Funny Story: A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry

Emily Henry

Apr 2024 · Random House

About this ebook

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY

'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us
‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones and The Six

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Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story.

That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra.

Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles.

As expected, it’s not a match made in heaven – that is until one night, while tossing back tequilas, they form a plan.

And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right?

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry

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PRAISE FOR EMILY HENRY

'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail

'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

'The book that you just know all the girls are going to be reading by the side of the pool this summer... ' The Mirror

'My newest automatic-buy author' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here

'This book is an utter delight' Prima

'Emily Henry has become one of my favourite authors' Beth O'Leary, The Flatshare

'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant

'A joyful and cathartic romcom that is truly the funniest of stories' The Skinny

'Nobody does it quite like Emily Henry' Casey McQuiston, Red, White and Royal Blue

'The queen of rom-coms is back' Refinery29

'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year

'As a storyteller, Henry is in a class of her own' Elle Kennedy, The Deal


Emily Henry, No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023 & No. 1 New York Times bestseller, June 2023

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed this, but for me it didn't have the spark of some of Emily Henry's other novels. TBH I think it also didn't help that I read another book with a similar MMC straight afterwards so they kind of merged together into a slightly too perfect man. Anyhoo, an Emily Henry novel is still a great treat with likeable main characters, including a cast of secondary characters who are just as interesting. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.

Perfect Sunday romance read, Love the characters and the growth and it made me laugh out load more than once!

About the author

Emily Henry is the author of the butterfly-inducing romantic comedies Beach Read, You & Me on Vacation, Book Lovers and Happy Place, all of which were New York Times bestsellers, with Book Lovers and Happy Place being Sunday Times bestsellers. She studied creative writing at Hope College and now lives and writes in the American Midwest. Funny Story is her fifth novel.