Happy Place by Emily Henry is about a couple who broke up months ago and made a pact to pretend date for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in Maine. Harriet and Wyn had fallen head over heels with each other when they first met. They have been together since they were in college, but they broke up six months ago and have kept it a secret from their best friends and have refused to talk to each other.
On their retreat, they find themselves in their current unfortunate situation of sharing the largest bedroom which also has an open plan for the bathroom area. There is no privacy in the bedroom and nowhere to spend a moment alone. Both Harriet and Wyn along with their four other best friends, look forward to spending this annual retreat with each other and it’s their chance to unplug and bond with each other.
Since Wyn and Harriet haven’t told their friends the truth about their relationship, they have to lie and pretend that everything is okay and that they are still together. To add salt to the wound, this is their last trip to the cottage as it is going on sale, and it will be the last time they are all together in one place. They don’t want to ruin the last trip for their friends, so they pretend to still be in love.
I heard many great things about this author, and I was kind of disappointed by this book. I felt like it was unnecessarily long and very boring, at times. There were a few funny moments sprinkled in but for most of the book, my eyes just glazed over. None of the characters felt well developed and they were boring. Originally, I had given this book three stars but eventually, I realized that I could have gone without reading this book and I wouldn’t have missed it much. I did enjoy some things in the book but the romance between Wyn and Harriet and the cast of subpar secondary characters wasn’t enough for me to reach for another one of the author’s books.
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