Review: People we meet on vacation

Today I’m sharing my review of People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry.

“Like a good book or an incredible outfit, being on vacation transports you to another version of yourself.”

Synopsis

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?

Why I Decided to Read this Book

I loved Emily Henry’s book Beach Read last year so I was super excited for her new book. I read this in anticipation for my Summer Reading Guide.

Rating

4 Stars (Check out my rating system!)

My Thoughts

This was a great summer book! It really made me want to travel and at the same time satisfied that travel craving I’ve had for the past year. The book features all the vacations that Poppy and Alex took together and it was so fun to see where they went. You know I have a love hate relationship with romances and I’ll say Emily Henry writes the kind of romances I like. This wasn’t super steamy and I really felt the connection between the characters. Her books are not just a typical rom-com they are so much more!

I really enjoyed Poppy and connected with her. She is going through a point in her life where she’s worked really hard to get to where she’s at but is she happy? I think a lot of women in their 30s can relate in some form to her. I can also see how she can be misunderstood and some people could see her as ungrateful (which I don’t!) so I’m impressed with Emily Henry for taking the risk and writing the character they way she wanted to do it.

While reading this I realized I love the friends to lovers romance trope because you can generally feel the deep connection between the characters. I don’t like when they just love each other just because. The more I read romance books the more I learn about what I like about the genre. Overall I think this book is delightful and perfect for the summer.

Content Warnings

Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief

Who I Recommend this Book to

If you liked Beach Read I think you’ll like this one as well! This is a great book to read by the pool or at the beach.

Get the Book!

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