Happy Place
- Ash
- Oct 1, 2024
- 3 min read
Written by: Emily Henry
Goodreads Avg. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.98
My Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
There are a good amount of moderately spicy scenes and several steamy scenes
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Romance, Summer Romance
Please note for the spice guide that the page numbers are based on the hardback copy. Page numbers may vary between copies.
Review and Spice Guide by: Ash
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My Review:
This book was such a good comfort read, and it was super quick. I enjoyed the plot, and I thought the present and past tense shifts were creative. I also liked how it provided context for the present events, and it made me understand the characters so much more. Overall, a great cozy read and it was super easy to get through!
Spice Guide
(Drop-down contains exactly where to skip—down to the sentence—and any important information missed. It may include spoilers)
Light Steamy Scene - Chapter 11, Page 120
Skip at He smiles unevenly. “Now which of us has amnesia?”
A flashback from Wyn and Harriets past during a game of hide and seek. This is when they kissed for the first time.
Wyn then returned to her room later that night and they resumed kissing. It became a pivotal point in their relationship, as now it was something more.
Continue reading on Page 121 at “Harriet,” he murmurs, like it’s a question.
Light Steamy Scene - Chapter 13, Page 141
Skip at “You all right there, Harriet?”
Harriet teases Wyn more at the bar. Tension is beginning to build between the two.
Continue reading on Page 141 at But I’m not going to be the one to backdown.
Steamy Scene - Chapter 20, Page 212
Skip at the beginning of the chapter
Continue reading at Page 213 at That I can’t take this as far as I want to.
Heavy Steamy Scene - Chapter 20, Page 213
Skip at He presses me back into the door the moment it’s closed.
Clearly there is still feelings between the two, but they decide against going all the way because they don’t know what this is between them.
Continue reading on Page 215 at “We can’t be together.”
Light Steamy Scene - Chapter 27, Page 265
Skip at I am.
Clearly there is still feelings between the two, but they decide against going all the way because they don’t know what this is between them.
Continue reading on Page 266 at He steps back.
Moderate Spice Scene - Chapter 29, Page 290
Skip at “I think,” I say, “it’s one last ‘I love you’.”
The first time they have fully been together in the present.
Continue reading on Page 294 at “Thank you,” I say through the dreamy haze.
Moderate Spice Scene - Chapter 32, Page 320
Skip at My heart flutters up through my esophagus, a giddy canary catching a breeze of cool air.
They finally released the tension of why Wyn disappeared, and it built more passion between the two.
Continue reading on Page 322 at I just know my heart agrees: ‘You, you, you.’
Spice Scene - Chapter 36, Page 364
Skip at “Your skin’s so warm,” I whisper back.
A very brief intimacy scene
Continue reading on Page 364 at “I love you,” he says…
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