This was adorable and sweet!! I love Debbie Tung's work! They always bring a smile to my face, and are super relatable!

OMG I'VE FOUND A NEW FAVOURITE

Thanks so much to the publisher for giving me a free copy because I absolutely adored it!

I was reading this and I was like. "Hey I do that with my boyfriend." *flips page* "Hey I do that too..." *next page* "hey....."
You get it! It was literally creepy how much this book described my life with my significant other that I had to show him. His reaction: "Getting a bit worried now. Did you make this?"
AHEM

Anyway the book, It's so fun to read! I loved every single comic. I expecially appreciated thefacial expressions in the comic, they added such a huge amount of fun to the whole scenario. I absolutely devoured this comic and its stories about being together as newlyweds and moving in together. It couldn't be any more spot on.

The art style is amazing once again I nearly love all the art styles I ever see. Everything flows so well together and especiallly the pages where it's a whole page on it's own are beautiful.

I would literally recommmend this book to anyone and I'm buying this one first thing so my boyfriend can read the full thing too sinc he enjoyed some pages I showed him because I was creped out by the accuracy haha.

100% Recommend !

This was a really cute and quick read. A lot of the little stories were so relatable , and even the ones that weren't were still funny. However sometimes it got really cheesy, which I understand is part of relationships, but it just didn't really work for me. The end was nice especially after going through the author's Instagram and seeing their happy ending!

Happily Ever After & Everything in Between by Debbie Tung was such an relatable read that I stopped several times to show the page to my wife who stated, "yep, that's just like us!"

This book is a must-read for any young couple a few years into their marriage. The comic nature of the story allows readers to pick up and enjoy a single page or spend some time diving into the book to enjoy it for its unique story line and progression through the life of the couple. The comics center around an introverted wife married to an extroverted husband seemingly based on actual situations in the writer's life. This gives the collection of comics a sense of authenticity to which many readers will relate.

The stories are light-hearted and positive without feeling too idealistic. There are times when the raw experience of being newlyweds comes out to play through honest conflict and drama, but those experiences are not too heavy to make the reader want to put the book aside.

The comic frames are well-crafted to highlight expressions and to showcase specific actions taking place. Again, they were relatable down to the faces made given the scenario. I think I laughed more while reading this book than I have for most of my reads this year.

I really enjoyed reading this book and will look forward to reading more from Debbie Tung in the future. Can we have a part two that picks up where this one leaves off?

*Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ARC of this test. I truly enjoyed this one!*

Once again, Debbie Tung delivers a brilliant work! This time, she tells stories about married life and all things related to marriage. Not to mention the adorable artwork, Debbie's humor is my favourite and I'll always be looking out for her next work. It's always entertaining, well done, fun and completely relatable.

I wonder how Tung is able to record such cute couple moments.

It seems impossible after living with on and off relationships, guys who don't call back, people who are emotionally unavailable... that finding that one person to live in harmony with exists. But it does. And the book depicts just that. How a healthy relationship provides comfort, trust, understanding, and peace. The animation is well done. She maintains the black and white overtones used in all of her books.

Looking forward to the baby volume.

This is the cutest and most relatable thing I have read in a very long time, and every single one of the pages seemed like a situation taken out of my own life. I laughed so much out loud reading this that my partner came over my side of the living room to check if I was okay (and if I needed snacks). I'm 100% recommending this collection of comics to all of my friends, and buying one physical copy for myself when it comes out !

Such a cute collection of moments from the first few years of marriage! Reading this is like going to my happy place.

How did I not know about Debbie Tung until now?! This book made me so happy. It's one I can see myself going back to over and over again. The comics are so true. I feel like I was seeing myself in every page. The book is particularly timely since she works from home and her husband works outside the home(many people's situations across the world in quarantine with spouses who are essential workers). If you want to smile and commiserate and laugh along, this is the book for you. I cannot wait to pick up her other work.

This is an autobiographical slice-of-life comics about marriage by the author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World and Book Love.

The comics cover things like being young newlyweds, buying/renovating a house, coming up with a household budget (with an “unlimited” book line), assembling furniture, working, trying to get back into wedding-levels of in-shape, and generally being a couple. It doesn’t really cover a lot of new ground, and some of the lines are going to seem very similar to other slice-of-life comics about being in happy relationships. Nevertheless, many comics will probably prompt the reader to nudge their partner and exclaim, “It us!”

Aside from slithering out of doing chores and dumping all of his things on the bed when he comes home from work, Jason (the husband) seems a little too good to be true. Almost no conflict is depicted in the book, other than when Jason gets McDonalds without Debbie (the protagonist) and she sulks. Obviously, a slice-of-life comic that harps on the bad times won’t be a feel-good read, but it strikes me as odd that after six years of marriage they’ve only disagreed about solo fast food runs.

The comics are sweet without being saccharine and the style is simple without losing expressions, however the images have an odd background fuzz in the epub version, as if they were scanned from paper, or lost a lot of resolution being saved as the wrong type of image file. It doesn’t really detract from a reader’s enjoyment, but it’s there.

I first read something by Debbie Tung when I read her Book Love graphic novel and instantly fell in love with it. If you are a book-lover, then you absolutely need to read it. It's so accurate for all of us book-obsessed people out there and rounded off with great humor. This one is just as funny, cute and sweet as the other. Now being extremely single at the moment and having never had a relationship where I've lived with a guy, and clearly never been married as the novel starts out with here, I couldn't relate to this one as much as the other, but it didn't stop be thoroughly enjoying it. I saw aspects of all the couples that surround me like my parents, brother and his wife, my cousin and cousin-in-law, as well as many others. I loved seeing the reality of a relationship and how if you're with the right person, you can really be your true self. There were of course plenty of fun book references and I loved the part where Jason said something along the lines of "What sort of husband would I be if I didn't buy you books?" and it just made me smile. Actually, the whole thing did and it was a nice bit of relief from the seriousness of the world.

This book was so cute and relatable especially for a newly engaged and married couple. I connected with this book on some many levels and it reminded me a lot of my relationship with my fiancé. I enjoyed the illustrations and read it all in one sitting. I can't wait to read more books by Debbie Tung especially Book Love!

Adorable. I love Debbie Tung's comics and this one does not disappoint. She is so unbelievably relatable that she could literally be me. I love her and I hope she continues to draw!!

Reading this warmed my heart and brought me so much joy and laughter at a time that this was much needed! "Happily Ever After" is incredibly charming and funny, giving the reader a unique inside look at the life of an introvert and an extrovert in their first years of marriage. With sweet and awkward everyday moments, I appreciate that the scenes in this book are mostly lighthearted and wholesome.

I typically have a hard time getting into graphic novels or comics, however I absolutely love and can really relate to the imagery and messages conveyed in all of this author's books, including this one (although I am not yet married). Over the last year and a half or so, I have become such a huge fan of all of Debbie Tung's written and artistic works, all of which are inspired by her own life as a book loving introvert.

I love Debbie Tung's work. Her graphic novels are so relatable and the art is simple but so adorable. In this one she talks about being the introvert in a marriage.

I read her other books she has out and love them both as well.

Adorable collection of comics showing little moments of love, affection, and just spending time together daily. I definitely saw myself in it and thoroughly enjoyed every page of it! Her drawing style is also very beautiful and the book in general could be a great one to keep coming back to or even gift to a loved one or a friend.
One key point for me is that she highlights the joys of staying home with a loved one, a cup of tea and maybe a book, so couldn’t relate more!

I am a fan of Ddbbie’s from before seeing this book to read. She had an introvert graphic novel that I really liked. This book was also enjoyable. It was very sweet and it was nice to feel idk let in on a personal gift to her husband. Bits and pieces were a bit slow and redundant and predictable, but so are marriages. It was very thoughtful and great fun to read with my hubs in quarantine.

My Thoughts
I really enjoyed Tung’s book Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story, so I quickly requested her latest book on NetGalley as soon as I saw it. The synopsis really tells you everything you need to know about this book, but I still have a few thoughts to share. Here are my pros and cons:

Pros

1. I love Tung’s graphic novels. They are super easy to read, extremely relatable, and the graphics are adorable.
2. As an introvert, I feel like I am reading about myself when I read one of Tung’s books. It is crazy weird to think there is someone else out there literally experiencing life in so many similar ways as I am! It is comforting, actually, to know I’m not alone.
3. I honestly related to every single page in this book! Some of the panels really hit home though and were almost verbatim reenactments of conversations I’ve had with my husband!! I’m not joking! Debbie Tung… are you spying on me? 🙂
4. Even if you aren’t an introvert, there is much to love in this graphic novel… particularly if you are married. You will recognize many situations from your own married life including struggling to choose a movie to watch, deciding what to have for dinner, compromising over the thermostat setting, and just being boring together.
5. There is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of this book that I believe (and hope!) is alluding to another book coming soon!

Cons
None.

Summary
If you are an introvert, married to an introvert, or just married period, this book is absolutely worth reading. I think all of Tung’s graphic novels are excellent!

Thank you NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for a free eARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I loved this graphic novel. I enjoy the art style and the look at every day life as an introvert trying to live her best life.

Thanks to @netgalley for the arc, for my honest review!

I love all of Debbie Tung comics, they are so relatable, I alway want one beside me to reference that am not the only one that does werid stuff.

I hope she keeps coming out with these wonder books!!