My favorite Emily Henry book (so far)! It was light and fun (and also deep and depressing), and the setting and plot were honestly perfect for my late-summer blues.

This book is just chock-full of nostalgia, in a somewhat painful kind of way. The friendship between Harry, Cleo, and Sabrina was the real heart of this book. As someone in their mid-20’s, I can really really relate to the characters in this book—they were inseparable, told each other everything, spent all their time together—and then they all got lives and moved on. It hurt my heart because it resonated so deeply with me. 

But that’s part of growing up! People get lives, and move, and get new partners or jobs or their availability changes, and life still had to keep trucking along. I hardcore related to Sabrina, trying desperately to cling to the memories of the good times and somehow letting the current moment partially slip away. But this is a romcom, and so we got our nice little happy ending, and it was kinda cathartic to see that everything in their little group worked out for the best (even if it’s not what it was). Bittersweet little read.