LoveReading Says
Our heroine Harriet has been excited to escape her post-break-up lonely flat and gruelling job as a trainee surgeon to reunite with her best friends in their favourite holiday spot – but when she arrives, she discovers that her ex is there too. Can they keep it a secret to avoid ruining the holiday – or will they discover their friends have their own secrets too?
Emily Henry is up there with the best romantic comedy authors writing today, and Happy Place is an absolute classic of her feel-good novels. Any novel by Emily Henry is going to be great, and this is no exception. As a book nerd, my personal favorites of hers are still the publishing-themed pair Book Lovers and Beach Read – whereas this feels more like the spiritual companion novel to You and Me on Vacation.
Harriet is a brilliantly realised avoidant people-pleaser, a flawed yet admirable heroine we can all relate to and aspire to be more like. I didn’t know before reading this that the perfect man is an artisanal carpenter with curly hair and an inferiority complex who smokes weed with his mum – but now it seems obvious that of course he is.
It’s delightful to read a couple as obsessed with each other as Harriet and Wyn – constantly aware of each other’s bodies and thoughts, both soulmates and hurt enemies, trying angrily to make the other as horny as they are. Lovely stuff. My favourite moments were their ‘past’ dialogue – exemplary examples of the kind of impossibly fervent, devoted, nostalgic yet playful conversations that you read romances for. In fact, my only reservation with this book is that I can’t believe that anyone shortens the name ‘Harriet’ to ‘Har’ (am I wrong?).
A summer holiday in a book.
Lily Lindon
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Happy Place Synopsis
'At turns hilarious and wise, another knockout from the champ' Taylor Jenkins Reid, DAISY JONES AND THE SIX
'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, IT ENDS WITH US
'Smart, sunny, sexy and also a gorgeous story of female friendship' Beth O'Leary, THE FLATSHARE
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Two exes. One pact.
Could this holiday change everything?
Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world.
Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone.
But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be here together. They can't bear to break their best friends' hearts so they'll fake it for one more week.
But how can you pretend to be in love - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?
Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry doing what she does best!
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'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail
'A heart-tugging tale that captures the importance of found family, the pain of growing apart from those we love, and the triumph of finding them-and ourselves-once again' Ali Hazelwood, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS
'One of the current stars of romantic fiction' Independent
'Heartfelt and hilarious. This book is my happy place!' Lucy Score, THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER
'Sizzling ... delicious screwball scene-setting and zingy dialogue' Sunday Times
'Another Emily Henry masterpiece' Hannah Grace, ICEBREAKER
'If I could climb inside any book it would be this one' Culturefly
'Emily Henry's books should be prescribed. Not only will they make you happy, her latest may just make you fall in love with falling in love again. Absolutely dreamy' Woman's Weekly
'The closest thing to going on holiday without leaving your sofa' Beth O'Leary, THE FLATSHARE
'Everything I love in a book. From witty banter to charming characters, Emily Henry gripped me from the very first page' Lauren Asher, THE FINE PRINT
'Tender and sexy, bittersweet with Henry's trademark warmth, this is a book that sweeps you off your feet and envelopes you with love in its many facets - it feels like hanging out with your best friends' Bolu Babalola, HONEY & SPICE
'Emily Henry tenderly portrays the importance of finding the places and people you call home' Taylor Jenkins Reid, DAISY JONES AND THE SIX
Emily Henry, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780241728369 |
| Publication date: |
13th June 2024 |
| Author: |
Emily Henry |
| Publisher: |
Viking an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
400 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Romance / Relationship Stories
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