Funny Story
The Sunday Times bestselling steamy romance from the author of Beach Read
-
-
4.4 • 178 Ratings
-
-
- £8.99
Publisher Description
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY
'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us
‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones and The Six
-----
Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story.
That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra.
Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles.
As expected, it’s not a match made in heaven – that is until one night, while tossing back tequilas, they form a plan.
And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together, well, who could blame them?
But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right?
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry
-----
PRAISE FOR EMILY HENRY
'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail
'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis
'The book that you just know all the girls are going to be reading by the side of the pool this summer... ' The Mirror
'My newest automatic-buy author' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here
'This book is an utter delight' Prima
'Emily Henry has become one of my favourite authors' Beth O'Leary, The Flatshare
'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant
'A joyful and cathartic romcom that is truly the funniest of stories' The Skinny
'Nobody does it quite like Emily Henry' Casey McQuiston, Red, White and Royal Blue
'The queen of rom-coms is back' Refinery29
'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year
'As a storyteller, Henry is in a class of her own' Elle Kennedy, The Deal
Emily Henry, No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023 & No. 1 New York Times bestseller, June 2023
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Daphne strolls through a local park in the spring, head down, engrossed in a book. When her hat blows off and lands at the feet of a handsome stranger, she doesn’t expect to meet her future fiancé Peter. This might seem like the perfect meet cute. But when Peter ditches Daphne for his childhood best friend, here Emily Henry immediately subverts our expectations and interrogates our instinctive, hopeless romantic desire for love at first sight. Henry’s captivating romance tenderly explores Daphne’s journey as she navigates crushing heartbreak and finds comfort in the company of her irresistibly attractive room mate Miles. Jam-packed with witty banter and electrifying tension, Henry fans are guaranteed to fall for Daphne and Miles’ charisma.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Henry (Happy Place) takes on fake-dating in this equally poignant and charming tale of love after loss. When Daphne Vincent's fiancé, Peter, leaves her for his best friend, Petra, she's both devastated and unmoored. Petra's ex, Miles Nowak, seems to be handling the catastrophe better, but when each receives an invitation to Peter and Petra's wedding, they're both knocked off kilter. Together they drunkenly RSVP yes, and Daphne impulsively tells Peter that she and Miles are dating. That lie leads to Daphne and Miles building a real friendship (and developing real chemistry), but Daphne is determined to leave their small Michigan town—and its associations with Peter—behind, even if that also means forfeiting what she might have with Miles. Despite the tropey conceit, it's the believable conflict rooted in the characters' backgrounds and an alluring small-town setting on the shore of Lake Michigan that will suck readers in. Henry perfectly balances sorrow and discord with love and humor, and romance fans will appreciate watching the growth of the characters' relationships and of Daphne as a person. This is a heartwarming take on summer love.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t put it down
I finished this in less than 24 hours! Loved every single second of it. Wish I could read it again for the first time
Dragged in the middle
And I didn’t care about her friend at all
Another win!
Emily Henry or EM HEN as I call her, writes how people actually speak. Funny, witty and throughly enjoyable.