How to End a Love Story
the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick: a sexy, smart, hilarious and heartbreaking romcom
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4.2 • 151 Ratings
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Publisher Description
⭐A 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK! ⭐
'One of the sexiest, smartest, funniest, and most effective novels I've read in a long time . . . I'll read anything she writes' EMILY HENRY
'Without doubt one of my favourite romance novels of the year . . . smart, rich and emotional' BETH O'LEARY
Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can't write her own happy-ever-after.
Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the movie-star looks who can't afford his therapist.
When the two of them are put together to adapt Helen's books for television, it should be a dream come true. Helen can start a new life in Hollywood. Grant can pay his mortgage.
Only, Grant Shepard is the last person that Helen wanted to see again. She's never forgiven him for what happened thirteen years ago. So no one is more surprised than her when sparks begin to fly between them in the writers' room.
Their history is messy. Their attraction is inescapable. And soon, they're both in too deep . . .
This wasn't meant to be a love story.
But aren't the best endings the ones you never saw coming?
Readers LOVE How to End a Love Story!
'THIS IS MY FAVORITE ROMANCE BOOK EVER. E V E R' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book is incredible. This was such a gorgeous story of love and grief and all the myriad, messy ways that we express them. I laughed, I cried, I pined, I cried again, I was so so satisfied' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Yulin Kuang is a GENIUS! Easily my new favourite romance'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I started it on a Saturday at home and when I got into it, I couldn't stop. I immediately texted friends to make sure they have this on their radar' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Screenwriter Kuang's debut beautifully probes the lingering effects of grief and guilt while offering readers a glimpse behind the curtain of Hollywood glamour. Thirteen years before the start of the book, Helen Zhang's younger sister, Michelle, took her own life by jumping in front of Helen's classmate Grant Shepard's car. Ever since, Helen and her family have channeled all of their grief and anger into despising Grant. Now a successful YA novelist, Helen leaves New York City for sunny L.A. to join the writing team for a TV adaptation of her work. Then she learns that Grant is leading the team. Michelle can barely bring herself to be civil toward him and her anxiety and anger over having to work together casts a pall over the writers' room. Slowly, however, she sees Grant's talent and comes to be impressed by how diligently he takes care of the people on the team. Like Helen, Grant is scarred by the past, but he also senses that he and Helen belong together if only she would give him a chance. Once feelings blossom, however, Helen fears her traditional Chinese immigrant parents are not ready to forgive Grant and may get in the way of a relationship. Kuang handles her characters' complex emotions with sensitivity and skill, and makes the chemistry between Helen and Grant leap off the page. Readers will have no trouble rooting for these two.
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
I’m quite hard to please. But I immediately loved this. So brilliantly written. Original. Heartbreaking. Beautiful.
Predictable
Not impressed could not wait to finish it! Predictable ending and boring characters.
Just beautiful.
Some books you read and forget. This isn’t one of them!