A review by khloereads86
Happy Place by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

There is literally nothing I didn’t like about this book. It was so good. So emotional and heart wrenching and comforting. I smiled, I laughed, I balled my eyes out. Didn’t think she could top Book Lovers but this just became one of my favourites of all time. The slow-burn, second chance forced proximity was so good. I loved Harry and Wyn. So much of them was so relatable and personable they felt so real. You can feel their love for each other, feel the pain they’re going through being apart. She’s so good at making it more than just a romance though. She builds backstories and inside jokes and everything you need to know about the characters in so seamlessly it never seems like an info dump or a long boring monologue. She puts the idea of happiness and love under a microscope. It was hard to think about the fact that sometimes people can love each other so much, do everything they can for each other but it still might not be enough for things to work out and neither side is to blame. This book made me feel so much I had to just stop (as much as I didn’t want to put it down) and cry and think about parts of my life for a few minutes every once in a while. When I finished it I sat there crying and processing for 10 minutes how good it really was. Feeling the love not only between Harry and Wyn but between all of their friends, especially Harriet, Sabrina, and Cleo, was so comforting, it made me wish I had friends that close they were family. Watching them grow and find their next steps and work on still staying in touch despite the way their relationships have changed was painfully beautiful. I’m so happy for all of them, it feels like I made friends myself. There’s so much more I was to say to express how much this book made me feel but I’m still struggling to process and it’s way too early in the morning from staying up all night to finish it. But wow 
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