• Happy Place

  • By: Emily Henry
  • Narrated by: Julia Whelan
  • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (19 ratings)

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Happy Place

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Two exes. One pact.

Could this holiday change everything?

Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple—they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Except, now they don't.

They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone.

Which is how they end up sharing a bedroom at the cottage that has been their yearly getaway with their best friends for the past decade. For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth. The cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be together here and they can't bear to break their friends' hearts. So, they'll fake it for one more week.

It's a flawless plan (if you look at it through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses).

But how can you pretend to be in love with someone—and get away with it—in front of the people who know you best?

Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, Happy Place is Emily Henry's best novel yet.

©2023 Emily Henry (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"One of my favourite authors." (Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us)

"The master of witty repartee." (Daily Mail)

"Emily Henry never fails to deliver great banter and a romance to swoon over." (Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and the Six)

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Gorgeous

If you've loved Emily Henry's other books for the character growth and the sweetness, you'll love this one. It broke my heart and stitched it back up.

Update: I just reread my Emily Henry collection and this is by far my favourite. Deeply emotional and the performance is so good. I don't usually like the voices that audible narrators make but Julia Whelan really enhanced the story. She is officially my favourite Audible narrator.

If you are in the mood for something that tugs at your gremlin heart, this is it. If you've ever had a sad breakup, bring tissues.

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Took forever to gain traction but not bad

My first time reading one of Emily Henry’s books. Lovely story of friendship, love and following one’s dreams. Took like half the book to get some real traction for me. I forced myself to push through. I enjoyed it in the end, though it was not capturing in the beginning. Not blown away though. 3/5 I would say overall.

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Not as good as book lovers

Honestly? This one ain't it for me. It's just too low energy I feel like

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