Happy Place

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i think this book had a lot of potential, but i’m not the biggest fan of the way it was executed—hence my conflicting feelings. The only reason it's 4 stars and not 5 is that it did take me a bit to get into the romance plotline (not knowing the breakup reason for so long frustrated me), and I felt the pacing could be a bit quicker in the middle, but I LOVED the last 100 pages so so so much.

For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people. I think Happy Place continues that progression, and for me it might be her most complete book yet and one that demonstrates her continued evolution and maturity as an author. Lucy Score, THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER'Another Emily Henry masterpiece' Hannah Grace, ICEBREAKER'Everything I love in a book. The book didn’t aboard only one traditional meaning of "love in crisis"; the storyline balanced with friends and family love-problems. It’s made even more difficult by their friends seemingly conspiring to throw them together constantly.They should act like a couple for a week, and they will eventually come clean when their holiday is over.

This should've been a sign for me to stop reading it *sighs* I should've known at this point that he'd be a loser. There is plenty to relate to in this story which is replete with Henry's absorbing writing style and characters you want to root for. Social media, cause tell me why I thought of wyn the second I saw someone selling their tables on tinder?With her character Emily Henry highlighted how people can be complex in such beautiful and painful ways, that their personalities can be nuanced with infinity of colores. Well, aside from the FOMO that had built continuously, the marketing of friends-to-lovers-to-enemies really got me, and the fact that this was being paraded as her angstiest book yet (I love a good tummy turmoil romance) sealed the deal. Even though I'm not a romance reader, I really liked Book Lovers and Beach Read because the characters were emotionally mature and the plot didn't rely on miscommunication. More than just a story of love gone wrong but holding it together for the sake of friendship, the story examines what people do just to please others and how friendships change over time.

Please, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's not a real thing , but I can't even start to imagine someone loving me for so long without getting bored of me. Maybe I need to know that he remembers that he hasn't totally forgotten what it feels like to love me, while I'm trapped with him buried onto my heart, my, brain, my lungs, my skin.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 reason why i loved this book so much, was not the romance but harriet’s introspection and character. weirdly, i still don’t believe that he and harriet fully understand the reason that they broke up or they didn’t work out. Their love had an elegiac tone in how Harriet was describing the "lose" of the love of her life in the present chapters and an eternal essence in how their love seemed unbreakable in the past chapters.

But how can you pretend to be in love with someone - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best? Let me start out by saying I think Emily Henry is an absolute poet, she is nothing short of a master at her craft and this book is probably some of her best writing so far. And we get to see them try to reconnect, while also trying to balance what their heart says with the pressures of careers, the expectations of friends and family, the challenge of a long-distance relationship, and the need for happiness outside of what a partner can give you. There was "a lot" of tension going on between Harriet and Wyn from the beginning, but when the sex scene finally came, it disappeared and felt dull.Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple and go on holiday every year with their favourite people in the world. It was an overall sad read, focusing on friendships drifting apart, parents getting old/dying, and failed expectations (imposed mainly by self doubt and pressure from friends and family).