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Love is in the Cards

Heart the Lover by Lily King

January 29, 2026 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

I don’t remember a ton about Writers and Lovers, Lily King’s prior novel featuring the protagonist Casey Peabody. Heart the Lover starts before the events of Writers and Lovers and ends after, making it sort of a prequel and sequel in one. At the start, Casey is a university student, majoring in English and working her way through college after giving up her scholarship by quitting the golf team. She meets two brainy, literary boys in Sam and Yash, best friends who live together in […]

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jeverett15's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: lily king ·
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left me a bit cold despite the emotional content

Heart the Lover by Lily King

January 15, 2026 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Pushing down the original first paragraph a bit given the spoiler-y nature of it. We know from the blurb that something happens and our main trio of characters separate, so it’s not entirely spoiler, but it’s still details that might impede your enjoyment. Or maybe not! This book, more than anything else, is about our main character, mostly unnamed, the titular Heart the Lover–King asks the question, what if you had a true love (lost) but also a facility with language? Could you process and […]

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wicherwill's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lily king ·
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A Novel About Grief, Writing, and Love.

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

December 19, 2024 by Tracy Leave a Comment

This was a buddy read with my husband, which was such a fun experience. Narrated in first person by Casey, it recounts a few months of her time in Massachusetts in the 90s as she copes with the recent death of her mother and a break-up while struggling to make ends meet as an aspiring novelist. During this time she also develops relationships with two very different men—also writers. This is a quiet, internally focused novel. Casey is deeply grieving her mother’s death and often […]

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Tracy's CBR16 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: books about writers, lily king, literary fiction ·
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More Can Happen Without Mobile Phones

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

January 7, 2023 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Those who enjoy a well done love triangle that doesn’t consume the main character. In a nutshell: In the late 90s, writer Casey is working in a restaurant, trying to finish a novel six years in the making, and processing the recent sudden death of her mother. Worth quoting: “I think of all the people playing roles, getting further and further away from themselves, from what moves them, what stirs them all up inside.” “You don’t realize how much effort you’ve put into […]

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ASKReviews's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lily king ·
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a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness

Euphoria by Lily King

September 9, 2021 by jeverett15 3 Comments

Euphoria is novel clearly inspired by the life and work of the anthropologist Margaret Mead. Like Mead, King’s protagonist Nell Stone is dedicated to learning about the tribes of New Guinea and bringing that knowledge to the West. She is joined on her journey by her new husband and fellow anthropologist Schuyler “Fen” Fenwick, though the two sometimes seem to work at cross-purposes. Their story is mostly narrated by a third anthropologist, Andrew Bankson, who introduces the couple to a tribe called the Tam, seven […]

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jeverett15's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lily king ·
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A Writer Writing About a Writer Writing

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

April 20, 2021 by jeverett15 3 Comments

It’s not hard to feel for Casey Peabody. She’s a 31-year-old writer living in a glorified shack in Boston while waiting tables to make ends meet. Burdened with massive student debt and dealing with officially sanctioned sexual harassment work, she’s also trying to deal with the sudden and shocking death of her mother. Through all that Casey is also trying to finish a novel she’s been working on for six years. Over the years she’s seen her group of writer friends divide into two categories: […]

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jeverett15's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lily king ·
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