Bria Lou Reviews

There was no way I could have bought ' The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ' without also getting 'Daisy Jones & The Six', both by Taylor Jenkins Reid. If there was any book more highly reviewed than Evelyn Hugo, it was Daisy Jones. Everyone knows legendary rock band Daisy Jones & The Six. But nobody knows the reason why the band split up at the height of their success... until now. I have mixed feelings about this book. I can understand why the concept, originality and characters make people love it as much as they do, but there were some parts of it that fell flat for me. I really liked the way the story is told. It is written in the form of a collection of interviews and this makes the information and different points of view easier to understand and digest. The story felt authentic. It is well-written and I believed the things the characters were doing and saying. While I enjoyed the story as I was reading it, there was nothing making me want to pick it up. An...

If you watch Booktubers (or the TikTok equivalent), then you've probably heard about this book. I don't think I've heard any book mentioned as much as this one. It has amazing reviews, so I wanted to make it one of my first reads of 2021, to see if I agreed with the hype. Former Hollywood actress and icon Evelyn Hugo is ready to tell the story of her life, her success, and her seven husbands. When she requests that her biography be written by unknown journalist Monique Grant, no one is more surprised than Monique herself. But when Monique starts to listen to Evelyn's incredible story, she realises that more connects them than she ever thought possible. Believe the hype. I loved the opening of the story, the fact that we are introduced to Monique right away, we are in her head, and Evelyn is being kept at arm's length. I loved Monique instantly, and I kind of felt the same way about Evelyn as she did - Evelyn was an enigma that we felt like we knew, while also knowin...