How to End a Love Story – Book Review

Two writers with a complicated history end up working on the same TV show… Can they write themselves a new ending? A sexy and emotional enemies-to-lovers romance guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings and give you a book hangover from brilliant new voice Yulin Kuang.

Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever.

Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except…

Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up.

Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him—charming, funny, popular, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too—brilliant, beautiful, closed off. But working together is messy, and electrifying, and Helen’s parents, who have never forgiven Grant, have no idea he’s in the picture at all.

When secrets come to light, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past—and themselves—might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.

The author of this book is actually writing a screenplay for Emily Henry’s book Beach Reads which is going to be adopted into a movie soon. Maybe that’s why I bought this book.

Trigger Warnings:- Suicide

The story starts with Helen Zhang whose sister died in front of an oncoming car driven by Grant Shepherd. Many years later, Helen Zhang is a popular YA author and one of her books are going to be adapted into a TV series. Helen flies to LA to help with the screenplay and she had to work alongside none other than with…Grand Shepherd. Helen initially didn’t really want to work with Grant and so does Grant. But the two had no choice and so reluctantly work together. However soon, the two realized as they work together that they have feelings for each other…

This was well written as it was told in both Helen and Grant’s POV through third person narrative. There were spicy scenes in the book, which some readers might love and also I like how I learned about how a movie or TV series are being developed, the stages of screenplay. I like how the chemistry between Helen and Grant improved and increased as the two start understanding each other. Of course, Helen still had to deal with the fact that Michelle committed suicide by jumping in front of Grant’s car which was a bit sensitive to read. The Asian lifestyle of Helen is very realistic. Overall, it was a good read and worth four stars.