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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Just incredible. I have no words. One of the most beautiful love stories ever. Almost captured my heart as much as Anna and the French kiss
A year and a half. That's how long I have waited for the glorious ending to an even more glorious world.
My heart laughed, broke, cried and pissed itself throughout the entirety of this book (much like it did with the book's first two counterparts). The love and interactions between the characters is breathtaking and transporting.
And what an ending. Wow. My heart is happy.
It's not often that I am a happy reader when I have to say goodbye to a beloved world, but for Isla I was.
I am a mess of emotions right now and Anna, Lola, and Isla will always have a special place in my heart.
Reread October 2016: Still good. Still a great ending.
My heart laughed, broke, cried and pissed itself throughout the entirety of this book (much like it did with the book's first two counterparts). The love and interactions between the characters is breathtaking and transporting.
And what an ending. Wow. My heart is happy.
It's not often that I am a happy reader when I have to say goodbye to a beloved world, but for Isla I was.
I am a mess of emotions right now and Anna, Lola, and Isla will always have a special place in my heart.
Reread October 2016: Still good. Still a great ending.
Efter at bogen har lagt ulæst i snart et år - har jeg endelig fået læst den færdig. Den var ligeså fantastisk, som alle Stephanie Perkins andre bøger. Slutningen fik mig, og jeg må ærlig indrømme at jeg måske, måske ikke kneb en lille tårer. Det var en magisk bogserie, som jeg helt sikker ikke ville have været foruden. Derudover havde vi jo Josh, som man jo ikke kan andet end at få et lille crush på.. Så efter at have læst alle bøgerne kan jeg kun sige en ting - TEAM JOSHUA!!
5 stars
Have you ever had a book give you butterflies? I have, and that book was Isla and the Happily Ever After. By far my favorite of Stephanie Perkins' books, Isla is dripping with chemistry, happiness, and love. I can't even describe just how happy this book made me. It is fluffy romantic perfection.
Right from the start, I knew this book and I were golden. I had recently reread Anna and the French Kiss, so I remembered seeing Isla fawn over Josh from afar, and in essence I already shipped it. Isla's voice is so freaking wonderful. She's a bit nervous, a bit insecure, and that was all so relatable. Though some might say that her feelings for Josh were all instalovey, I didn't really see it that way. I was transported back in time to high school, when a young, naive Debby had her bouts of intense unrequited love. Her crush was deep, but knowing Josh from Anna and the French Kiss, I totally understood that. She may have idealized him a bit, but who among us didn't have a crush like hers in high school? And she's not just all about the romance. She has real struggles with deciding what to do with her future and finding out where to place her romance on the priorities list. I loved that. It was so realistic.
I was flailing with shippage within the first chapter. Honestly, Josh is such a dreamboat. I love the repressed artist kind of thing, but more than anything I loved the balance that he and Isla created together. And he was blind to her at first, but then was swept away as any romantic artist would be with his muse. I was sitting on the edge of my seat, aww-ing, with butterflies in my stomach, for most of this book. And it just made me so happy. The first half is so lovely and wonderful and romantic, but warning bells were going off in my head. As much as I wanted them to keep kissing for the rest of the book, I knew something bad was going to happen.
This is where Stephanie Perkins excels: she writes realistic fiction, not escapism. The struggles Josh and Isla go through are so real. Yes, it was painful. Yes, I threw down my book and yelled at the ceiling, "WHYYYYY?!!?!" But it was all good in the end. The physical chemistry was definitely there between Josh and Isla - and it was so powerful, omg, please never stop kissing - but the distance ultimately benefited them to become a real couple. There were obvious topics that they needed to talk about - other ways in which they still had to get to know each other - and they needed to find themselves still, especially with college looming. I haven't even mentioned how dear to my heart Isla's narrative about being a child of two cultures is - it's basically my life story with all its complexities, doubts, benefits, and feelings of never fitting in. So while this book delivered MUCH PAIN VERY INTENSE PAIN, I was glad they went through it, because it made them both stronger in the end.
The ending was absolutely immaculate. Honestly, I could gush about its perfection all day erry day. Not only do we get to reunite with St. Clair, Anna, Lola, Cricket, and Meredith... which has some very exciting !! moments... but then it's all about Josh and Isla again. They are absolutely perfect together. Like Sanjita tells Isla, she supports him in his art and never wants to change him - which makes her the best companion for him. And Hattie, Isla's sister, is so cute, and how she helps Isla absolutely caused my feels to explode. Seriously, Stephanie Perkins makes the best secondary characters. They all, in the end, help in small ways to bring Isla and Josh together and it is absolute perfection and I LOVE THIS BOOK AND I CAN'T HELP IT - I CANNOT - I HAVE TOO MANY FEELS - OKAY - GOODBYE.
Summing Up:
This book is everything I wanted it to be. The romance is absolutely perfect, with such intense chemistry, true love, and two amazing main characters. Then there's the awesome supporting cast, which contribute to make Stephanie Perkins's universe even more delightful. The messages about friendship (with Sanjita and Kurt) and family (with Hattie) are deep and powerful and not to be ignored. Though this book caused me PAIN, that's just because I was completely absorbed by it, suffering alongside the characters. It was perfection and (ultimately) happiness, and it made my heart SOAR. I will be rereading this book all the time - I can already tell. An instant all time favorite, definitely worth all the hype it's been getting.
GIF it to me straight!
Recommended To:
Anyone who loves romance, srsly ANYONE.
Have you ever had a book give you butterflies? I have, and that book was Isla and the Happily Ever After. By far my favorite of Stephanie Perkins' books, Isla is dripping with chemistry, happiness, and love. I can't even describe just how happy this book made me. It is fluffy romantic perfection.
Right from the start, I knew this book and I were golden. I had recently reread Anna and the French Kiss, so I remembered seeing Isla fawn over Josh from afar, and in essence I already shipped it. Isla's voice is so freaking wonderful. She's a bit nervous, a bit insecure, and that was all so relatable. Though some might say that her feelings for Josh were all instalovey, I didn't really see it that way. I was transported back in time to high school, when a young, naive Debby had her bouts of intense unrequited love. Her crush was deep, but knowing Josh from Anna and the French Kiss, I totally understood that. She may have idealized him a bit, but who among us didn't have a crush like hers in high school? And she's not just all about the romance. She has real struggles with deciding what to do with her future and finding out where to place her romance on the priorities list. I loved that. It was so realistic.
I was flailing with shippage within the first chapter. Honestly, Josh is such a dreamboat. I love the repressed artist kind of thing, but more than anything I loved the balance that he and Isla created together. And he was blind to her at first, but then was swept away as any romantic artist would be with his muse. I was sitting on the edge of my seat, aww-ing, with butterflies in my stomach, for most of this book. And it just made me so happy. The first half is so lovely and wonderful and romantic, but warning bells were going off in my head. As much as I wanted them to keep kissing for the rest of the book, I knew something bad was going to happen.
This is where Stephanie Perkins excels: she writes realistic fiction, not escapism. The struggles Josh and Isla go through are so real. Yes, it was painful. Yes, I threw down my book and yelled at the ceiling, "WHYYYYY?!!?!" But it was all good in the end. The physical chemistry was definitely there between Josh and Isla - and it was so powerful, omg, please never stop kissing - but the distance ultimately benefited them to become a real couple. There were obvious topics that they needed to talk about - other ways in which they still had to get to know each other - and they needed to find themselves still, especially with college looming. I haven't even mentioned how dear to my heart Isla's narrative about being a child of two cultures is - it's basically my life story with all its complexities, doubts, benefits, and feelings of never fitting in. So while this book delivered MUCH PAIN VERY INTENSE PAIN, I was glad they went through it, because it made them both stronger in the end.
The ending was absolutely immaculate. Honestly, I could gush about its perfection all day erry day. Not only do we get to reunite with St. Clair, Anna, Lola, Cricket, and Meredith... which has some very exciting !! moments... but then it's all about Josh and Isla again. They are absolutely perfect together. Like Sanjita tells Isla, she supports him in his art and never wants to change him - which makes her the best companion for him. And Hattie, Isla's sister, is so cute, and how she helps Isla absolutely caused my feels to explode. Seriously, Stephanie Perkins makes the best secondary characters. They all, in the end, help in small ways to bring Isla and Josh together and it is absolute perfection and I LOVE THIS BOOK AND I CAN'T HELP IT - I CANNOT - I HAVE TOO MANY FEELS - OKAY - GOODBYE.
Summing Up:
This book is everything I wanted it to be. The romance is absolutely perfect, with such intense chemistry, true love, and two amazing main characters. Then there's the awesome supporting cast, which contribute to make Stephanie Perkins's universe even more delightful. The messages about friendship (with Sanjita and Kurt) and family (with Hattie) are deep and powerful and not to be ignored. Though this book caused me PAIN, that's just because I was completely absorbed by it, suffering alongside the characters. It was perfection and (ultimately) happiness, and it made my heart SOAR. I will be rereading this book all the time - I can already tell. An instant all time favorite, definitely worth all the hype it's been getting.
GIF it to me straight!
Recommended To:
Anyone who loves romance, srsly ANYONE.
This book made me feel warm and happy inside ｡･ω･｡
A genuinely good romance that has readers emotionally invested, despite knowing that high school romances don't often equal long-term relationships. A nice touch with Josh's graphic novel and artistic bent, this is definitely a glimpse of privileged life without the main character being overly spoiled. A decent look at friendship, including being friends with someone on the autism spectrum, not a group frequently seen in novels.
This is my least favorite out of the three. I just loved Lola and the Boy Next Door so much that this inevitably pales in comparison.
Stayed up till 3am to finish to this and let me tell you, my pillow was SOAKED in tears from such beauty! It was EVERYTHING I had expected and more, I don't understand how I can fall in love with someones writing so much but its everything i ask for in a book. I LOVED Isla´s and Josh´s story and how there wasn't a typical love triangle or obstacle in the way it was a straight forward relationship from the start and it was a breath of fresh air!
Everything hit my feels buttons and Im so sad this trilogy is over. I love how all the 3 stories were woven together seamlessly and it felt like one big story instead of 3. THE END... THE END... WAS EVERYTHING!! Im still not over it and I certainly had my own happily ever after with Stephanie´s books.
Everything hit my feels buttons and Im so sad this trilogy is over. I love how all the 3 stories were woven together seamlessly and it felt like one big story instead of 3. THE END... THE END... WAS EVERYTHING!! Im still not over it and I certainly had my own happily ever after with Stephanie´s books.
I loved Anna and the French Kiss and I really liked Lola and the Boy next Door but unfortunately Isla and the Happyily Ever After was not as good as the first two books. Isla wasn't interesting as a character and she was highly annoying. I'm not a big fan of people who's only purpose in life is their relationship and their partner. Also I can't believe all this could happen to a teenager. We see Lola, Anna and the others again but it felt forced and constructed. Also when they showed up I wish the book would be about Anna and Lolas life, not about Islas.
But I enjoyed the chapters set in Paris, because you know: Paris! It was an okay read but as a conclusion to this series it was weak.
But I enjoyed the chapters set in Paris, because you know: Paris! It was an okay read but as a conclusion to this series it was weak.
I finished this book yesterday and may I just say that I loved this story. I am a sucker for all the cheesy romance stuff and this book hit me in all my feels