Emily Henry

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
 
Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.
 
 Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads —Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer 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?

Funny Story

arwen

3.5 stars. this one felt ... lighter ? than her other books. it was a very typical romcom (maybe too typical) but i enjoyed it nonetheless. i felt less attached to the characters and their relationship tbh

i. LOVEDDDDDDDDDD. LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK. idk it was just so perfect. so romantic. i love how they love each other. so cutesie. wowowowoow i ate this book up. it was like. healing. crazy i loved every second.

Kamu Pancholi

might be my new favorite Emily Henry novel 🤰

Emily

Genuinely made me pause and consider moving to Michigan to find everything that Daphne found there. 

Please read that again. IT MADE ME WANT TO MOVE TO MICHIGAN. 

Claire

Emily. Henry. Never. Misses. 

EVER. 

Genuinely made me pause and consider moving to Michigan to find everything that Daphne found there. 

Please read that again. IT MADE ME WANT TO MOVE TO MICHIGAN. 

♾️/5 stars

it hits the spot like only an emily henry book can do. her characters are realistically flawed and they way they solve their problems in such a human way…it’s impossible not to love. and while this was not a funny story, it tugged at my girl who wants to fit in and be loved, be chosen and a priority, not forgotten heart strings, the book was fun in a way only henry can craft, incredible banter.

Laura

emily henry is THE author made for me. i just love all her stories and her characters. this one is no exception. i didn't think i would love it as much as beach read (my all-time fave) but it crept up at me. when i reached 60% of the book, i was crying at 1 AM asking myself why is this book making me so emotional. already foreseeing this as one of the best books I've read in 2024.

Ellie

When Daphne's fiance, Peter decides that he is in love with his childhood friend, Petra and calls off their upcoming wedding, Daphne has nowhere to go, so she moves in with Miles, Petra's ex-fiance.  Miles is a mess, himself, but commiseration makes dealing with their heartbreak a little easier, so she and Miles become friends and maybe more.  Daphne begins to look for alternative employment, but she vows not to leave her dream job at the library before the Read-a-thon she has been planning for her young patrons is completed.  

Funny Story straddles the line between romance and women's fiction, doing an excellent job at both.  Daphne and Miles are both likable, well-developed characters whose backgrounds are filled with difficult childhoods.  Their problems make them seem real and give them depth, while supporting characters add to the narrative as well.  Some readers might be put off by the use of marijuana in the story, but none of it is illegal in the context used.  While the climax leans towards women's fiction, the conclusion draws the romance to a satisfying close.  Overall, Funny Story is an extremely entertaining contemporary romance with characters that grow and change in ways the feel very natural. 

Lynn Braden

When Daphne's fiance, Peter decides that he is in love with his childhood friend, Petra and calls off their upcoming wedding, Daphne has nowhere to go, so she moves in with Miles, Petra's ex-fiance.  Miles is a mess, himself, but commiseration makes dealing with their heartbreak a little easier, so she and Miles become friends and maybe more.  Daphne begins to look for alternative employment, but she vows not to leave her dream job at the library before the Read-a-thon she has been planning for her young patrons is completed.  

Funny Story straddles the line between romance and women's fiction, doing an excellent job at both.  Daphne and Miles are both likable, well-developed characters whose backgrounds are filled with difficult childhoods.  Their problems make them seem real and give them depth, while supporting characters add to the narrative as well.  Some readers might be put off by the use of marijuana in the story, but none of it is illegal in the context used.  While the climax leans towards women's fiction, the conclusion draws the romance to a satisfying close.  Overall, Funny Story is an extremely entertaining contemporary romance with characters that grow and change in ways the feel very natural. 

There is no ine like Emily Henry, I devour every. single. book. she writes.

Again, a breathtaking mixture of every emotion that exits on this planet. 

Sarah Lehmann

There is no ine like Emily Henry, I devour every. single. book. she writes.

Again, a breathtaking mixture of every emotion that exits on this planet. 

Ruby Emmeline Fisher

But Miles Novak and Daphne Vincent make me feel so fucking emotional 😭😭 

I love you Emily Henry. For always making me feel things I never thought I was capable of 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Keira 💫

I don’t know how she does it. 

But Miles Novak and Daphne Vincent make me feel so fucking emotional 😭😭 

I love you Emily Henry. For always making me feel things I never thought I was capable of 🫶🏻🫶🏻

4 stars only because the fourth act blow up happened later than anticipated to where I thought it wasn’t going to happen and got my hopes up 

Predictable but I love that about her books 

Joanna Dickinson

probably my favorite from Emily 

4 stars only because the fourth act blow up happened later than anticipated to where I thought it wasn’t going to happen and got my hopes up 

And was resolved rather quickly 

Predictable but I love that about her books 

Big miles fan 😍

3 stars — sometimes, you read a book just so good that you can't put it down. 

this is for the girls who were never the first choice, who built their lives around people that they lose their sense of self, whose self-esteem got shattered by people whom they thought they can trust. though this doesn't have enough yearning as happy place and i consider this light compared from her last two releases (book lvoers and happy place), this is still as equally as worth of a read! 

when emily henry releases something new, best believe that i’ll definitely read it !! ♡


  ps.
 i think daphne is so landslide by fleetwood mac coded ꃋᴖꃋ

Ah Emily Henry, after my own heart. 4.5 here. I can’t give it a 5 cause Beach Read still takes the cake and there is a little bit of pacing issues in the latter middle part of this book, nothing you can’t push through knowing it’ll pick up, but it’s there none the less. That being said, I this may be tied with book lovers for second place in my Emily Henry rankings. It still made me feel copious amounts of joy and it deserves to be rated as such. 

Laura Wilson

emily henry once again being the only reason i haven't given up on the romance genre completely

Lorelei Petcu

yes emily! always such a captivating author to read 

anna haskins 

My first Emily Henry ever and the only one with a premise that made me want to read it as soon as it was out.

I loved it immensely ! The FMC was so relatable and I could connect with her internal struggles when she described herself as a "pessimistic asshole", I knew lmao. Therefore, the story just hit for me. Add the golden retriever energy of the MMC and that's it conquered.

I understand the hype around Emily Henry. She knows how to treat some topics around relationships (any kind) and portray in into a gripping story. I honestly ate this up. The tension was so good and it was so emotional.

i know there's two Emily Henry "clans" the one that loved two of her books and the one that loved the two other books. I honestly don't know which one of the "clans" will love it more lmao

PS: first rom com and i had my share of it for the rest of the year to come lmao. 

I'll stick to good dark romance because these golden retriever rom com MMCs are setting the standards way too high haha

Amira BEN

My first Emily Henry ever and the only one with a premise that made me want to read it as soon as it was out.

I loved it immensely ! The FMC was so relatable and I could connect with her internal struggles when she described herself as a "pessimistic asshole", I knew lmao. Therefore, the story just hit for me. Add the golden retriever energy of the MMC and that's it conquered.

I understand the hype around Emily Henry. She knows how to treat some topics around relationships (any kind) and portray in into a gripping story. I honestly ate this up. The tension was so good and it was so emotional.
i know there's two Emily Henry "clans" the one that loved two of her books and the one that loved the two other books. I honestly don't know which one of the "clans" will love it more lmao

PS: first rom com and i had my share of it for the rest of the year to come lmao. 
I'll stick to good dark romance because these golden retriever rom com MMCs are setting the standards way too high haha

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?

I liked this book but for me it was just okay. I finished it last night and already I don't remember much about it. It's easily forgettable. 

I was so excited for this one especially as its fake dating. The fake dating aspect of the story was really dissapointing and could have been done so much better.

Samantha King

I liked this book but for me it was just okay. I finished it last night and already I don't remember much about it. It's easily forgettable. 

I was so excited for this one especially as its fake dating. The fake dating aspect of the story was really dissapointing and could have been done so much better.



Sooo cuteee. a different vibe for an Emily Henry book but loved it! Loved how real the characters were and how they weren’t made out to be perfect people without flaws and making mistakes. Miles was such a sunshine character 🥹

Jordan Leatherdale

She did it again. Literaly she gets better with every book. I Love this whole Thing Like, the Characters are so so funny! All of this is so reletable. Like this could Happen in Real Life, people do Fall in Love the way Emily Henry writes.

Celina Irena Kuhn

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads —Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer 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?

Funny Story

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