Just read the first few chapters of this book, and I CANNOT WAIT for it to be released! I’m hooked! The main characters, Sloan and Jason, seem funny and down-to-earth, and have a great flirty banter between them. In the first several chapters, Sloan nearly hits a stray dog running across the street, who manages to jump through her sunroof and into her car! Upon finding out that the dog isn’t a stray, she sets out to find its owner, and the dog (and owner) works I’m his way into her life. Love this book so far!

After reading and throughly enjoying "The Friend Zone," I was excited to see another upcoming novel my Abby Jimenez. I have not read the extended preview of "The Happily Ever After Playlist) and I cannot wait to read the rest! Sloan Monroe is still struggling two years after the death of her fiancé when a different type of love interest suddenly comes back into her life - in the form of a tail wagging, fur on the bedspread, wet kisses in the morning pup named Tucker. There is only only little problem... Tucker belongs to Jason, who has been away for a music tour in Australia. When Jason contacts Sloan to get his dog back, the two begin exchanging texts and getting to know each other. While Sloan is uncertain about letting herself get too close (for numerous reasons), the two of them begin to click.... but will they be able to acknowledge their attraction for each other? And can they overcome the issues from their pasts and the conflict inherent in their situation?

I just finished reading my preview of this book and WOW. I am so bummed it was only a few short chapters. Already the chemistry was building, I was emotionally involved, and had laughed out loud more than once.
I cannot wait for the pub date! It’s one I will pick up ASAP.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

You tease me with this 5 chapter preview and I have to wait to read the rest?!?

Please put me out of my misery and approve me for the rest of this book!!

PLEASE!!

I KNEW that Abby Jimenez would make up for how she left things with Sloan, and I can already tell that this will be a 5 star resolution!!

This book deserves 10 stars!!
I started reading and was captivated from page one.
But, yes there's a but, it's an extended preview only. Please pretty please with a cherry on top, I need to read this book.
Dear publisher, I'm crying big fat tears and I'm begging you, grant me an ARC of The Happy Ever Playlist from this outstanding and fantstic author.

Read the extended preview and can't can't wait for the full book. Abby Jimenez has a way of writing a story that sucks you in and gives you all the feels.. Her characters are relatable and make you feel like you could love them as people in real life. Never mind that her books are totally hilarious. Can't wait for the full release

Loved this book so far, and really looking forward to reading the full novel.

Sloan is struggling after losing her finace 2 years ago, but when she finds a stray dog things start to change.

More 3.5 stars. I’ve been looking “forward” to Sloan’s book since reaching the end of Kristen’s book ( which had me sobbing by the way). After what she went through, Sloan deserves to find her person.

Glad to see that Tucker is basically forcing Sloan to get out and face the world. I feel that Sloan and Jason have gone from “I have your dog/ please watch my dog for me” to flirty texts to phone conversations too quickly. I hope that this does not lead to a plot point of Sloan feeling guilty for forgetting about Brandon (did she make it to his grave later?)

Thanks for the extended preview.

The Friend Zone was so great, I absolutely cannot wait to dive into The Happy Ever After Playlist. This teaser hooked me from the very beginning and the wait for the rest of it in April will be excruciating. Really looking forward to this!

I am equal parts delighted and distressed after reading an extended preview of The Happy Ever After Playlist.

Distressed because I have to wait until April for the book to be released.

Delighted because I loved every page, and every interaction in it so far--Sloan and the cop, Sloan and Tucker, who is a very good boy, Sloan and BFF Kristen, Jason and the ladies on the airplane, and the main attraction--Sloan and Jason! And they haven't even met in person yet!!

Looking forward to Pub Day!

Such a tease!!!!! I was excited to read this book before but now I am pumped. I love it when chararacters exchange texts and phone calls, develop feelings, and build up that chemistry before they even meet. This looks like the perfect example of that, and I already know from reading The Friend Zone that Jimenez has some intense emotion ready to go with this one considering how that book ended for our heroine. There was so much that I loved about The Friend Zone that I'm really looking forward to giving The Happy Ever After Playlist a read.

Anyone still suffering a book hangover from The Friend Zone will appreciate this peek into what's next for Sloan Monroe. She definitely stole everyone's heart in TFZ and I can't wait to see how she bounces back and takes control of her happiness. Counting down the days til I can read this in it's entirety and already pre-ordered!

This book was such an experience!! After reading The Friend Zone I was so excited to hear there would be a sequel. The songs before each chapter gave so much meaning to the characters and their witty banter is unstoppable! I laughed, cried and tried to savor every minute of the book! Abby has quickly become one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to read her next ones!

I was happy to read this extended preview as I somewhat enjoyed Abby Jimenez’s last book. My best friend, however, loved it. From this preview, I can tell it is sticking to her framework of romance with characters that have internal struggles. This one seems promising and I do plan to read the rest of the book. I especially like the title.

We meet Sloan in full grief 2 years after the loss of her fiancée when a new love crashes into her life and teaches her how to live again.

This is where the story ends in the extended preview, but I can't wait to see how Sloan's story ends when the book is released in April.

This is only the preview, but I’m already obsessed.

I loved The Friend Zone so much- to the point that I now use Josh Copeland as a measure of great book boyfriends. But after this preview, I’m wondering if Jason will give Josh a run for his money.

Sloan’s story just broke my heart in TFZ and I cannot wait to see her get her HEA. I’m loving the banter back and forth between him and Sloan. I cannot wait for them to meet and see how their relationship develops.

Can we also talk about how adorable Tucker is?

Thank you Netgalley, Abby, and Forever for this preview! I cannot wait to have access to the full book ❤️

I am hooked, from the first page I can't wait to see where this takes me! Love the banter between the characters. I have read the preview 3 times...can't wait until April!

Loved this preview so much. Can’t wait for the full book. I rave to everyone about the Friend Zone and this preview did not disappoint!

I enjoyed the excerpt from this book. I can’t wait to find out what happens next. Each chapter has a song that has to do with what’s going on with the characters.

I had pretty mixed opinions about the Friend Zone - there was so much I really liked, but also some pretty important things that I just couldn't get on board with (especially the end). But, I think I like Jimenez's style, so I wanted to check out the preview of The Happy Ever After Playlist. Plus, I expected that this would give me a good sense of whether I'll need to read the full book or not!

Nope. I am still over in the mixed opinions camp.

I really like the way in which Jimenez makes things feel fully realistic - I can hear people engaging in the dialogue she writes, and can easily picture the scenes she crafts. I also like the little bits of sarcasm and humor she works in. And, because it's relevant to both TFZ and THEAP: I love dogs.

But when it comes to the bigger issues - here, grief - I just sort of cringe. On some level, I get it: It's a romantic comedy. In order for Sloan to move on with this new guy, she needs to put Brandon in the rear-view mirror. But...I also deeply disagree with that stance? It's really been Nora McInerny, more than anyone, who's taught me that it doesn't have to be like that. That you can love your dead partner AND the person you couple up with after they're gone. That maybe you don't ever really "move on" from them - that even if you marry someone else, and make a life with someone else, that doesn't mean that you've stopped loving the first person just because they died. Maybe Jimenez is headed there - maybe this is a message that'll be conveyed later on in the book - but I was really frustrated by Kristen and Josh's attitude regarding Sloan's period of not dating in this extended preview. Who are they to judge how long it takes her to want to date again? And who is Kristen to, THE FIRST TIME SLOAN SHOWS INTEREST IN ANOTHER MAN, give her a hard time about it? Ugh.

I'm also concerned that it seemed Sloan could really benefit from therapy, but instead she's suddenly better because she has a dog in her life. Look, I'll be the first to tell you dogs make everything better. But I'm not sure this is the most responsible portrayal of grieving the loss of one's partner.

So, plot-wise: A+ for the dog, solid A for chemistry between Sloan and Jason, D for portrayal of friendship, F for depiction of grieving/living after the loss of a partner (mostly due to the attitudes Sloan's closest friends have, that she too readily agrees with in my opinion). I don't know what that quite works out to. Four stars because I think Jimenez is a great writer - we just maybe have different opinions or perspectives?

Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and NetGalley for a free "extended preview" of this title for review.