Dear Emmie Blue

Author: Lia Louis

Publish Date: July 14, 2020 by Atria Books

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Book Review:

This is one of my favorite books from 2020 so far and I cannot recommend it enough. 

16 years old Emmie stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon with a tag containing her name, email id, and a secret. Weeks later,  on a beach in France, Lucas Moreau found the balloon and immediately emailed on the attached address and this kick-started the friendship between the two of them. Now, fourteen years later Emmie is hiding the fact that she is in love with him and hopes and patiently wait for him to admit his feelings to her but she finds out that he is getting married to someone else. 

The author has touched and highlighted so many crucial topics like family, love, dreams, career, and past experiences and have dealt with each one of them so well. 

While reading this book I was in love with Emmie. I wanted to protect her and was rooting for her to find happiness and her happily ever after.  I felt all kinds of emotions while reading this book. The end of this book is so perfect. 

There are so many other things I want to mention in this review but I don't want to spoil it for others. Read it and you will love it to the core. 

Synopsis:

At sixteen, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. Attached was her name, her email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. Weeks later, on a beach in France, Lucas Moreau discovered the balloon and immediately emailed the attached addressed, sparking an intense friendship between the two teens.

Now, fourteen years later, Emmie is hiding the fact that she’s desperately in love with Lucas. She has pinned all her hopes on him and waits patiently for him to finally admit that she’s the one for him. So dedicated to her love for Lucas, Emmie has all but neglected her life outside of this relationship—she’s given up the search for her absentee father, no longer tries to build bridges with her distant mother, and lives as a lodger to an old lady she barely knows after being laid off from her job. And when Lucas tells Emmie he has a big question to ask her, she’s convinced this is the moment he’ll reveal his feelings for her. But nothing in life ever quite goes as planned, does it?

Emmie Blue is about to learn everything she thinks she knows about life (and love) is just that: what she thinks she knows. Is there such thing as meant to be? Or is it true when they say that life is what happens when you are busy making other plans? A story filled with heart and humor, Dear Emmie Blue is perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Evvie Drake Starts Over.

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