Overall, such a cute book, such a good idea for a book and for any book nerd I’m not sure what is not to love about the story. 
    Sadly, as a book nerd, I ‘read’ this book via audiobook. The speaker was wonderful, her voice and accent really set the scene for me, yet, I still felt something was missing. Note, it might ‘just be me’ kind of thing. 

The book itself though, SO CUTE. I loved the rules of the store before each chapter. I loved the setting. I loved the whole idea of the book, which is a group of women fighting for women’s rights in the literary world. It wasn’t just being a book store owner, but it came down to their thoughts and opinions on books. The fight to even have women authors in the store. The idea that women could enjoy reading and want to read books written by like minded people. 
    What is it that held me back from melting over this book? Because this book did check a lot of boxes of the ‘perfect book’. If I think real hard, the only comment I can make is the characters. I never connected to any of them. Goodness, I think I can only even remember some of their names… Sadly, I’ll admit I can remember a good handful of the male character’s names. The women just didn’t stand out. I didn’t connect to them. They weren’t special enough that I could find something that I either liked or disliked (even). Sometimes finding a quirk that you hate about a character could have even helped me feel more connected. They were just ‘bleh’ and didn’t’ drive the story as much as I wished they would have.

The story itself though, still genius. Wonderful writing. I really felt like I was walking down the street and stumbled on Bloomsbury Books, browsing the shelves and soaking in the book fantasy feels.