I was also shipping them so hard to become more than friends because they were truly just adorable together in the flashback scenes. I was utterly heartbroken to learn that something had happened to fracture their relationship and I shared Poppy’s desperation to fix it. I loved watching the two of them interact because 1) the banter is hilarious, 2) it’s clear they have intense chemistry, and 3) they really bring out the best in each other. Henry has the story unfold through a dual timeline where in the present, we watch Poppy and Alex take a trip together to try to rekindle their friendship and move forward, while in the past, we get lots of flashbacks of Poppy and Alex’s first meeting, their friendship growing, scenes from those amazing yearly vacations, etc. I fell in love with both Poppy and Alex right away. Poppy desperately wants her best friend back and reaches out to Alex with an offer she hopes he won’t refuse. That is, until two years ago when something happened to completely derail their friendship to the point where they stopped speaking to each other. They have not only stayed friends long after graduating from college, but every year they get together and take an epic vacation. They are truly the most unlikely of friends, but as the old saying goes, opposites attract and their friendship just works. Poppy is a travel writer and a quirky extrovert, while Alex is a high school teacher and a highly reserved introvert. Poppy and Alex both come from a small town in Ohio and that, aside from the fact that they attended the same college, which is where they met and became best friends, is pretty much the only thing they have in common. People We Meet on Vacation follows Poppy and Alex. I’m thrilled to report that Henry not only met my expectations, but she really hit it out of the park. I therefore had very high expectations going into her new novel, People We Meet on Vacation.

It was a five-star read for me and I adored everything about it.

All opinions are my own.Įmily Henry’s novel Beach Read was one of my favorite books of 2020. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on two books hitting the shelves this week that also happen to be two of my most anticipated reads of 2021, Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation and Jennifer Weiner’s That Summer.įTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley. My son had a soccer tournament so I spent my holiday at my second home, the soccer field, lol. Happy Monday all! I hope all of the moms out there had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend.

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