{"id":7695,"date":"2026-10-28T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7695"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:05:23","slug":"the-romance-revival-by-christina-lauren-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7695","title":{"rendered":"The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Romance Revival<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/authors\/christina-lauren\/\">Christina Lauren<\/a> <br \/>on July 14, 2026 <br \/><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-humorous-general\/\">Fiction \/ Humorous \/ General<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-romance-romantic-comedy\/\">Fiction \/ Romance \/ Romantic Comedy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-women\/\">Fiction \/ Women<\/a> <br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 352 <br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/formats\/hardcover\/\">Hardcover<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Romance-Revival-Christina-Lauren\/dp\/166801775X\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy on Amazon<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/243080609-the-romance-revival?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, Emery Finch did something completely out of character: She got married. To Luca\u2014the impossibly charming landscaper she met on one blistering night in Vegas who made her laugh, made her dance, made her feel.<br \/>\nBut now, Emery is consumed by her top-secret job, missing dinners, forgetting anniversaries, and promising herself Luca will understand once her cutting-edge research comes to light. Until the unthinkable happens: A tragic accident takes Luca from her.<br \/>\nDesperate not to lose him, Emery breaks every rule to bring him back. And Luca would probably thank her for it, if only he could remember her. Their first kiss, their Sunny Sundays at the beach, the life they built together\u2026all of it is gone.<br \/>\nIt may be a miracle of science, but for Emery it\u2019s her one shot at a second chance. And this time, she won\u2019t waste it\u2014because true love is always worth reviving.<\/p>\n<p>I know this book did not get the best reviews and I think it is because it is unlike ANYTHING they have ever written before because OMG! I loved this so much! I loved this so much, I could cry just thinking about it. This is how you write a marriage in trouble book. THIS is how the \u201camnesia\u201d trope should be done! There is really no other book like this one, it\u2019s incredibly unique and that\u2019s one of the reasons for my 5 star rating. Even though there is so much going on\u2013on top of the romance there are hints of mystery, comedy and maybe even a little thriller depending on how you look at it\u2013it flowed and meshed so well. Each of the characters\u2019 inner dialogues were beautifully written. I loved the way Emery and Luca would speak of each other, like I could really feel the undying love they shared for each other, even when things were rough. this couple honestly changed my perspective on love and relationships in some ways. I\u2019m really and truly so obsessed with the two of them, both separately and together.<\/p>\n<p>Five large stars for this novel. The pacing was perfect, I didn\u2019t feel that anything was dragged out or cut short and the ending chapters played out like a literal movie in my mind. I loved the little punch of action and thrill that was added towards the end. My one and only warning is to not go into this book expecting it to feel like a summer romance, because it\u2019s really not summer-coded at all in my opinion despite it being advertised as such.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-final-rating\"><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/the-romance-revival-by-christina-lauren\/\">The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/\">Book Nook Buzz<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren on July 14, 2026 Genres: Fiction \/ Humorous \/ General, Fiction \/ Romance \/ Romantic Comedy, Fiction \/ Women Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads Three years ago, Emery Finch did something completely out of character: She got married. To Luca\u2014the impossibly charming landscaper she met on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}