You and Me On Vacation

You and Me On Vacation - Emily Henry

Genre: Romance

Release Date: Expected July 8th 2021

(Previously known as People We Meet On Vacation)

Travel writer Poppy is arguably gorgeous (from certain angles), she's loud, she spills everything and she's really not good at stayng still.

Alex is her polar opposite. Since school he's become a teacher, has the house and the car, and still takes selfies without using the front camera.

But somehow, for the last 12 years they've been best friends, with a pact to spend every single summer together. And after ten glorious summers of being so drunk that matching tattoos slowly become appealing and travelling to amazing places, it was the perfect friendship. Until it wasn't and their friendship turned into just a fond memory. But now Poppy decides it's time for one last trip with her former best friend and this could change everything.

Let's get this right - I had very high expectations going into this. After Beach Read, which was definitely my feel-good hit of the summer last year it was going to be hard to live up to that standard - but I was not dissapointed.

As we travel through our dynamic duo's many summer adventures, we slowly peice together exactly what makes their relationship so special and just how they managed to go from people who had no intention of even exchanging numbers to being each others person. This was the type of story that even though you were pretty certain you knew where it was going, just enjoying the journey on our way there was adventure enough.

This was another perfectly feel-good, completely adorable romance that was exactly the thing you need while sitting in the sun (Even though this is an early review and I've forgotten how the sun feels!) Emily Henry takes all the familiar, comforting tropes of the genre and turns it into something heartwarming magical.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to NetGalley and Emily Henry for an ARC in return for an honest review.

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