Is it possible to stay friends with someone even if they live hundreds of miles away from each other and have barely spoken in two years? That’s what travel writer Poppy Wright wonders as she evaluates her life. She has a dream job but finds it unfulfilling. She has a gorgeous apartment in New York City but she is single. She loves her parents but can’t help but feel embarrassed by them. Poppy has a list of problems and while she has girlfriend to lean on, the only person she wants to talk to her is her college friend, and travel buddy, Alex Nilsen.
But Poppy doesn’t want to keep it that way and she reaches out, hoping to resume the summer vacation tradition. But as Poppy and Alex attempt to leave the past in the past, they can’t help but be faced with tough questions and feelings that simply won’t go away.
Two years ago I read my first Emily Henry book, Happy People, and I gave it three stars. However, since most die hard Emily Henry fans considered that book to be one of her least impressive works, I decided to give her books another go and picked up one of her works that is nearly universally loved, People We Meet on Vacation. After reading this I can see why Emily Henry has a loyal fan base.
Ms. Henry knows how to write a good romance that is filled with humor, self reflection, and an understanding of how complex love can be. The characters of Poppy and Alex are well developed and I found myself believing not on their friendship but the romantic feelings they ended up feeling for each other. I also found the ending of this one to be much better than the one in Happy People. Happy People‘s ending left me immensely frustrated with the female character seemingly settling but in People We Meet on Vacation I felt Poppy and Alex equally compromised and handled their situations as adults.
That being said, I didn’t give this a full five stars since I found the big event in Croatia to be not that big of a deal. Both Poppy and Alex acted like children when this event occurred and I found it unbelievable that what happened in Croatia would have caused them to not speak to each other for two years.
Overall, this is a solid four star read and I find myself now more open to trying another Emily Henry book in the future.
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