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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
**I THINK THIS BOOK IS SPECIAL**I really don't like all the hate this book is getting.... I admit it's not my favourite Stephanie Perkins book, (IMO Anna was the best, then Lola, then Isla) but that didn't mean the book wasn't bloody amazing to me. I preordered the book when it first came out, but because of the stupid shipping it arrived a month later. I read it in one sitting, staying up till 4 in the morning to finish it because I just couldn't put it down. I feel horrible for not connecting the dots earlier. It took me till almost the 70th page to see who josh was, I totally forgot about him and his gf in Anna and the French kiss. I loved his character in that book and I'm so flipping mad I didn't see it before. I loved the cartoon book memoir and the mural on the treehouse and I loved Kurt and how awkward he was throughout it all. I really related to Isla, on not knowing where to go for the future. I mean being knowledgable without having a passion yet is terrifying and I think that's why I connected with her the most out of all the characters in the books. To me it wasn't insta-love or cliche and I loved that we jumped right into their relationship. It was painful to see them separated towards the end of the book but I kind of liked the lack of plot and emotional insecurities that Stephanie added to the book. All her characters are amazing and the book was amazing and everything was bloody amazing. OMGOMGOMF Anna and St.Clair that. Was. So. Cute! I loved the ending and the last page of Josh's book and even the last sentence. The happily ever after. Such I good book and such a good companion series!
Loved it!!! What can get better than a love story set in New York, Paris, and Barcelona, my three favorite cities.
Isla is me. She's so relatable it almost hurts.
Isla is me. She's so relatable it almost hurts.
I was worried Isla would not live up to the expectations I had for it, but it did. I loved how different this book was from the previous two, and yet also how similar it was in the ways that mattered. I loved that Isla and Josh's relationship started right away. It wasn't a matter of admitting they liked each other and faithfully feeling each other out. instead, it was about how much they loved each other, but hos they needed to both learn more about themselves before really surrendering to that. the book was fun, and sexy, and honest. I loved it.
It had its moments but it was never as amazing as the others in the trilogy. Her story was so ugh! There were many times in the story when I was just like "Are you serious right now?" An okay read but not a fitting ending to this lovely trilogy.
Last year I read a book called <strong>Anna and the French Kiss </strong>because I had heard so many great things about it, I had gotten very curious. While the main genre of the book wasn't really <em>my </em>thing, I enjoyed the book a lot and decided I would pick up the second and third book as well. Book two, Lola and the Boy Next Door, wasn't as great as Anna, but this third book picked up a bit in my opinion.
<strong>Isla and the Happily Ever After </strong>tells the story of Isla Martin, who has had a crush on Josh ever since she can remember. The only problem was that he already had a girlfriend. Until now. What happens next is a whirlwind relationship that could go anywhere. I honestly have to say that I liked this relationship best, because they got together pretty early on in the relationship. With the previous two books, the couples only got together at the end of the story, after flirting with each other for almost the entire book, and that's honestly what I don't like so much about these romance books. So thank you Stephanie for not doing that to me again with this book! (And no this is not a spoiler, it's sort of in the summary already).
Both these characters were already introduced in Anna; we knew Josh because he's St. Clair's best friend, and Isla was mentioned a couple of times in the first book as well (I believe Anna stopped a person who was bullying Isla or something like that). So from Josh's side we didn't need much introduction. Isla, however, was only a cameo in the first book, so we got to know her a bit better in this book. I liked her, but there were some things that bothered me.Like her kind of obsession with Josh throughout the book, even when they were in a relationship. But her friendship with Kurt was great, and I honestly wished there were more male/female friendships in books like that.
The book took place mostly in Paris, at the American school that we read about in Anna, and honestly I wasn't really happy with it. I would have loved a new location, but of course Josh and Isla were still in school and there wasn't really anything we could do about that. I loved their little trip to Barcelonaapart from the fact that they basically went there to have sex, after being together for like a month or so? and the holidays spent in America of course.
I have to admit, Isla and Josh's relationship moved fast, perhaps a bit too fast in my eyes. I don't mind them getting together early in the book, but I don't know it kind of felt rushed at some points, so yeah even though they didn't have the typical romance-book relationship, it still wasn't the greatest relationship ever.And when Isla broke up with Josh because of some thing that she'd made up in her head, that bothered me so much. I honestly wouldn't have blamed Josh if he hadn't gotten back together with her at the end.
In the end, I really enjoyed Isla and the Happily Ever After, but honestly I don't think that this book, nor Lola, was as great as the first book. If you love romantic books, and you love Paris, you should definitely pick up this series!
<strong>Isla and the Happily Ever After </strong>tells the story of Isla Martin, who has had a crush on Josh ever since she can remember. The only problem was that he already had a girlfriend. Until now. What happens next is a whirlwind relationship that could go anywhere. I honestly have to say that I liked this relationship best, because they got together pretty early on in the relationship. With the previous two books, the couples only got together at the end of the story, after flirting with each other for almost the entire book, and that's honestly what I don't like so much about these romance books. So thank you Stephanie for not doing that to me again with this book! (And no this is not a spoiler, it's sort of in the summary already).
Both these characters were already introduced in Anna; we knew Josh because he's St. Clair's best friend, and Isla was mentioned a couple of times in the first book as well (I believe Anna stopped a person who was bullying Isla or something like that). So from Josh's side we didn't need much introduction. Isla, however, was only a cameo in the first book, so we got to know her a bit better in this book. I liked her, but there were some things that bothered me.
The book took place mostly in Paris, at the American school that we read about in Anna, and honestly I wasn't really happy with it. I would have loved a new location, but of course Josh and Isla were still in school and there wasn't really anything we could do about that. I loved their little trip to Barcelona
I have to admit, Isla and Josh's relationship moved fast, perhaps a bit too fast in my eyes. I don't mind them getting together early in the book, but I don't know it kind of felt rushed at some points, so yeah even though they didn't have the typical romance-book relationship, it still wasn't the greatest relationship ever.
In the end, I really enjoyed Isla and the Happily Ever After, but honestly I don't think that this book, nor Lola, was as great as the first book. If you love romantic books, and you love Paris, you should definitely pick up this series!