A review by riosvanessa22
The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Erin has just lost her best friend, Bonnie,to cancer & the only thing that makes sense to her is to start living her life for Bonnie. She’s quit her job, and in process of starting a new chapter, she has decided to clean her room and get rid of things she doesn’t need. She’s packed up a luggage full of books she won’t read and taken them to a free little library. What she realizes later is that she accidentally gave away her favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird that’s heavily annotated and within it, it has the last note her best friend gave her. After running back to look for it she realizes it’s gone. Devastated she tries her luck again and to her surprise her book has been returned but this time with an invitation to read Great Expectations. 

She’s found a new friend within the margins of her favorite books. She opens herself up to this complete stranger but as time goes on she realizes she wants to meet this mystery man. Little do they both know, they share a past filled with good memories and not so good memories. 


𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀💭 
I honestly thought this book was going to be a cute romance novel but to my surprise it was more than that. The trauma, the abandonment issues, personal growth. It had me in a chokehold, because of all the trauma I could relate to it. It felt heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Erin’s character developed strong. So much growth and realization. If anything this book has literally taught me, if a workplace is toxic quit, if you want to follow your dreams DO IT! Books literally teach us something new and they hold so much magic. This is why I love books & thank you Tessa Bickers for such a lovely book. I will be picking up a copy of this book and annotating it. I shed a few tears and that’s something I haven’t done in a long time. 
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