This review was first posted on Music, Books and Tea.This Is What Happy Looked Like was such a fun read! I loved reading Statistical Probability last year, and was hoping for more of the same from Jennifer E Smith’s summer release. Unfortunately, it lacked a little bit of the spark that Statistical Probability had, but was still a cute book nonetheless.I thought the emails that were included throughout the story were great, I’m a fan when things like emails and text messages are included in a story, plus they were a great way to learn about the two main characters without simply being ‘told’ everything about them.Ellie and Graham were okay characters – there was nothing amazing about them in particular, but I still liked them well enough, and I enjoyed reading about their relationship as it progressed throughout the book. Their interactions together were cute, and Ellie and Graham really worked well together in a sweet way.I was a huge fan of the setting in This Is What Happy Looks Like – it was lovely to read a book with a small town like Henley as the setting, and it made me wish I was able to visit a place like it in real life!As I said previously, the story and romance were sweet and cute, nothing less and nothing more. Sometimes that’s all I want from a contemporary, and This Is What Happy Looks Like certainly fits the bill where that is concerned! It’s still worth a read, and was the perfect book to read during the summer months.
Music, Books and Tea
This review was first posted on Music, Books and Tea.This Is What Happy Looked Like was such a fun read! I loved reading Statistical Probability last year, and was hoping for more of the same from Jennifer E Smith’s summer release. Unfortunately, it lacked a little bit of the spark that Statistical Probability had, but was still a cute book nonetheless.I thought the emails that were included throughout the story were great, I’m a fan when things like emails and text messages are included in a story, plus they were a great way to learn about the two main characters without simply being ‘told’ everything about them.Ellie and Graham were okay characters – there was nothing amazing about them in particular, but I still liked them well enough, and I enjoyed reading about their relationship as it progressed throughout the book. Their interactions together were cute, and Ellie and Graham really worked well together in a sweet way.I was a huge fan of the setting in This Is What Happy Looks Like – it was lovely to read a book with a small town like Henley as the setting, and it made me wish I was able to visit a place like it in real life!As I said previously, the story and romance were sweet and cute, nothing less and nothing more. Sometimes that’s all I want from a contemporary, and This Is What Happy Looks Like certainly fits the bill where that is concerned! It’s still worth a read, and was the perfect book to read during the summer months.
