Will I love People We Meet on Vacation?

I love this book for its unconventional love story. I have always been drawn to uncommon people and both characters in this story have their unique traits and eccentricities.

I relished the slow-burn of this romance while lounging on the beach. I truly enjoyed the dialogue in this book. It was fresh, witty, and I laughed out loud many times.

This book is part of my reread collection now.

I love this book because it has some of my absolute favorite tropes: friends-to-lovers, Dual Timelines, and Pining! Everything about this book ticks my boxes. Poppy and Alex used to be best friends, and Poppy is determined to repair their relationship. I absolutely love these main characters.

Energetic and vivacious Poppy struggles to find what will bring her happiness, while stoic and bookish Alex is stuck in his routine. I could relate to their complex feelings about life as they entered their thirties. Reading about their history and their present reunion made me feel how much they need each other.… show more.

I’m a sucker for a good friends-to-lovers romance, especially if gives off When Harry Met Sally vibes. Poppy and Alex have been friends since college. Despite being polar opposites, they share a passion for travel. So, every year, they take a vacation together, known as “The Summer Trip”—always in a different location, and always as “just friends.” At the start of the book, they haven’t spoken for two years, so Poppy makes a last-ditch effort to reconcile with Alex via a jaunt to Palm Springs. The trip does not go as expected, which makes for some truly hilarious scenes! I… show more.

Poppy and Alex are best friends who want different things in life. Friends-to-lovers is my absolute favorite romance trope, so I will read any book recommended to me with that swoon-worthy storyline. That said, I could never rank People We Meet on Vacation among comparable novels of this ilk that I’ve read. I don’t know how Emily Henry does it, but this novel manages to draw out the developing, slow-burn romance in such a way that every little touch, every flicker of eye contact, every bravely flirtatious comment, feels like it’s setting the room on fire. By the time Poppy… show more.