A review by shreyabaldwa
Happy Place by Emily Henry

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Emily Henry's Happy Place is about a couple who broke up months ago but pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends. The book on second chance to romance has the elements of friends like family, complicated relationships with the characters' own folks as well as the pains of growing up and letting life take its own course and taking friends in different directions. The book is written in a non-chronological structure that alternates between the present and the backstory. While the writing is good at places, I wish the side characters were fleshed out more better (especially Parth and Kimmy). The plot started well, but got stretched in between and then again picked up at the end.