People We Meet on Vacation
By Emily Henry
- Release Date: 2021-05-11
- Genre: Romantic Comedies
Description
DON′T MISS THE FILM COMING TO NETFLIX JANUARY 9, 2026! • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.
Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.
Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.
Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
Reviews
People We Meet On Vacation Review!!!❤️
5By PrincesskierraThis book was so good! This was another great summer read by Emily Henry, the characters were well described. This is a best friends to lovers trope book if you love books where the best friends fall in love with each other then give this book a read! Alex and Poppy had a bad first impression when they first met in college and then started to bond over their annual Summer vacations, and how they spent 10 summer vacations together, and then started to fall in love. This book was cute, romantic, funny, a slow-burn, heartwarming, and steamy. I’m so glad Poppy told Alex how she felt at the end, and how he ran out after her and confessed how he felt too it was so adorable, I’m glad they ended up together. I can’t wait to read more of Emily Henry books!!!❤️ -Kierra Brice 🩷A feel good story
4By ABQBlytheI enjoyed it so much I didn’t want it to end.No one they met
1By Saleemm90Most boring book ever! No taste. Characters lackedThe idea was good but…
4By miss Americana 67The idea of this book was good and the story itself was good however chapter 26 was not a very enjoyable chapter. The book was good but it should have a warning at the beginning other than that 4/5 ⭐️Unexpectedly Loved
5By ADefendorfI’m not one for fiction novels, especially those with some romance — but I just developed my first book crush and I’m hooked.7/10
4By cookies 0234It was really good toward the end, felt like it took way too long (till page 500) to get to the good stuff but loved the ending.Feel Good Love Story
5By golfclubbookcluThis book offered a bright spot to everyday with my reading. I loved how it bounced back from years back to present. The writing was on the wall with the outcome but the author does keep you guessing. A beautiful love story that I am sure many can relate too. After reading I hope you take the chance and don’t waste time saying the words, you might not get to someday.Everything you want
5By YlrebmikKcFun, funny, sweet, sexy, deep and soulful, and beautifully-writtenJust plain boring. Cheesy. Not sure what happened with this one. Bad bad bad.
1By quesoKaseyNoooooDon’t waste your time
1By tammrVery disappointing. Boring and predictable. I couldn’t even make myself finish it.Slow moving
1By RB56874246832689Too many pages of boredom to get to the heart of the storyPeople We Meet on Vacation
1By lftbc89This was torture. Could not wait for it to be over. Can’t believe I actually labored through the whole thing.Awesome writer!
4By liberteabelleI will read anything and everything by Emily Henry! Her dialogue is so incredibly funny, witty and interesting - it reminds me of the clever give and take I have with my siblings (them, not me - I am sadly the straight man, er, woman). I also love the well-crafted characters in all her books. A well developed character is so important, and she does not disappoint in this book. Great characters and great dialogue are important, but plot is #3 for me, and I didn’t enjoy the plot in this book. This is the 4th of Emily’s books that I’ve read in 2 weeks (see? Toldja I love this author, but she’s new to me!). Of those books, 2 of them hit all 3 points for me. This is one that missed and here’s why: I don’t enjoy a book that has some mysterious thing in the past that the entire story builds up to a crescendo, and would have been much better if they’d addressed it long ago. Because of that, it’s kinda boring. Just GET TO IT please. But that’s just me… I know most of your readers love it. But she’s such a great writer that I can’t give her less than 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK!
5By A.GuentherIt kept me wanting to read more every time I finished my “one more chapter”.Thought
4By Always searching for dealsEmily Henry is a gem. I love her writing so much.10/10
5By Mariah_143I love the story line! Friends into lovers! But it is multiple pov but mostly between two characters and it goes back and forth with memories!Sweet & funny
5By JacyxoxoxoLoved this book for a quick happy read. It was very cute and I liked the humor in it.Great read
4By BleachSaladPeople We Meet on Vacation is a great light read that is intriguing. I enjoyed both characters but I feel like the last few chapters fell short. As cliche and romantic as it was, I was expecting more. However I have been binging all of Emily Henry’s novels and find all of them AMAZINGSo so
3By nati422So so
