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A review by carlisajc
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
4.0
And finally, we get to Isla. Which is pronounced Eye-la, by the way. Not Iz-la. Just in case you didn’t know.
Isla is probably who I would relate to the most out of the three girls. This story takes us back to the school in Paris, where Isla is now a senior who has a major crush on Josh (one of the secondary characters and best friends of St. Clair from Anna). Isla is quiet and more reserved, but she is fiercely loyal. To her friend Kurt who has autism. To Josh whose she’s been crushing on for a year. And, eventually, to her family, her sisters, though she might have not realized it at first.
This book is different from the first two, in that she and Josh kind of realize they like each other in the very beginning. The book is instead about how they struggle to know their true feelings and they struggle to overcome barriers that try to keep them apart. And ultimately it makes them stronger.
Also they travel to Spain in part of the book and I want to go back to Spain! Someone, please, take me back.
So, overall, this series is beautiful. If you like contemporary or romantic comedy movies, you’d like this series. And each character is so different and so unique and so real, that you’re bound to really connect with at least one, if not all, of them.
And yes, they’re pretty fluffy. But fluffy isn’t always bad.
Isla is probably who I would relate to the most out of the three girls. This story takes us back to the school in Paris, where Isla is now a senior who has a major crush on Josh (one of the secondary characters and best friends of St. Clair from Anna). Isla is quiet and more reserved, but she is fiercely loyal. To her friend Kurt who has autism. To Josh whose she’s been crushing on for a year. And, eventually, to her family, her sisters, though she might have not realized it at first.
This book is different from the first two, in that she and Josh kind of realize they like each other in the very beginning. The book is instead about how they struggle to know their true feelings and they struggle to overcome barriers that try to keep them apart. And ultimately it makes them stronger.
Also they travel to Spain in part of the book and I want to go back to Spain! Someone, please, take me back.
Spoiler
Later in the book, we’re reunited with all of the main (and most of the secondary) characters. And when I realized at the end that St. Clair was about to propose to Anna, I squealed. Out loud. And smiled like an idiot because I’ve been waiting for this the entire series. I LOVE ST. CLAIR AND ANNA SO MUCH. I want a love like theirs.So, overall, this series is beautiful. If you like contemporary or romantic comedy movies, you’d like this series. And each character is so different and so unique and so real, that you’re bound to really connect with at least one, if not all, of them.
And yes, they’re pretty fluffy. But fluffy isn’t always bad.