Isla and Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins, Restarting September 24th 2018

[Rachael]

D'ahhhhhh! The (view spoiler)[ proposal was SOOOOOOO cute! And their reunion was everything.. I actually love Isla and Josh as a couple.. I think I'll be giving this a 3.5 star rating (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachael wrote: "D'ahhhhhh! The [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I thought you might like the proposal! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Rachael wrote: "D'ahhhhhh! The [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[The proposal was perfect! I loved it so much. They are awfully young but they are so mean to be. I agree. I love Isla and Josh as a couple! :) (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Can we restart this thread for 5th Dec? Tatiana and myself will be reading this. Thanks!

[Abi]

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Restarting December 5th 2014.

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[Christina]

Woop woop. I like the first chapter already

(view spoiler)[Isla on painkillers is hilarious!! The meeting with Josh was all kinds of adorable! And the second chapter was funny when she realised what she had done when on painkillers (she should be proud because she was quirky and interesting!). (hide spoiler)]

[Tati]

This is not exactly boring, but it's still not the best book ever... Josh is too mellow, I think.

[Christina]

Chapter 7-(view spoiler)[I knew Josh's attitude towards kurt was because he thought he was Islas boyfriend hahah. He's been crushing on her all this time! (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Chapter 20-(view spoiler)[Isla and Josh were so reckless and got caught up in the heat of the moment when they decided to go to Spain. They should've known of the repercussions! The mother seemed kind of robotic and only caring about the election... Gee. Which makes it pretty sad. (hide spoiler)]

[Tati]

I actually liked this, things were way too smooth until then

[Christina]

Chapter 25 - (view spoiler)[Im suspicious of Josh's parents. I hope they welcome Isla and haven't got some plans up their sleeves...

I'm getting a little bored with the storyline (ever since they got together lol) I remember in the first two books, the love was innocent and they didn't get together until much later (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Chapter 28- (view spoiler)[Yikes did Josh just really let Isla go?
I found the picture he gave Isla of Josh tree and them naked was a little creepy...And that image of rabbits just stuck in my head. Nasty
(hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Chapter 30 - Omg! (view spoiler)[Gettogether of Etienne, Anna, Lola, Cricket, Josh and Isla! Perfect! (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Happily ever after: (view spoiler)[ I found the drawings quite cute predicting how they would get back together again. The ending scene was lovely :) Back to where it all started!

So happy Caliope won gold medal
And Anna and Etienne got engaged! A great end to the series (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

Could we restart this? Mei and I have just started reading it :)

[Mei]

Thanks Martha! I forgot to set this up!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Date changed ☺

[Mei]

Chapter 2: (view spoiler)[Haha! I love Isla's inner dialogues! She's so talkative, cute, and funny, and very shy. I think she's one of my favorite fictional characters now. :) I like how the Isla's thoughts are more focused on than the other characters' dialogues. I think she pretty much mirrors Stephanie. I met her when she came to my country for a book signing event, and she's almost exactly as Isla is. Adorable! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 11: (view spoiler)[Waaaah! This is so adorable! This is exactly what a romance should be! Not insta-love, but slow enough for the characters to get to know each other. It's light and fun, I love the mood and the atmosphere. I definitely love Josh! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 15: (view spoiler)[Very rarely do guy and girl best friends DO NOT fall with each other so I'm wondering if Kurt likes Isla, at least somehow. I'm waiting for the story's conflict though, and if Rashmi will make an appearance. (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

Omg you met Stephanie?!! Sooooo cool! I really like Isla too! She's so sweet! I can't remember much about Josh and Rashmi from the first book as I read it so long ago!
I've finished this! Thought it was pretty cute, though Lola is still my favourite!
(view spoiler)[ I loved the ending and the proposal aww! (hide spoiler)]

[Mei]

Yes!! She was super FRIENDLY, energetic and all-smiles. The event has been running for 6 hours and she signed a lot of books so her hands are really numb and tired, but her energy is still the same! She was very nice.

Yay! You're fast! Hopefully I'll finish this before the New Year!

[Mei]

Yeah, I can't remember Josh and Rashmi much, too.

Chapter 22: (view spoiler)[These two are ABSOLUTELY inseparable, it's insane! I could feel the longing on both of them and how they miss each other so much. Very clingy but understandable, anyway. However, I feel like it's a bit exaggerated because they've only been together for a month, I don't know...haha. (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

Aww that's so sweet! She sounds so nice :)
Yeah I've got a cold at the moment so I'm just reading and watching movies haha

[Mei]

Chapter 26: (view spoiler)[I feel like the Isla I knew in the first few chapters have TRANSFORMED into a whole new Isla. I'm kinda pissed. She broke up with him because she was drawn for eight pages in his story? That could be understandable to be upset about, but a break-up? Well, I know I'm a girl, too, and there's a possibility that I might get upset with THAT kind of thing, too, but that was...too whiny, I guess?? Exaggerated and I felt like it's kind of nonsense. I'm losing sympathy for her at this moment. Even if I'm finding their relationship escalating a little quickly, I still find Josh to be genuine, real, loyal and trustworthy enough. Err, I hope Stephanie doesn't prolong this 'conflict' because I would hate it if she does that. I kinda like how the book goes now for me to decrease my love for it :( (hide spoiler)]

[Mei]

Chapter 29: (view spoiler)[Well, at least Stephanie wrapped up Sanjita and Isla's friendship, and Isla and Hattie's conflict. :) I love how Sanjita made Isla realize that it's really only simple, and the solution is just easy. (hide spoiler)]

[Mei]

Finished! A great end to the series! I agree, Martha, (view spoiler)[the proposal was cute and PERFECT! Never mind that they were still young. (hide spoiler)] I love how Stephanie wrapped up some loose ends, and how characters from the earlier books made appearances. I love how their colleges and future were mentioned, and how Josh's parents at least supports him now, though I would've liked for more of those scenes. Love Hattie even more, though, for what she did! Squeee!

What will we read next, now? :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[Fiona]

Ohh I would like to join! Anyone wants to read with me? :)

[Shav]

I'm going to read it :)

[[deleted user]]

Me too

[Fiona]

I'm at chapter 7 now! (view spoiler)[ It is sooo cute! I love it how they slowly awkwardly get together! I also really like Kurt character, nicely written. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 1:
(view spoiler)[I remember Josh and Isla from ATFK! Isla is a bit ... wierd, hopefully she'll g back to normal in a while! (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 2:
(view spoiler)[Well, shortest chapter ever, no? (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

Till chapter 7
(view spoiler)[I really like Isla and Josh. They're so cute, practically made for each other <3 I think Isla might be a stronger character than how she is being portrayed as shy. I think Josh can get the adventure kind of girl out of her. (hide spoiler)]

[Fiona]

so... things got a bit out of hand and I'm at chapter 26 now! (view spoiler)[ just as with Anna and the French Kiss, since I touched it I have only put it to down to eat and to go to the toilet... It is such a cute story, maybe a lil' cliche sometimes, but still very cute. I love how you hear about Anna and St. Clair! I still find Kurt's character my favorite, she described him really well. I'll probably finish this tonight.. (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

Wow you're really fast!!!

[Fiona]

ahah yeah I do when I have the time... I actually just finished it already, oops! (view spoiler)[ such a cute little book, but I hated how it turned eventually. It was just all too cliche for me, the part where she thinks he doesn't love her etc. I did however liked how she got everything together at the ending! I found Anna and the French Kiss better, but it was still a nice cute book and as you can see I flew through it! (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

I'm going to continue reading today :)

[Shav]

Chapter 18 (view spoiler)[Oh my gosh I thought they'd get mugged and SOAP would find out they left the country. Thank goodness they haven't been caught yet. But I'm really scared that when they return that they'll be caught. It will mean suspension and Isla really doesn't deserve that. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Chapter 7:
(view spoiler)[EEEK! This is so cute! I love these two! It's awkwardly adorable! At the end of the Chapter! OH MY GOD! YAY! SHE DID IT! (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Is this still starting again on July 26?

[[deleted user]]

I will be reading it later on the 26th

[Petuli]

I'll start tonight :)

[Abby]

I'll be joining and will start later today. :)

[Petuli]

Abby wrote: "I'll be joining and will start later today. :)"
I've finished the first chapter and it's very cuuute :)

[Petuli]

Chapters 1-5 thoughts (view spoiler)[ so it's funny how crazy Isla is about Josh... I also wonder what happened to him.But the first chapter was awesome!! (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 1: (view spoiler)[Why would you go out to eat straight after getting your wisdom teeth out? I recall being on the couch in a stupor for a solid 2 days after my surgery. (hide spoiler)]

[Petuli]

Chapter 6(view spoiler)[ funny how she didn't realize that Josh thought she was in relationship with Kurt (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Starting!!

[Petuli]

Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ they already kissed so what else can happen in the rest of the book? (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Hahah through chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ the joys of painkillers. I remember those when I had my wisdom teeth pulled out. A different way of starting the book. A funny way. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Abby wrote: "Chapter 1: [spoilers removed]"

I actually went and got Starbucks after mine. A nice cold drink than target for some reading materials than home to rest.