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Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)

Stephanie Perkins

Start date: September 1, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

Discussion: Group Read

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Jun 17, 2014 Erin Lynn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, 3-month-fall-challenge, contemporary, young-adult

Amazingly adorable as everything by Stephanie Perkins is.

Full review can be seen on my blog, The Hardcover Lover, but here is a sneak peak of it:

In the final companion book to Anna and the French Kiss, we are reintroduced to a very minor character from the first book, Isla. This year, she is a senior at SOAP, and by chance, she runs into her crush, Josh, over the summer. Remember St. Clair's best mate? Of course you do. He has a starring role in this book as well.

And yes - those cameos! They exi ...more

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Oct 24, 2014 ♥Booknerdswift♥ rated it it was amazing

Crying cause of how good this series is and that it's over. Can it not be over? It's just too good to put down. The fact that Anna and St. Clair and Lola and Cricket come back in this book just makes it even more better. This is such an amazing series and book. ...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Justin rated it it was ok

I have waited two years and eleven months for Isla and the Happily ever after to come out. Many had been waiting longer than that, but it still felt like a lifetime waiting to be able to read the book. I was deeply impressed with Stephanie’s first two books in this series (even though they are better defined as companions) I couldn’t get over how great Anna and Lola were. I was hoping Isla would continue down the path of everything I loved about the first two books (in its own way..) but I was s I have waited two years and eleven months for Isla and the Happily ever after to come out. Many had been waiting longer than that, but it still felt like a lifetime waiting to be able to read the book. I was deeply impressed with Stephanie’s first two books in this series (even though they are better defined as companions) I couldn’t get over how great Anna and Lola were. I was hoping Isla would continue down the path of everything I loved about the first two books (in its own way..) but I was sadly let down by this book.

I feel like this book had a much different feel than the rest of the series. While that isn’t always a negative thing, I do feel like it had a negative impact on me. I was so use to the quirky and fun feeling that we got from Anna and Lola was turned into a really serious feeling and Isla. Trust me when I say that I get where Stephanie was going with this. It does work for what she wanted to accomplish in the story, but for me, I felt like it took so much away from what I loved so much about the first two books.

I didn’t feel like the relationship was all that great in this book either. It didn’t feel as real as the other two relationships we have seen. Personally, I really liked Isla. But any situation she was in involving Josh, I was really not into. I felt like their relationship was somewhat forced. Josh on his one, much like Isla, was a decent character but I was really hoping for a lot more when it came to their relationship with each other.

It’s definitely hard for me to discuss why I didn’t like this book, because as I said above, the first two books are incredible. I was hoping for something amazing, especially since it took so long for this book to make its way to readers, but I was honestly disappointed with how it turned out. I understood the path Stephanie was trying to take, but I really couldn’t get over how different this book felt and how much it was missing that made me love the first two books so much.

If you have read Anna and Lola, I am going to leave it up to you when it comes to reading this one. Maybe you will love Isla, or maybe you will feel the way I do. I know many people that have read the book loved it, but I just feel like there is so much missing. Will I read more books by Stephanie in the future? Absolutely. I just wish this one had lived up to what I was hoping for it to be for the past several years. ...more

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Mar 02, 2013 Prami{reader and dreamer} rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

I'm confused if I like this one better or Anna and the French Kiss. This felt more real.

Still an emotional mess after reading this book. So I'll just sum it up with 4.5 stars ...more

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Nov 07, 2013 Renuka rated it liked it

Shelves: different-protagonist, chick-lit, fav-couples, my-fictional-boyfriends, romance, realistic, contemporary, young-adult, to-review

I was smiling like an idiot at the end of this book. For many reasons. Ahh the cuteness.

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Feb 04, 2013 Talia Dominguez Castro rated it it was amazing

Shelves: zread-in-2016

OMG! THIS BOOK IS SOOO SWEET! I LOVED JOSH AND HIS 'SHYNESS'!
Isla Martin has had a hopeless, all-consuming crush on Josh Wassertein since their first year at the School of America in Paris. After years of pining, Isla has grown used to watching Josh from afar.
Then one magical, painkiller-fueled, chance encounter in New York the summer before their senior year, changes everything.
After years of bad timing and missed connections, Josh and Isla are finally together. But with false-starts and near- ...more

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Sep 25, 2014 Christine Manzari rated it it was amazing

What I love about the characters in these books is that they are so realistic with their insecurities and passions and dreams and quirks. There was a fantastic, unexpected twist toward the end....which wasn't even Isla's or Josh's twist...but it was sweet and satisfying all the same. Perkins creates female characters who are different, and weird, and lovable. And her male characters aren't the alpha male bad boys...they're sweet, romantic, and delicious. I will read anything that Stephanie Perki ...more

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Oct 02, 2012 Cassie rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

More like 4.5, but REALLY good. And REALLY cute. I love Isla and Josh, and it was amazing to see other characters from her books come together in the end.

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