Love Buzz

I loved this book! Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch! Emily GiffinA sparkling debut about grief, love, family and the road not taken. Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The Rewind and Cleo McDougal Regrets NothingIn this spectacularly enjoyable and serendipitous adventure, a chance romantic encounter during a wild night at a Mardi Gras bachelorette party sends strait-laced Serena Khans carefully constructed life into chaos.A wretched maid of honor. A hangover from hell. Raucous Mardi Gras crowds. There isnt much Serena Khan is enjoying about this four-day New Orleans destination bachelorette party for her semi-estranged cousin, the bride-to-be.UNTIL sparks fly with a handsome stranger, wholike heris also from Seattle, at the ladies last stop of the evening, a Bourbon Street bar. After their conversation is cut short, Serena is overwhelmed by the desire to find the charming man with the brooding eyebrows, but her list of clues is pretty short:His name is JulianHe lives on Chamber HillHe works at a tech companyHe loves Lil Wayne and NirvanaThe need to find him is, for Serena, both irresistible and totally irrational. In a few short weeks, her college alumni magazine is featuring her in a Life at Thirty feature, cementing her as a success story. She will have officially achieved the safe, stable life her late mother insisted upon. Julian is not part of the plan.As she combs Seattle for her New Orleans flame, stripping away the perfectly curated life that would have made her mother proud, Serena must decide if the pursuit of real passion is worth it, and fast, before she destroys the life she always thought she wanted.In a sharply funny, thoughtful, and romantic debut combining the wistfulness of Rebecca Serle with the witty sizzle of Emily Henry, Neely Tubati Alexander prompts us all to ask if the life were living is a life worth loving.