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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
I love this author's writing style! So descriptive and it flows together so easily with beautiful details that really tie the story together. It was a fun, light read and I really enjoyed it!
Maybe a little closer to 3.5 stars but overall I enjoyed it even though there were some little issues
Jennifer E. Smith is very talented at crafting adorable love stories. This is What Happy Looks Like is endearing in the way of feel-good movies. While it might be cheesy, it still makes you love it.
Graham accidently sends an email to the wrong address and it ends up in Ellie’s inbox. For about four months they have email conversations about everything except the important details of their lives. Graham is completely drawn to this girl, so he arranges to have his next movie shot in her small city in Maine. From here their relationship goes through a lot of ups and downs.
While this whole “famous boy falls in love with small town girl” plot has been done many times before, the email aspect is what drew me to this version. Almost the first 20 pages are their emails back and forth and it is too cute. Both are so witty and intelligent, and perfect for each other. Scattered throughout the book are more emails which are made sweeter since they are both in the same place.
Smith really enjoys writing love stories that are highly improbably. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight was equally unrealistic, but that’s part of the charm. It’s very fun to read books about romance that starts so perfectly and ends up perfectly. Smith still mixes in real life issues like family and friend problems, but she mainly shows how two people who are good for each other can overcome these issues together.
I will definitely read Jennifer E. Smith’s future books because she is a fantastic writer and story-crafter.
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Graham accidently sends an email to the wrong address and it ends up in Ellie’s inbox. For about four months they have email conversations about everything except the important details of their lives. Graham is completely drawn to this girl, so he arranges to have his next movie shot in her small city in Maine. From here their relationship goes through a lot of ups and downs.
While this whole “famous boy falls in love with small town girl” plot has been done many times before, the email aspect is what drew me to this version. Almost the first 20 pages are their emails back and forth and it is too cute. Both are so witty and intelligent, and perfect for each other. Scattered throughout the book are more emails which are made sweeter since they are both in the same place.
Smith really enjoys writing love stories that are highly improbably. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight was equally unrealistic, but that’s part of the charm. It’s very fun to read books about romance that starts so perfectly and ends up perfectly. Smith still mixes in real life issues like family and friend problems, but she mainly shows how two people who are good for each other can overcome these issues together.
I will definitely read Jennifer E. Smith’s future books because she is a fantastic writer and story-crafter.
More reviews on my blog:
Hyperman's Book Blog
lighthearted
relaxing
This book was a nice pick me up from some of the boring stuff I've read recently. It was cute, somewhat realistic and had some depth to it. While some of the story wasn't very new and fresh, I like what the author did with it for the most part. The romance played a big part in the story, but at the same time, Ellie faced the struggle of staying out of the spotlight to protect herself and her family while Graham was fighting to get himself out of a rut. While I might have wanted more cutesy romance, I think what was given was good. This was an easy breezy read and will totally read more by this author.
Because I met the majority of my best friends in high school online, I am a sucker for stories that start that way. Random meetings on blogs. E-mails. Forums. You name it, I'll give it a try. Two strangers accidentally meeting via e-mail? Reading This Is What Happy Looks Like was a no-brainer for me.
However, the story doesn't really focus on their online relationship. Readers get a taste of their first few e-mails, the meeting of two strangers online. Then we are expected to understand that the two characters message back and forth each day. Nothing big.
Of course, than we find out who Graham really is in chapter one and the story isn't quite so relatable. However, if I am a sucker for online stories I am also a pushover where celebrities are concerned. A celebrity falling for an average girl he met online?
Oh yeah, I was going to keep reading.
However, both characters ended up being...annoying. We have Graham who experiences insta-love when he sees her and we have hostility from Ellie. Very typical. Then, well...nothing. The plot was absolutely boring. The great, looming scandal has no point. Their struggle is never quite resolved.
Anyway, a decent, fluffy novel but disappointing.
However, the story doesn't really focus on their online relationship. Readers get a taste of their first few e-mails, the meeting of two strangers online. Then we are expected to understand that the two characters message back and forth each day. Nothing big.
Of course, than we find out who Graham really is in chapter one and the story isn't quite so relatable. However, if I am a sucker for online stories I am also a pushover where celebrities are concerned. A celebrity falling for an average girl he met online?
Oh yeah, I was going to keep reading.
However, both characters ended up being...annoying. We have Graham who experiences insta-love when he sees her and we have hostility from Ellie. Very typical. Then, well...nothing. The plot was absolutely boring. The great, looming scandal has no point. Their struggle is never quite resolved.
Anyway, a decent, fluffy novel but disappointing.
I was really excited to read this book but it just sort of fell flat.
This book sounded:
A)Promising
B)Like it would be funny
C)Very much like Kasie West
What the book actually was:
A)Boring
B)Longer than it needed to be
C)Annoying
D)Not like Kasie West
I guess you could also say that is book had a teeny tiny bit of humor at the very beginning. And I really mean THE VERY BEGINNING. Ellie and Graham were kind of cute in email. And a little cute in person too, I guess. But I wouldn’t have had a problem reading 404 pages of those emails instead of THIS.
The whole thing was made up of boring conversations, parental problems, and people who were not funny. I am so happy that I have a Kasie West book to read next since they are:
A)Funny
B)Adorable
C)Fun to read
and D)Any parental problems are resolved at the end, unlike Ellie’s. What happens with her and her father?
A)Promising
B)Like it would be funny
C)Very much like Kasie West
What the book actually was:
A)Boring
B)Longer than it needed to be
C)Annoying
D)Not like Kasie West
I guess you could also say that is book had a teeny tiny bit of humor at the very beginning. And I really mean THE VERY BEGINNING. Ellie and Graham were kind of cute in email. And a little cute in person too, I guess. But I wouldn’t have had a problem reading 404 pages of those emails instead of THIS.
The whole thing was made up of boring conversations, parental problems, and people who were not funny. I am so happy that I have a Kasie West book to read next since they are:
A)Funny
B)Adorable
C)Fun to read
and D)Any parental problems are resolved at the end, unlike Ellie’s. What happens with her and her father?