The author also could have done a better job with the romance. Poppy and Alex have been doing this tango for 12 years. Yet we are supposed to believe that they just spontaneously happened to have these encounters? It rained so they decided to take their friendship to the next level? That is so lame. Alex couldn't think of anything more thoughtful (even though he is supposed to be this incredibly thoughtful guy)? He didn't buy all of the flowers in the flower shop? He didn't tell Poppy that she looked beautiful in the light? He didn't save up all of his credit card points to try to take her to a nice vacation, something that would really "speak to her" as a traveling guru? He didn't try to show off his muscles to try to catch her eye? I mean I have been out of the dating game for awhile, but I remember it being more exciting than this book...... I think Poppy liked him because he didn’t have him, that’s it. She had a co-dependency on him to not feel alone.

You and Me on Vacation ebook by Emily Henry - Rakuten Kobo

Even if this book is primarily a romance and therefore, primarily focused on Alex and Poppy’s relationship, I really appreciated the inclusion of Poppy’s job. It was really interesting to see her hesitancy about it all and I found her growth, her wanting to find her own happiness in that field again, SO good to follow, as well.

this book has changed my brain chemistry in the best way possible and i want to hold on to this feeling forever. rtc <3

You and Me on Vacation - Penguin Books UK

The problem with this? It's incredibly boring. The dialogue and action is so very minimal and its 90% talking about the towns they're in, describing the hotels they stay at, and the tourist attractions they visit. It was a major snoozefest. even though i love romance books, i wouldnt consider myself an especially romantic or sentimental person. but wow, EH has made me once again wish that her stories were my reality. i mean, the humour. the chemistry. the tender way heavy topics are discussed. the realness of it all. the easy-breezy writing that makes me tear up at times. everything about this is so easy to love and want. The writing was all over the place suddenly we were in the present and then in the same sentence she is reminiscing about the furniture she had to buy 4 months ago. People We Meet on Vacation is a sweet, fluffy, beachy read that gets a little long in the tooth towards the end. The angst is just *chef's kiss*. And also, one bed. One friggin bed. Witty banter, sexual tension, one bed—all my favorite things in the same book???alex thought through everything and cared about poppy so much while they were friends. it was heartbreaking to realize that he never felt as though he was enough bc he felt she deserved the absolute world and he thought he couldn’t give her that. he was so organized and wanted to settle down with his life, in contrast to poppy, who lives her life in a carefree manner and enjoys it in every way she can try. i love that they seemed to be willing to date other people in the span of their friendship, because it allowed them to realize that they really were meant to be and they just had to take that extra step to truly be together happily.

You and Me on Vacation, Emily Henry - Drizzle Review: You and Me on Vacation, Emily Henry - Drizzle

Apparently Alex and Poppy loved each other for 12 YEARS, and didn’t make a single move in those years to form a relationship, but they had bf and gf when their feelings were so strong. You may believe that I have opened this review of a romance novel with a discussion of soulmates in a way to tie in the content of the book, and in a way, you would be right. But not really. i'm really pissed off. I was ready for some amazing childhood friends to lovers but what i got was confusingtimeline switches and me taking a month to finish a book! That is not heard of. another thing was the character development. poppy and alex wouldn’t have been the people that they are right now, without learning from their mistakes with their exes. throughout their friendship, they dated other people and it was never as though they waited around for one another. they play it off as this belief that it would never work out. however, finding out that the reason they hesitated to be together for so long stemmed from their own insecurities made me so sad. they couldn’t deny the love that they had for each other and being with other people helped them realize that they were meant to be. not with anyone else but each other. I loved Poppy and I fully understood her and I was rooting for her and Alex throughout the book after a couple of chapters. I loved their relationship with how Poppy brings Alex out of his shell and I love her sense of humour! I liked how as a reader we almost had to work for the HEA, it didn’t come easily and it made sense for the characters wholeheartedly. There were a few of my favourite tropes sprinkled in throughout but I don’t want to give away any spoilers! It also features unrequited love to some degree and that has been an element in romance books that I have been enjoying recently and it was done really well in this one.TWO FRIENDS TEN SUMMER TRIPS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE. 12 SUMMERS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they'll never speak again. 11 SUMMERS AGO: They're forced to share a ride home from college and by ... Now, after two years of not talking, Poppy is determined to fix things with Alex. She manages to persuade him to go on one last vacation where she has one week to convince Alex to give their friendship another go. Even if we never kissed, never said the words outright, we were keeping whole parts of our hearts for each other only