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I am a sucker for a book with a found family, great friend group, and second chance romance. This book had all three and Emily Henry has once again pulled at my heart strings, made me swoon, and smile at the beautiful ending. I don't think there's a book Emily Henry can write that I'd hate.

4.5/5 stars for me!

I've really enjoyed every Emily Henry book I've read and this one was no different. The story follows a group of friends as they spend one last weekend in a Maine cottage before the house is sold. The main characters, Harriet and Wyn, have been together since college...the only problem is they have broken up but haven't told their friends.

Throughout the book, Wyn and Harriet lie to their friends as to not ruin the weekend. They have to pretend to be together, even while they still are in love with each other. The writing is great and Harriet and Wyn have great chemistry. I feel like there was a lot of miscommunication between characters, which I found frustrating., Overall though, I really enjoyed the book.

Emily Henry always has likeable characters and interesting stories. I think each of her books gets better and better. It is a predictable rom-com with a great ending.

Happy Place took me to my happy place which is deep inside a book by Emily Henry!
Harriet and Wyn met in college and have been the iconic couple of their friend group. Which is why when they split up six months ago, they found it so difficult to share the news with their friends. Now they are all at their happy place, a summer house in Maine which is about to be sold and Harriet and Wyn must pretend to be in love for one last week. Can they keep up the pretense and if not will their break up break up the friends?
I could not put this down today. The complex relationships within the friend group was wonderful. Harriet and Wyn’s romance was totally hot and their issues were believable..
Loved this book !

Love changes and we must adapt and communicate with our partners and friends. In life we cannot maintain the status quo. We grow up, we move, we meet new people, our family dynamics change and we must change with them. Sometimes we keep the people we have loved for so long in our life and other times we don’t.

I love this journey in second chances that Emily Henry has brought to life. It’s a journey for friends and lovers.

Definitely a spring/summer read.

At this point, I only believe that Emily Henry gets better and better. This story is about a group of college friends on their annual friends vacation, all of whom are couples now. Except for Wyn and Harriet, who have secretly broken up and now have to fake it through the next week with their friends. It is a great story about how friendships, and relationships change with time. There is a lot of self discovery and honesty that is explored. It makes you ask yourself: What truly makes me happy? Where is my "happy place"? I thoroughly enjoyed this story and there were some super sweet moments. The characters were all great. I can't wait to see what EH writes next.

Another charming romantic comedy from Emily Henry.

Harriet and Wyn have been together for years and planning on getting married. They spend a week each year at a friends family cottage with their best friends. This year is especially meaningful as the cottage is going to be sold after this season. It sounds like a wonderful time together with the exception of the fact that Harriet and Wyn broke up and have not yet told their friends. Now they must spend a week pretending that everything is fine. The usual problems and difficulties ensue as everyone there has something they are not sharing. Harriet and Wyn must finally confront their issues and actually talk them. A light, fun read with good characters.

Happy Place is another enjoyable read from Emily Henry. Perfect for fans of second chance and fake dating tropes, with likeable characters and some nostalgia. Emily Henry fans will not be disappointed.

If BOOK LOVERS is Emily Henry's most laugh-out-loud book, HAPPY PLACE is (ironically, given the title) her most heartbreaking. I'm a sucker for a good friends-to-lovers story, and also for stories about shifting dynamics in friend groups, and this book was full of both—throw in a creatively done dual timeline structure and a memorable setting in Maine, and I think this will hit just the right notes for so many readers!

Emily Henry is the new queen of romance novels. Wyn and Harry are on vacation with their friends, although their friends don’t know they’ve just broken up. To keep the vacation happy for one last time they pretend to still be happy and together.

Avid Emily Henry fan and this is in my top 2 after Beach Read! Her dialogue and banter is always amazing, but the setting description really stood out for me in this one. There was lots of melancholy and longing in this one!

So I have to admit that this is my first Emily Henry! What was I waiting for? I will now read her backlog! I am not the biggest fan of second chance romances, but this one was done so well. I love Henry's writing style. I'm not going to lie, I was worried about the ending (was I the only one with anxiety surrounding it all?) but the ending was perfect in my opinion. I will definitely recommend this book!

This, by far, is the best thing Emily Henry has ever done. WOW.

About the writing:

The writing in this is poetic, lyrical, beautiful, and heart wrenching. Every single relationship is dotted with random details and stupid little moments that help to build believability and love for every single character in this book. I’m in love with this little (and big) found family, and Henry captures what it means to love in such small, but ultimately incredible important terms.

Each characters choices feels rooted in who they are, and every emotional decision makes sense. Each character is tied together in ways that aren’t cliche, and each subtle detail works like magic to paint the bigger picture. The plot was fast paced and always had me wanting more, with each subsequent moment forcing me to beg for another detail.

For the readers:

Read this book. Read it again, and then read it again until you’ve memorized every word. I would say it’s my guilty pleasure, but I’m not guilty about it in the slightest. This book captures that warm, somewhat wistful feeling of a happy place so perfectly it had me tearing up from the first page. This book is an anthem to everyone who has ever loved and lost, (which is pretty much everyone) as well as to anyone who has learned to forgive themselves (or needs to). We can control nothing but our own happiness, and trusting that the people we love will be there for us through anything is the best way to finding our own little happy place.

I’d give 10 stars if I could. Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin books for the E-ARC and to Emily Henry for this gift from her soul.

This was a wonderful read about friendships, relationships, and always, always, changes. It was heartwarming and hilarious and a perfect Emily Henry title!

Told in present-day and flashbacks, Happy Place centers on the relationship between Harry and Wyn, a relationship that ended six months ago unbeknownst to their closest friends. Thrown together for one last vacation in the friends' favorite vacation spot, Harry and Wyn remember how the relationship started and reckon with why it ended.

New York Times best selling author Emily Henry’s hotly awaited fourth novel will enchant fans and newcomers alike. Harriet is supposed to be in her ‘happy place’- she should be enjoying the annual trip to Maine with her beloved college friends. But instead, she’s in a funk after her fiancé Wyn broke up with her with no explanation. Since he's an integral part of the friend group, they decide to keep the news secret in order not to upset anyone. Now with news that the vacation home they always stay at is for sale -meaning this might be their last summer there together - the pressure is on to have one last perfect trip. Harriet and Wynn agree that to get through this vacation they need to pretend the breakup never happened, and afterward they can go their separate ways, but their enduring love for each other keeps finding its way to the surface. Told in alternating chapters, past and present, we get the full buildup of their love story throughout the years, making their relationship one that readers will root for. This sexy and profoundly romantic novel will satisfy fans of Henry’s thrilling trademark mix of witty banter, intensely emotional storylines, and the transformational power of love.

Another triumph for Emily Henry. The central relationship is deeply compelling and the main character is relatable and interesting. It made me really emotional.

This is a must-buy for public libraries. Henry's books are already so popular that it will be requested by many patrons, and it is just as good as her previous books. I'm glad so many other people like this author too!

This was my least favorite book of hers, unfortunately. I felt myself skimming it at times and was ready for it to be over. It just didn't have anything that interesting to tell, storywise. And I felt the characters weren't well developed.

I wish I could express how much I loved this book. The main character, Harriet, really connected with me. She is a people pleaser who stives to make everyone proud of her without causing any upset. I loved the message of love, found family, and change. This book was a giant hug and a cup of warm tea. Please, please read this.