In full disclosure, "Great Big Beautiful Life" was the very first Emily Henry book I had ever read (shocking, I know), and I can assure you it won't be the last. I've been aware of Henry, the successful author from Cincinnati, for a few years now, thanks to my friends' raving social media posts about her previous novels, especially "Funny Story."

There is an invisible string tying bestselling author Emily Henry's newest book to Rhode Island, and it involves Taylor Swift.