Funny Story – Emily Henry

When Daphne’s fiancé Peter breaks up with her for his childhood best friend Petra, she is forced to move in with Miles, Petra’s ex-fiancé.  After an unexpected invitation shows up for Peter and Petra’s wedding, a drunken Daphne jokingly responds that she and Miles will be attending, as a couple.  The more time they spend together, though, Daphne finds herself falling for Miles.  Despite their mutual attraction, they decide to just be friends.  When a new job opportunity pops up, Daphne has to decide if she wants to stay and explore things with Miles or move away and start over once again.

When Funny Story by Emily Henry took home the 2024 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance, I remembered enjoying the only other book of hers I had read and decided to give it a go, despite romance not really being my genre. Picking it up as my first use of my new Frankfort library card, it was a fun, if fairly obvious, tale and another enjoyable read. I don’t know how much I will dip my toes back into the romance pool going forward, but this trip, once again, was worth the ride.