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Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
5.0

Updated review post-reread on 12/10/19: Don't tell Anna and Étienne, but Isla and Josh will forever be my favorites. Everytime I read this book, I feel positively gutted and hopeful and as if I'm the one in love. It's MAGIC.

WORTH. THE. WAIT. Every SECOND of it!

I devoured the ebook throughout the day and I'm now anxiously awaiting the physical copy's arrival so I can re-read it and relive it yet again!

I'll have to wait until the physical copy gets here to be sure, but I genuinely do believe that Isla easily tops Anna and The French Kiss as my favorite in the series now! I'm not sure whether it's because in many ways, I have been (and still am) Isla, or of it's because Josh is ridiculously passionate and the exact type of guy a girl like myself wants (although, really, aren't they all?), or if it was just because their relationship was like fireworks exploding across every single page. I personally never thought that Étienne could be topped in my heart, but seeing Josh from a different pair of eyes was wonderful, and I'm forever grateful for Stephanie writing what she saw in him that we couldn't see before!

Also, Anna and Étienne and Lola and Cricket's appearances in the story brought my heart such pure glee! Isla and the Happily Ever After was delicious and incredibly hard - a.k.a. nearly IMPOSSIBLE - to put down for a second! I can always count on these glorious love stories, and for that I thank Stephanie Perkins infinitely. This is by far one of the best series I've stumbled across in my life, and I'm eternally glad I found it. Definitely pick up Isla and the Happily Ever After at your local bookstore ASAP, because you do not want to miss out on this!