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Julia Whelan
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Length
11 hours 2 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“If you're in the mood for a feel-good romance, Happy Place by Emily Henry is exactly what you need! This story brings all the heart, humor, and charm that Henry is known for, with a plot full of emotional depth and plenty of swoon-worthy moments. It’s a story about love, friendship, and finding your way back to your 'happy place' — and you’ll be laughing, crying, and cheering for the characters all the way through.”
— In Bloom Books • In Bloom Books
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“Happy Place absolutely radiates love in all its forms. Come for the will-they-won't-they, second-chance tension, stay for the unbreakable bonds of true, soul-mate level friendships. One of my favorite Emily Henry novels so far!”
— Chelsea • Bromley's Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Another great beach read from Emily Henry! I found myself unable to stop listening to this book. Henry just knows how to write a love story that makes you go noooo then yeeees then whaaaat then yeeees! The story of Wyn and Harriet will make your heart throb. And Harriet's journey to find herself and keep her friends will prove that self-love is worth fighting for.”
— Rae • Titcomb's Bookshop
Bookseller recommendation
“I’ve never been so devastated by love before. Not in the absence of it, but in the all-encompassing presence of it in a book like this. This book isn’t 'Slow release hot', as Harriet would be described by Wyn, because it seized my attention from the first chapter. This book did not disappoint and I cannot wait to see what else Henry has in store for us! Happy Place is a heartfelt romance novel that will leave readers’ hearts aching until they swoon in the last chapters. It follows two characters thrown into close quarters on a week attending their best friends’ nuptials.”
— AnnRea • Butterbean Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Wow! I LOVED this book! I couldn’t stop listening! I needed to know how each character grew and loved, oh how they loved! I long for a love as true as theirs. I could immediately listen to it all over again. ”
— Penny • Birchbark Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Happy Place by Emily Henry is an emotional barrage of my favorite tropes: friends to lovers, same bed, fake dating, and second chance romance. And once you get your first buzzing tug of those heartstrings, you’ll instantly know that you’ve been bit by the Henry love bug. Henry introduces you to a tangle with a quaint flirty friendship as two strangers finally meet at a yearly friend-cation. This romance isn’t just a slow-burn between two lovers, but also for a collective friendship of humans who have laughed, cried, and lived in each other’s bubble for so long. Happy Place is kind, selfless, heart-breaking, and absolutely romantic. ”
— Michelle • Mysterious Galaxy Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Oh Emily Henry. With each new book, you give me a new favorite. Yes, this is a romance, but more importantly, it is a friendship story. It was such a meaningful look at long time friends and how those relationships can both change and be evergreen and how that is normal but how we respond to it is the important part. This is a perfect summer read with much of it set during a friend group’s annual summer Maine trip. It is also about how we can create these misconceptions around how our friends AND family see us and what we think they want from us and how THAT can inform what life decisions we make and how we communicate with those we love. The icing on this perfectly sweet and spicy cake was Julia Whelan’s audiobook narration.”
— Cori • Bright Side Bookshop
Bookseller recommendation
“Emily Henry does it again! This story spills over with so many incredible moments between friends and lovers. You will not be able to escape the charm and warmth of this circle of friends, who upon finding out that their summer home will be sold, desperately cling to their memories of all the times spent there. While they are navigating these last moments they ultimately discover so many things about each other and themselves. Julia Whelan’s audio narration is captivating and you will not want this story to end. ”
— Karen • Thunder Road Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Emily Henry has been top five for me for a long time, and this book may be her best yet. Harriet and Wyn could not be more charming and are the kind of characters whose histories feel so real you want to give them a hug. Not to mention the banter is just off the charts electric and funny. Wyn is the standout to me as just the most likable and heart-breakingly understandable character, and many readers will certainly connect to his grief, mental health journey, self-deprecation, and fear of not being enough. From Cleo to Sabrina, all the characters are so fleshed out, and especially toward the end you feel so enmeshed in their lives and journeys you want to know what happens next. (Maybe Emily Henry can give readers her first sequel romance? Please?) I read this in one sitting on a road trip and I barely noticed the 8 hours go by, I was so engrossed. Effervescent yet quite grounded, this book is a tonic!”
— Nyawira • Page 158 Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Another great beach read from Emily Henry! I found myself unable to stop listening to this book. Henry just knows how to write a love story that makes you go noooo then yeeees then whaaaat then yeeees! The story of Wyn and Harriet will make your heart throb. And Harriet's journey to find herself and keep her friends will prove that self-love is worth fighting for.”
— Rae • Titcomb's Bookshop
Bookseller recommendation
“This is, to me, Emily Henry's best work. There's a mastery of longing here that is hard to describe, but is deeply heartfelt all the same. Her ability to show life and relationships being made of all the small moments and not just big aspirations was deeply relatable. Julia Whelan soars again with an emotive performance. ”
— Destinee • East City Bookshop
Bookseller recommendation
“The best word I can use to describe the feeling this story stirs in me would be longing. Henry does such an amazing job at conjuring an emotional response with her writing that I find myself with a literal ache in my chest while listening, even though I know exactly how the story is going to pan out because I've read (listened) three times. Every time I finish a read of Happy Place I find myself still reeling with emotion and I don't think I've ever read a book that makes me feel this much.”
— Ashley • The Freckled Press
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
“The beach-read master hooks us again."—People
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by BuzzFeed ∙ Paste Magazine ∙ Elle ∙ Southern Living ∙ SheReads ∙ Culturess ∙ Medium ∙ Her Campus ∙ Readers Digest ∙ Zibby Mag and more!
A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.
They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.
Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.
Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?
Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read. She studied creative writing at Hope College, and now spends most of her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the part of Kentucky just beneath it. Find her on Instagram @emilyhenrywrites.
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Reviews
"Henry's new novel is a slow-burn romance and an ode to the chosen family we need when everything gets too complicated...The beach-read master hooks us again."—People
“Blur[s] the lines between women’s and literary-leaning commercial fiction, departing from the fantasy spaces of bodice rippers and misty moors to depict a world that looks a lot more like, well, our own…Henry operates at the top of her—and her readers’—intelligence, telling sophisticated, heartfelt stories that are conscious of the romantic comedy conventions without being overly meta about them…Henry’s dedicated readers know what to expect: wit, charm and heart, satisfying to the last page.”
—The Washington Post
“With tender insight and quick wit, Henry delivers prosecco and sea breezes alongside startling mediations on friendship, loss, and adulthood.”
—Oprah Quarterly
"Just in time for summer, Henry's latest rom-com is a charming, heartwarming read about second-chance romance."
—USA Today
“Here she is at last, a reigning queen of beach reads…Henry returns with another of her surefire-hit romantic comedies this spring, this one about a forced-proximity fake relationship…Expect to see it on vacationers’ Instagram feeds all summer long, and deservedly so.”
—Elle
“For the last couple of years, Emily Henry has been the queen of romance novels, and that is not changing any time soon.”
—Cosmopolitan
“The queen of beach reads."
—The Hollywood Reporter
"Another knock-out from the champ. The woman doesn't miss."
—Taylor Jenkins-Reid
"Emily Henry has done it again! Happy Place is a dazzling, poignant love story about the people and places our hearts call home. Bursting with warmth and wit, this unforgettable romance is one more reason my happy place is an Emily Henry book."
—Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and Meet Me at the Lake
“This has the makings of a rom-com classic.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This sexy and profoundly romantic novel will satisfy fans of best-selling Henry’s thrilling trademark mix of witty banter and intensely emotional storylines.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
“Henry's novels are sparkling bestsellers, and her newest will be an immense draw for her fans and every reader looking for a stellar romance.”
—Booklist (starred review)
"As always, Henry’s dialogue is sparkling and the banter between characters is snappy and hilarious. Wyn and Harriet’s relationship, shown both in the past and the present, feels achingly real. Their breakup, as well as their complicated relationships with their own families, adds a twinge of melancholy, as do the relatable growing pains of a group of friends whose lives are taking them in different directions. A wistfully nostalgic look at endings, beginnings, and loving the people who will always have your back.”
—Kirkus
“Happy Place proves that Henry is a writer with “no skips,” her oeuvre as expertly crafted as a perfect summer playlist.”
—Bookpage (starred review)
"If you're looking for a magical second-chance romance that will make your heart ache and read compulsively to find out what happened to the perfect couple (and whether they'll get their happily ever after), then Happy Place is sure to keep you up all night!"
—The Nerd Daily
"...no matter how large your TBR list is, Happy Place by Emily Henry needs to be on it."
—The Everygirl
"Alternating between past and present, Henry crafts a tender, bittersweet story about the bonds that help define us and the inevitability of change."
—The Washington Independent Review of Books Expand reviews
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