![]() Will-they-won’t-they tension simmers in a nostalgic landscape as the friends attempt to hold time in stillness. For the remainder of the novel, Harriet must grapple with the reality of change, as well as acknowledge that her feelings are valid. ![]() But when she arrives in Maine, she is dealt two blows: Her ex is there, and this will be their last ever trip to the cottage. The plot is classic exes-to-lovers, but the varied temporal planes strap readers in for a complex emotional journey that belies any back cover summary.įrom the beginning, Harriet is an easy character to latch onto, attempting to build a new “happy place” in a life post-Wyn. “Happy Place” traces the relationship between Harriet and Wyn across multiple timelines, detailing their college romance, derailed engagement and subsequent reunion at a cottage in Maine with their longtime friends - who still don’t know they’ve broken up. In her latest novel “Happy Place,” released April 25, Henry continues to sculpt a sunny world of honest love and easy endings, but the journey to get there is much more poignant and “slow-release hot.” ![]() Her fiction borders on cheesy, but it’s blissfully self-aware. Emily Henry is the reigning sovereign of the rom-com.įrom “Book Lovers” to “Beach Read,” Henry toys with common tropes, but she does so with a twist. ![]()
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