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A review by mxysxm
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
2.0
I don't know how I feel about this book. At one point, it was very cute and romantic and fun but then it became this total disappointment. Just to be clear, I really liked Stephanie Perkins' [b:Lola and the Boy Next Door|9961796|Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)|Stephanie Perkins|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358271832s/9961796.jpg|7149084] and I loved [b:Anna and the French Kiss|6936382|Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)|Stephanie Perkins|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358271931s/6936382.jpg|7168450] but I have to say, this final installment is quite far from going on my 'favorites' shelf. The previous two books had something behind them. Yes they were the usual silly high-school-easy-and-fun-read type of romance books but that's just it. They were enjoyable . They made me feel something whereas in this book I didn't get an ounce of feeling. It was plain and boring.
Isla is a desperate teenager. Her crush on Josh was just that - a crush. It turning into love and having him love her back felt too surreal and out of place. If the book had started with them meeting each other and THEN falling in love the book would've made more sense. it was just too much.
On the other hand, the were some really fun scenes, especially in the beginning. This is definitely the type of story that starts decent and ends up 'meh'. I don't think I would recommend this to anyone and I will definitely not be rereading it.
Isla is a desperate teenager. Her crush on Josh was just that - a crush. It turning into love and having him love her back felt too surreal and out of place. If the book had started with them meeting each other and THEN falling in love the book would've made more sense. it was just too much.
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Not to mention when Isla 'broke up' with him. That was the part that made me realize this deserves no more than a 2 star. It was too sudden and had nothing to do with what was going on. The story behind what she felt after reading the memoir didn't build up and she never got to know what she thought or felt about it before blurting it all out to Josh. The reasons why she broke up with him were NOT reasons. It felt more like Stephanie was trying to keep the story going but was running out of ideas so she wrote the first thing that popped into her head. Which was very disappointing since I was truly looking forward to reading this one after finishing the first two.On the other hand, the were some really fun scenes, especially in the beginning. This is definitely the type of story that starts decent and ends up 'meh'. I don't think I would recommend this to anyone and I will definitely not be rereading it.