On Friday, Blake Lively attended the Book Bonanza event for It Ends With Us in Grapevine, Texas, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center. Lively was joined by her movie co-star Brandon Sklenar and the author of the book their new film is based on, Colleen Hoover.

The actress wore a black minidress covered in embroidered floral designs made of sequins and green trimming that turned into stems and leaves. The bodice was shaped like a bralette with a keyhole cutout which then segued into transparent long sleeves. The short skirt showed off her toned legs and silver criss-cross heels.

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The star had her blonde hair pulled back with a side part and wore several statement rings and gold earrings for added sparkle. She had a natural makeup palette with coral pink lipstick and shimmery eyeshadow. She was also wearing a white manicure.

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At the event, Lively shared some of the challenges of adapting a wildly popular book like Hoover’s into a movie while speaking with Entertainment Tonight.

“Some people will always like a book better than a movie and some people like a movie better than the book,” she explained. “But I think that we just did our best to honor the book and honor the fans, and, I think, really make something that works even by itself.”

She continued, “If you don’t know the book, the movie works. I don’t think there’s any way that if you read the book and you saw the movie that you wouldn’t be thrilled. We really worked hard on that. I also believe if you saw the movie and then read the book, you wouldn’t go, ‘Hold on, this isn’t like [the other].’ You can do either. I think they’re both really beautiful.”