A review by literarypenguin
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

People We Meet On Vacation was a lovely story about two best friends over a decade of friendship realizing that that friendship might be becoming more than that. It shows how they both deal with these growing feelings and how far they are both willing to go to give this a chance. 

I adored the different vacation spots and settings we got in this book, how Poppy & Alex got to travel to different locations. How diverse these locations were and truly beautiful these places are! I wish I could go to some of these places myself. The vacations were also important to showing the development of their friendship over the years and how they became friends and eventually lovers in the end of the book.  

Poppy was such a free spirit and bubbly character! I loved her thrill of adventure and wanting to see the world. It was such a sharp contrast to Alex's more reserved and organized nature. They were truly two people who nobody would ever think of as friends but they made it work super well. It was an opposites attract situation and a true friends to lovers written beautifully well! The tension was great and the banter between them really was funny and had me laughing out loud at parts.  

I also loved the ending of how both of them had to make a compromise if they wanted to give this relationship a chance, how sacrifices had to be made to be with each other if that is what they truly wanted. I loved this book and is one of my favorite friends to lovers books ever!
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