Happy Place

Emily Henry has done it again.

Book Lovers is technically the only other book by her I've read and while I enjoyed that one, I REALLY enjoyed this one. I can see why so many people say it was one of their best reads of 2023. The emotion and depth in this book really just digs right down to your heart. There's always a special place in my heart for books that make me cry, and this one got me right at the end. There's just so much love in this book, platonic and familial and romantic. To get to the ending and have it be so hopeful and also wistful and to feel like we really earned the happiness is so special.

Leaving off with my favorite quote that hit me like a gut punch halfway through the book:

‘“Is there one that looks like us?” he asks. They all do, I think. You are in all my happiest places. You are where my mind goes when it needs to be soothed.'