Anywhere With You

Jun 12

Thank you to NetGalley and Putnam for the digital review copy in advance. This one hits shelves on August 5th.

Ellie Palmer is quickly becoming one of my favorite rom-com authors. Four Weekends and a Funeral was one of my favorite books last year, and I have a feeling Anywhere With You will be one this year. I’ve already preordered it (signed, personalized, and with the fancy bonus dust jacket to be shipped to California all the way from Minnesota. You can order one, too!). On to the actual review—

We open with Charley freshly divorced, working at a corporate law firm, mostly unhappy and lonely. To make matters worse, she had a falling out with her childhood best friend at her bachelorette party a couple years ago, and now that her marriage has fallen apart, she has to admit that Ethan was right all along. But Ethan isn’t rubbing it in her face. When her sister calls to say she’s eloping, Charley and Ethan hit the road in his camper van to intervene. Long-suppressed sparks are allowed the space and proximity to fly, resulting in a swoon-worthy, hilarious, and heartfelt romance novel.

Here’s what I loved most:

💕 He calls her Chuck (any Pushing Daisies fans in the house?)
💕 Road trip!
💕 Ethan is a musician, but those songs were all about other girls, right?
💕 Descriptions of the Minnesota woods; In the words of Liz Lemon, “I want to go to there.” Who knew?
💕 Childhood friends is my melting point
💕 Sibling dynamics and a quirky, free-spirit sister
💕 The tension between being a “stayer” and a “leaver” and what that does to Charley’s adventurous side