goodnight June if you are in for a book with a strong plot and I am already looking forward for the next book by Sarah Jio!

This is a heartwarming story, two interwoven stories actually. June is a woman in the present who is flung into a journey of self-discovery, and she reads letters between her aunt and the author Margaret Wise Brown from the 1940s. Infidelity was a large part of the storyline, and while I sympathized with the characters, this sat uncomfortably with me.