there’s this unique connection i get from emily henry’s writing style that at this point should be studied. this story explores heavy topics, it’s filled with love and loss, grief, hurt, trauma, change, happiness and unhappiness + friendships and family; this book was more melancholy, thoughtful and deep—this is ultimately why i loved it sm! her character was frustrating at times, but nonetheless she was so loveable and understandable bc her upbringing and family dynamic affected her as she grew up. It’s easy to perceive from the synopsis that this is a story or what was, what is, and what might be. I understand why he broke it off which even made sense and I don’t blame him for that, but the way he went about it was so frustrating and selfish.

the miscommunication is a big part of this book, which i’m usually not a fan of, but somehow it didn’t bothered me this much here since i was actually able to understand why they acted that way. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Overall, 'Beach Read' and 'Book Lovers' are still my reigning favourites of Henry's but this a worthy addition to your romance collection. Plot twist: deep down, I'm a hopeless romantic who yearns to love and be loved for a really long time and to be in a healthy relationship, but that's not gonna happen, so). Like with all of Henry's novels, Happy Place has the trademark witty banter and humor I've come to expect (and, it turns out, I can start to predict -- I was completing punchlines for characters while listening to the audio book).Social media, cause tell me why I thought of wyn the second I saw someone selling their tables on tinder? But for the last trip with her friends it’s very different – she has to pretend that her relationship with Wyn isn’t over. Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

I’ve memorized the rhythm of his breathing when he sleeps and the smell of his skin when he’s been out in the sun. also, anyone who is rating this book low because the Joy and Butterflies and Unicorn Smiles meter isn't turned up to 200%, you're a coward and i challenge you to a duel.Trust Emily Henry to take the fake dating trope to another level with the messy complex history these two share and the spiralling lies. It's not what you think, I DO love Wyn, I think he is sweet and charming and vulnerable, and he absolutely loves Harriett, but the man could not muster up the strength to fight for her even ONCE this entire book! i get what he was going through at the end, but his character still felt very one dimensional to me. they had such an enjoyable connection, which made reading their present day chapters so heartbreaking.

However, the plume was subtly substituted in 'Happy Place' by a bitter, realistic and mature writing. Maybe I am just an old cynic and I know that this is a romance novel but it was slightly over the top for me. If it was possible to stop loving you, I would have managed it in that first year of desperately trying to. They have to act like they're still together and pretend happiness and such just to not causing chaos.

We have alternating chapters with present day and in the past when the two get together and and their relationship is at that full intensity stage.