Happy Place book review

 

Happy Place was one of my most anticipated books of the year and it did not disappoint. I fell in love with this book from the first page and loved it so much. I have previously given all 3 of Emily Henry’s previous romance books 5 stars so I had super high expectations going into it, and this was 5 stars as well, in fact, it might be my favourite one, but I love them all and it’s really hard to choose. 

There was so much I enjoyed in this book and I’m so glad I read it as soon as it was released. Harriet and Wyn’s relationship was fantastic and I loved reading about the present day and what had happened in the past, it was done really well and I felt as if by the end of it I got to know their relationship really well. For me, it really felt like they were made for each other and I was rooting for them through the whole book, even before I got to know them properly. I also liked the relationships between the other characters in their friend group, Sabrina and Parth’s along with Kimmy and Cleo’s, I think I liked Cleo and Kimmy’s slightly more than Sabrina and Parth’s partly because I preferred their characters and I had more enjoyment reading about their relationship. Cleo and Kimmy’s relationship had a lot of fun moments in it that had me laughing and smiling at the shenanigans, I also liked how Kimmy was there for Cleo throughout the whole book and across her struggles. Sabrina and Parth’s relationship felt like it had a slightly different dynamic but I still enjoyed reading it and liked the characters most of the time but I wasn’t so sure of their actions even if I could understand why they did it. 

I loved Harriet’s character and the realisations that she came to throughout the book, about who she is and how she wants to spend the rest of her life. I wasn’t a fan of her parents and how they treated her, at the end of the book it got a bit better but I wasn’t a fan, I did like how towards the end of the book she spoke to her sister properly again though. Wyn and Harriet were great together and I just love their relationship and I’m not going to stop talking about it anytime soon, they are definitely one of my new favourite relationships. 

There were some scenes in this I loved and I just had a field day reading and annotating it. Overall I had a great experience reading this book and loved it so much, Emily Henry did not disappoint. I also loved annotating it and it made the experience so much more for me. Definitely recommend this and highly recommend it.