A review by vynexareads
Happy Place by Emily Henry

challenging 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

This is how I used to think of love. As something so delicate it couldn't be caught without being snuffed out. Now I know better. I know the flame may gutter and flare with the wind, but it will always be there.

Going into this book, I won't lie, I was very anxious. All three of Henry's adult novels have been hits in different ways. What if this one doesn't grip me like they did? What then?!?!

The anxiety got a bit stronger when I immediately was enjoying myself instead of going through the 'Henry 50' as I call it. It didn't take 50 pages for me to randomly get hooked on the story. So of course, I took it as a sign that I possibly wouldn't enjoy it, but I didn't give up.

If the rating wasn't clear enough, I loved this book so much. I read 80% of it in one sitting and didn't want it to end when I turned off my kindle 20% in a few days before. It could be my very number one favorite (cover your eyes, Beach Read!) now!

I loved every single thing about this novel, even the amount of times it made me cry. There are so many people who will resonate with either Harriet or Wyn. Because I know that I did. To the point where it became painful and needed to sob my soul out through my tear ducts.

Like Henry's other novels, I know there will be people who will get frustrated with this couple because of the way they see themselves and the decisions they make due to that. But just know as someone who has thought of themselves the same way the majority of my life, it was a cleansing piece of fiction.

I will be thinking about this book for months to come, or even years, with the way her other novels live rent-free in my mind, it is not hard to believe.

Cannot wait for the paperback edition to come out next year so that I can reread it and annotate the hell out of it. It's what we both deserve.

I want my life to be like–like making pottery. I want to enjoy it while it's happening, not just for where it might get me eventually.