Emily Henry Books
Hi Bookish Besties!
Today, we are going to be breaking down all things Emily Henry! She specializes in writing amazing adult romance novels. For the last month and half, I have absolutely devoured each one of them. The way she writes her characters to her settings to the narrative is unique. These aren’t simply romance novels. They are emotional and captivating.
We will be discussing who Emily Henry is, what her novels are about, and my ranking and thoughts on her whole collection.
About the Author
Emily Herny is a #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times best-selling author. She lives and writes in Cincinnati and the connected part of Kentucky. She has written 5 books - Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, and Funny Story. Her books have been featured in Buzzfeed, Shondaland, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and many more. She has an amazing ability to write captivating adult romance novels!
If you would like to follow her on social, her Instagram is @emilyhenrywrites.
Her Books
Beach Read
Release Date: May 19, 2020
My Rating: 5/5⭐️
After the tragedy of losing her father and learning everything wasn’t as it seemed, January Andrews moves into the beach house of her father’s second life. She hopes to spend the next few months selling everything off and breaking through her writer’s block. As she expected, it’s harder than she imagined and it doesn’t help that her college rival, Gus, lives next door. One thing leads to another and they make a deal to write in each other’s styles in the hopes of breaking through their creative slumps. While giving each other lessons in their genres, they made one rule - to not fall in love with each other. Easy… right?
Buy it: Amazon
People We Meet On Vacation
Release Date: May 11, 2021
My Rating: 3.5/5⭐️
Poppy and Alex have been best friends since the one time they carpooled home together from university. These two couldn’t be more different, but they have been the best of friends for 10 years. Since she lives in New York and he lives in their hometown, they have taken a week of vacation together. But that all stopped two years ago. Everything was ruined. And, honestly, she has not been happy since Croatia. So Poppy reached out and he miraculously agreed to take a vacation together again like the old times. She has one week… one week to fix everything. Will she be able to ignore that 5% or will it end in disaster?
Buy it: Amazon
Book Lovers
Release Date: May 3, 2022
My Rating: 5/5⭐️
Nora Stephens lives and breathes books, having devoured them all, yet she doesn't fit the mold of your typical heroine. Her heroics are reserved for her clients, whom she secures massive deals for as a ruthless literary agent, and her cherished younger sister Libby. So, when Libby begs her for a sisters' getaway to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina, envisioning a small-town retreat, Nora reluctantly agrees. But instead of idyllic meadow picnics or chance encounters with charming locals, Nora finds herself repeatedly crossing paths with Charlie Lastra, a brooding editor from her urban past. Their encounters would be considered "meet-cutes" if they hadn't met multiple times before, none of which were particularly cute. While Nora acknowledges she's far from the ideal heroine, Charlie realizes he's far from anyone's hero. Yet, as fate keeps intertwining their paths in a series of improbable coincidences, they begin to unravel the carefully constructed stories they've woven about themselves.
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Happy Place
Release Date: April 25, 2023
My Rating: 4.5/5⭐️
It is finally time for the yearly getaway to her happy place in Maine and Harriet has news to share with her friends of a decade. To her surprise, when she arrives to the cottage, she sees that her ex-fiancé, Wyn, is also here and the news she was hoping to share of that they broke up five months ago has to be put on hold. But with everything changing and the cottage being sold, they decide to continue the ruse that they are still together. Will they be able to keep up the lie even with their unresolved chemistry still buzzing between them or will the truth come out fracturing the happy place?
Buy it: Amazon
Funny Story
Release Date: April 23, 2024
My Rating: 5/5⭐️
What happens when your fiancé, Peter, returns from his bachelor party to inform you that he is in love with the girl who “was always like a sister?” Well obviously, your engagement is over and your only choice is to move in with your ex-fiancé’s new girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, Miles, as he now has a room available and you can’t leave your job just yet as the children’s librarian. After the devastation, she quickly realized she had built her entire life around her fiancé and, when he sends her an invite to his wedding, she panics and lies to him by saying that she’s dating Miles. While that was probably not her best move, the two end up fake dating, and Miles is committed to showing her what Waning Bay has to offer. Slowly, she starts trusting Miles and falling hard for the exact opposite of who she is. But could this really be happening? Would she be able to find herself or will she run when life gets too messy?
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My Ranking
Most Favorite to Least Favorite
💛Beach Read - 5/5⭐️
💜Funny Story - 5/5⭐️
🩵Book Lovers - 5/5⭐️
🩷Happy Place - 4.5/5⭐️
🧡People We Meet On Vacation - 3.5/5⭐️
My Thoughts
I enjoyed all of her books but Beach Read and Funny Story were absolutely amazing to me!!! Beach Read is my favorite of hers at this time! I fell quick and hard for January and Gus and their relationship!! But I would be lying if I didn’t say that Funny Story almost took that #1 spot. I love the fake dating romance trope so Daphne and Miles’ story easily became one of my favorites! Now as much as I wanted to love each one of Henry’s books the same, I unfortunately did not. Happy Place and People We Meet On Vacation were written in a slightly different style/format and I had trouble getting through both of them. They were great books; however, something just didn’t click for me. After doing some research, I have learned that you either prefer Happy Place/PWMOV or Beach Read/Book Lovers.
What is your favorite Emily Henry book? Do you agree that you either like Beach Read/Book Lovers or Happy Place/People We Meet On Vacation?
Lots of Love,
Kylie
