Fun, flirty, fantastic. I loved the style in which this was written, spanning tales of summers past and the present day. Thoroughly enjoyable. A really uplifting read that reminded me; not everyone has it all together, you not everyone has a plan or a picture perfect life and it’s totally ok to ask for help even you need it. Some really refreshing truths told while mixed in with a story that shows the true extent of love, friendship and feeling at home.

The perfect escape from the real world, filled with holidays. The characters are easy to connect too and the friends to lovers to enemies to friends I found enjoyable.

Emily Henry has cemented herself as my new favourite auto-buy author. The story of Poppy and Alex unfolds in past and present timelines, expertly woven together, and builds to a wonderfully satisfying climax - and in not quite the way you might expect.

I love the slow-burn-things-left-unsaid between these two friends. I love the serious issues the book explores, and I love the side characters, particularly the women who, in less capable hands might have come across as vapid or pretentious. Everyone is real in this book, which makes the emotional punches really land. Emily has such a light touch; her writing switching from heart-breaking to funny with a rare deftness.

I laughed, I cried, I swooned.
LOVED IT.

A really good read. Alex and Poppy become friends after a shaky start but finally realise they do actually like each other. They have different lifestyles but they always get together for an annual vacation. It's a lovely story of families love and friendships and with interesting locations that draw you into their story,but before they can finally be happy they have to be honest with each other and work out their problems.

Emily Henry masterfully tackles yet another romance trope, proving that she may just be able to do it all. Full of yearning, tenderness and tension, YOU AND ME ON VACATION is the god tier friends-to-lovers story you've been waiting for. This book fulfills many different needs: on the one hand, it is most definitely the perfect holiday read, while on the other, it is the perfect kind of book for times like ours; while you mightn't be able to go out and freely explore the world yourself, the novel allows you to lose yourself in distant cities, bringing them to live in detail. There was a certain je ne sais quoi that wasn't there for me, but overall this was a fabulous read.

I've been having a difficult time lately trying to immerse myself back into contemporary fiction i always found myself going back to fantasy. This book made me remember why i loved contemporary in the first place!!

I'm a sucker for a friends to lovers trope. There has always been something so wonderful at the thought of falling in love with a friend. This book does it beautifully.

I loved all the vrious locations they visited. they were all so well written. I loved how we kind of saw both characters grow through the years.

Beach read was one of my favourite books from last year and this book didn't dissapoint me one bit! I loved the BANTER!!

4 stars

This stellar new book is everything you could ever wish for in a rom com and the perfect antidote for our post-pandemic times. Alex and Poppy are polar opposites. Brought up in the same town, but with very different experiences, they are thrown together by fate at university. Whilst friendship blooms, romance apparently does not - or so they think.

We follow Poppy and Alex over a series of vacations taken together over the course of their friendship, flashbacks neatly mixed with current day, as their personalities, problems and passions slowly unveil themselves. It's not entirely predictable but I did find myself praying and hoping for the outcome I got.

The flashbacks keep the tension nice and high and Henry writes brilliant relationships - relatable and realistic. She's also a dab hand at a great sex scene.

If you want to get away from all the chaos of today and still can't get on a plane to somewhere, grab a copy of this book and be transported. You won't regret it.

I do not have enough words in English to say how much I love this book. Poppy and Alex are so adorable that I want to be friends with them and hang out.

I laughed, I cried, I laughed again and cried so much with this story.

I do not want to spoil but there is a speech that Poppy made OMD! I had to put my kindle aside and cry and then continue reading.

Emily Henry writing is just beautiful.

Thank you for this story and thank you for made me meet Poppy and Alex

I read Beach Read by Emily Henry over a year ago and LOVED it. So, I'm happy to say she's only gone and done it again! I'm so glad I was given the opportunity to read this book before it’s released in July 2021. I absolutely whizzed through it and didn’t want to put it down (yes, I was up till about 2 in the morning some nights, I have no regrets).

I thought the structure of the book in relation to the yearly summer holidays was used excellently as it really allows the reader to connect with the characters. Whilst Poppy and Alex were learning more about each other, as was the reader.

This is such a perfect book to escape in, not just because of Henry’s description of the destinations that Poppy and Alex travel to each summer, but also because it's so gripping! I think we'd all be lying if we said we didn't like a feel good rom-com right? I think this is a great read if you’re suffering from winter-ish blues (it may be March but it's still acting like winter 🥶).

Definitely a 5 star read for me and one to watch out for in summer 2021!

I quickly fell in love with Poppy and Alex; it was difficult not to as Emily Henry summed up their very different characters so vividly. The ups and downs of their relationship kept me laughing throughout. This was a brilliantly crafted easy read with a cliff-hanger right to the last few pages.

Emily Henry writes the best Friends to lovers I've ever read. This story was beautiful and I'm not sure I'll get over it. Alex will definitely be one of those characters I won't forget easily.

I absolutely loved Emily Henry’s debut ‘Beach Read’ but I actually think ‘You and Me...’ was even better.
It follows Poppy and Alex, who become friends in their first year of college, and reunite for a summer trip every year. As the story begins, Poppy is trying to reconnect with Alex, following an awkward experience between them a couple of summers previously. They end up going on a make or break trip, and we also get to hear about their previous adventures.
The relationship between the 2 is incredibly authentic, and beautifully written. I wasn’t so convinced by the supporting cast, in particular Poppy’s best friend in New York who is a bit formulaic. But Alex and Poppy really are at the heart of the story, so it certainly didn’t spoil anything for me! I am already excited for Emily’s next novel!

Poppy a successful well established travel journalist is feeling a bit low and missing a friend that she was last in touch with two years ago. She now feels that she must try to get in touch to arrange a vacation with him and to make up what had come between them. How she manages to meet again and what transpires is the story interposed with accounts of the preceding ten years, one by one of vacations that they had shared in a platonic relationship up to when they split up. Why, is a mystery that is revealed when she exposed as a complex character burdened with phobias and baggage accumulated from her childhood and school days. A beautifully written, somewhat frustrating story of an unusual relationship with a happy ending.

This is a great fun escape into the characters book which I devoured very quickly. Reminiscent of One Day and Normal People but with a much more upbeat glamorous edge. It''s a typical will they won't they but nonetheless very enjoyable to read and a much needed sense of escape. The book is well written with great characters that you are instantly drawn to with a bit of soul searching along the way. A great holiday read or pandemic escape.

So, it took me a couple of chapters to wrap my head around the timeline and get into the flow of this book. I must admit I didn’t initially warm to Poppy, but I did instantly like Alex - ✨feels✨

I went through the pages shouting ‘YOU LOVE EACH OTHER!’, may have ugly cried a bit and laughed a lot too. I really enjoyed travelling around on the different vacations - especially New Orleans.

It is well written and easy to read. I’d finished it in two days. It was predictable-ish... not such a bad thing though!

This is the first book I have read by Emily Henry. I will now be purchasing Beach Read.

This would be a fantastic book for the summer so make sure you pre-order/add to your wish lists!

Thanks to Viking and Emily Henry for the ARC. I loved Beach Read so much that I just had to get this.

But… excuse me. I knew it was going to be good, but I didn’t expect that. WOW.

I adored this so much, it was everything I love in a romcom – but most of all, the YEARNING, THE ANGST.

I fell for these characters so hard that I really did miss them once I finished. It was also extremely funny. I loved Poppy’s humour, and Alex, oh Alex.

Just remember turning to my boyfriend with tears, and all I said was ‘that was just so nice.’

Definitely what I needed in a book right now - all round loveliness and warmth. Need a physical copy as this will be reread, FOR SURE.

12 years ago Poppy and Alex meet and they don't like each other but they keep on meeting up. Then they agree to go on holiday every summer together

Bookstagram made me do it! After seeing endless praise for Emily Henry online, I knew I had to read this book. It is right up my street with warm fuzzy feelings and wishful thinking for this Summer. Even if we can't be pool side or at the beach in 2021, I will be recommending this book to fans of the genre

Lovely to take a break and go on a vacation (or twelve) with Poppy and Alex. This is a heart-warming story about friendship and love, with a little angst and I couldn't put it down. As I turned the pages, I couldn't wait to figure out what exactly happened to Poppy and Alex and where their story will take me. An incredibly well-written romance novel, it's exactly what the readers need to escape the reality of the current world.

I absolutely loved Beach Read so I was delighted to receive this arc in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed it, but maybe not just as much as Beach Read. It was a great friends to lovers tale, told over multiple holidays. Often funny and full of much-loved romance tropes, it was a really nice distraction from the current world, transporting to lots of destinations we can’t get to at the minute. I did miss Alex’s point of view though.
Emily Henry is definitely one to watch in the romance world and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next!