In Funny Story by Emily Henry, when Dapthne decides she’s done with Waning Bay, Michigan, Miles makes it his mission to make her fall in love with the charming small town. In one of the scenes, he’s appalled to find out her ex, Peter, never took her to the iconic retro-style burger spot Big Louie’s to have their famous “Petoskey Fries” honoring the fossilized coral stones found in the area, and chocolate cherry milkshake.
I looked online for hours for the fries, and found nothing. So either there’s some super secret place they make these fries that has noline presence, lr EmHen made them up, both are probably equally likely 😂
But I didn’t want to give up, so in the book they’re described as fried with jalapeños, so I looked at a few recipes and decided to make them to see what they were all about. For the milkshake, I looked at several recipes and made some modifications. Both were very delicious, and I’m pretty sure will get made again.
If you make it or share it please tag me 🤩
“You kissed me.” His brow shoots up. “I thought that was what you wanted. I thought that’s what we were doing.” “No, I know.” I step back, my spine meeting the side of the bench seat. “We were. I just—it’s different now.” “What do you mean?” “I don’t want to play that game anymore,” I say. “I don’t want you to say things you don’t mean and do things you don’t want to do. It’s confusing.” “Who says I did anything I don’t want to do?” he asks. “You did,” I fire back. “You’re the one who told me you don’t want anything to happen between us—” “I never said that,” he argues, stepping closer. “—and I don’t want to be a prop to make your ex jealous, and I know I started it—” “You’re not a prop,” he says, looking hurt. “That’s exactly what I just was,” I counter. “You only want to kiss me when they’re there to see it. And I know I started it, but things are different now.”
Summary:
Daphne suddenly finds herself without a fiancé, because a few months before their wedding, Peter decided he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Stranded in Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family, without a home, but with a dream job as a children’s librarian, she suddenly finds herself roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.
Miles is exactly the opposite of Daphne. When they receive the invitation for Peter and Petra’s wedding, they drown their sorrows in adult drinks and decide to pretend to date, posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, mainly to get even at their exes. What could possibly go wrong?
“And I know I’m not who you pictured yourself with, but I think I could be, eventually. If you’ll let me. So don’t go. Because I don’t want you to. Because you’re my best friend, and I’m in love with you.”
My thoughts:
- This book was one of my most anticipated for the year and it did not disappoint (I’m looking at you (Un)happy place 😒)
- I absolutely loved Daphne and Miles. They were well developed, complex, imperfect, surprisingly relatable and deep characters.
- We get a good dose of humor with the classic Henry fun and funny dialog and banter.
- It deals with discovering what you want for yourself, and navigating your wants and needs and other people’s expectations.
- I loved the nod to libraries and librarians, they are superheroes.
- I also loved the romance that develops between them and the spice. The steamy scenes where perfect.
- Waning Bay came with a great set of unique secondary characters: co-workers, small business owners, cooky stepmom and suspicious biker at a neighborhood bar. Helping make the small town charming and memorable.
- I loved the narration of the audiobook, as always Julia Whelan is so talented.
Have you read this one? Or have it on your tbr?
This one not sits right below Book lovers as my favorite.
Enjoy!
Thse recipes were adapted from iamhomesteader.com and cookienameddesire.com
For the love of Libros 