This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Book Swap

Summary: “A love letter to books and reading. This debut is catnip for any book geek. I just loved it.” —Cesca Major, author of Maybe Next Time, a Reese’s Book Club Pick

A story of second chances and new beginnings, this is a love letter to books—and a love letter to life

Still reeling from a recent tragedy, Erin Connolly knows she needs to start living, but has no idea how. When she accidentally donates her favorite book—a heavily annotated copy of To Kill a Mockingbird containing a memento she can’t be without—to a local little community library, she’s devastated. But then the book turns up a week later, back in the library with fresh notes in the margins, along with an invitation in a copy of Great Expectations to meet her newfound pen pal.

A life-changing conversation, written only in the margins of beloved classic books, begins between Erin and her Mystery Man. Following each other through the pages of their favorite novels as the book exchange continues, they both begin to open up, falling into a friendship…and maybe something more.

But Erin and her pen pal have a shared history that neither of them has guessed. Faced with painful reminders of the past—and the one person she swore never to forgive—Erin finds herself at a crossroads. One that could change her life forever.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

Ok, I  did enjoy this book, but I feel fair warning should be issued. This book is not as light and fluffy as the cover might suggest. In fact, some times I felt sad as these 2 main characters grappled with some things that were really tough at times.

Can I just squeal at how much I adored the fact they used books to get to know each other? It just made my book loving heart SO happy.

What I liked:

I LOVE this cover (even though I think it’s a bit misleading about the emotional ride these characters are going to take you on)

The trio of Bonnie, Erin and James. High school can be hell and these 3 were safe spaces for each other (until that went to hell in a handbasket)

The letters Erin and her mystery man were writing to each other in the books. The intimacy. I mean I knew it would all blow up at some point, but the way each of them reached each other was good.

 

Bottom line: I did enjoy it, but it was not a fast read and it def was emotional. This not light and fluffy!

 

*This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*

 

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Happy Reading and Bookishly Yours,

T @ Traveling With T