The book that ‘will be huge this winter’ – it is a ‘masterpiece’ | Books | Entertainment
A novel has been highlighted as the “book that will be huge this winter” by literary experts. In Stylist’s listing, the first book mentioned is Lily King’s seventh novel, Heart the Lover.
The book’s blurb reads: “You knew I’d write a book about you someday.
“Our narrator understands good love stories—their secrets and subtext, their highs and their free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.
“In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off-campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. Youthful passion is unpredictable, though, and she soon finds herself at the centre of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, the choices made will alter these three lives forever.
It continues: “Decades later, Jordan is living the life she dreamed of, and the vulnerable days of her youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news bring the past crashing into the present, Jordan returns to a world she left behind and is forced to confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.
“Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, Heart the Lover is a deeply moving story that celebrates love, friendship, and the transformative nature of forgiveness. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to Writers & Lovers, this is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.”
The book has scored an impressive 4.42 out of five stars over on Goodreads with fans leaving glowing reviews.
One fan on Goodreads said: “My one five-star of October… a masterpiece, dare I say?! I started and finished this in one day because I just needed to know how it ended!! This was my first Lily King novel and will definitely not be my last because the emotional rollercoaster of these characters and their relationships was so well done. I was a blubbering mess by the end, and when a book can evoke that kind of emotion out of me… five stars.”
Another said: “Lily King is a lyrical, insightful writer. This is another story that tugged on these heartstrings.”
“WOW, this book was so beautiful!!!!! This was my first by her, but won’t be my last,” added a third.
