Book Rating: Four Stars.

Book Blurb

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?

Review

Poppy, poppy, poppy. I think most people can see themselves through the main character in people we meet on vacation. My opinion on this book is a very unpopular one: this is Emily Henry’s best book. I loved the characters, the plots, the flashbacks, and I loved the ending. Since this book is based on the friends-to-lovers trope, each chapter was filled with that stomach curling pining and angst that makes you want to throw the book across the room. It was a whole bunch of them acknowledging the huge elephant in the room, but refusing to talk about it. So be warned, the communication in this book is terrible (but I still loved it). Similar to love and other words, most chapters are flashback and this adds tremendously to the plot because the reader gets to observe the growth and progression of Alex and Poppy’s friendship. But the best part, absolutely the best part, was the build up! I love reading about couples that takes years, or at least months, to form rather than the instant-love or instant-connection. This book felt like two people who wanted different things in their life, but also wanted each other. It was very good and excellently written, and provided me with a realistic happy ending.

Who should read this book?

If you like reading about two people who refuse to communicate and have real life issues, this is perfect for you.

Who shouldn’t read this book?

If you want a quick resolution story or characters that are honest from the start, this might not be the one for you.