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Isla and the Happily Ever After
by Stephanie Perkins
2022 review: 3.5 stars. Josh did not get the story he deserved. Isla is so bland as a main character. Her entire existence is built on Josh and I cannot stand that. She has no personality other than ‘loving Josh’. He is one of my favorite leads of this series and I love the depth he was given as a character, but he’s the only one with a personality outside a relationship in this book.
I did love seeing the rest of the characters from the previous books. I love when authors write in cameos.
2019 review:
3.5 stars.
I wanted to love this book so much. I absolutely adored the first two but this one was not as strong. I’m only giving it 3.5 stars because I love Josh so much but otherwise it’d be a 2.5-star kind of book.
One reason I liked the other two books was because the main female characters had a life before they met their matches.
Anna loves film before she met St. Clair. Lola loved quirky fashion. But Isla didn’t have anything. She was in love with a boy that she thought never noticed her, only to start dating him, falling in love, getting heartbroken when they break up, to getting back together again. It was like her whole story revolves around Josh. When they broke up, it felt like her world ended. She even said things like “how will I go on without him?” And I was like, “girl, you’ve been dating for a month; I’m sure you’ll be just fine!” It really irked me how dependent on him her life/identity/story was. I don’t like stories where the girl is so reliant on the guy. Be your own person! Sheesh. (I will say that I loved the chemistry between Isla and Josh when they were getting to know each other; I just wish we could have seen their love progress over a longer, more realistic time period).
With that said, I loveeeee Josh. He’s my favorite male character of these novels by far. I thought it’d be Cricket, but no, it’s Josh ❤️ he was the only one who had actual depth between him and Isla. He might even be the character with the most depth of all the novels in this series.
I also enjoyed seeing Anna and St. Clair with Lola and Cricket again. I missed them! I wish they were in this story more...but if that would mean I’d get less of Josh, then I’ll have to pass and go with more Josh :)
I did love seeing the rest of the characters from the previous books. I love when authors write in cameos.
2019 review:
3.5 stars.
I wanted to love this book so much. I absolutely adored the first two but this one was not as strong. I’m only giving it 3.5 stars because I love Josh so much but otherwise it’d be a 2.5-star kind of book.
One reason I liked the other two books was because the main female characters had a life before they met their matches.
Anna loves film before she met St. Clair. Lola loved quirky fashion. But Isla didn’t have anything. She was in love with a boy that she thought never noticed her, only to start dating him, falling in love, getting heartbroken when they break up, to getting back together again. It was like her whole story revolves around Josh. When they broke up, it felt like her world ended. She even said things like “how will I go on without him?” And I was like, “girl, you’ve been dating for a month; I’m sure you’ll be just fine!” It really irked me how dependent on him her life/identity/story was. I don’t like stories where the girl is so reliant on the guy. Be your own person! Sheesh. (I will say that I loved the chemistry between Isla and Josh when they were getting to know each other; I just wish we could have seen their love progress over a longer, more realistic time period).
With that said, I loveeeee Josh. He’s my favorite male character of these novels by far. I thought it’d be Cricket, but no, it’s Josh ❤️ he was the only one who had actual depth between him and Isla. He might even be the character with the most depth of all the novels in this series.
I also enjoyed seeing Anna and St. Clair with Lola and Cricket again. I missed them! I wish they were in this story more...but if that would mean I’d get less of Josh, then I’ll have to pass and go with more Josh :)