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Thanks to @williammorrowbooks for an advance copy of Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell, out July 24th! I was so excited to hear she was coming out with another novel and couldn’t wait to pick it up. It’s been almost a decade since I last read Rainbow Rowell— Landline! Attachments!!! — and it felt like catching up with an old friend. I fell into this story from the first pages and didn’t want it to end. Brought together for the first time in fourteen years by their best friend’s wedding, Cary and Shiloh are finally forced to confront the feelings they’ve been running from. Cary and Shiloh are the epitome of “It’s always been you,” and their story is told in dual timeline as they revisit the past and determine where they go from here. I STAN AN EPISTOLARY NOVEL and this one delivers (with baked goods!). I did find it jarring that the novel is very clearly set in the 90s/00s because the references made my millennial brain short circuit, but that’s an issue for another time. In a lot of ways, this book felt like a love letter to Rowell’s home of Omaha, and to the idea that in spite of what they say, you can go home again. Rowell continues to write stories that feel real and messy and romantic all at once, and while I thought that she was exclusively focusing on YA these days, this novel signals that she’s still got adult stories to tell, and I for one couldn’t be more pumped. 📸: A kindle displaying the ebook cover of Slow Dance lays on a white shelf. I’m reaching out to touch the kindle with one hand. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/C9Z22PegSIM/