Behind the Mic: On Beach Read by Emily Henry, Read by Julia Whelan

Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.

On today’s episode, host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss Beach Read by Emily Henry, which highlights a lot of Julia’s skill with sassy first-person narration. This is a lovely get-away romance that takes place at a little lakeside town in Michigan. The story centers on two writers, January and Gus, who are stuck with writer’s block and bet one another that they can write and sell a book in the other’s genre—rom-com and literary fiction. The witty banter, vulnerability, and chemistry between January and Gus come alive in Julia’s narration.

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