It was great reading about all the previous trips that Poppy went on (with Alex as well as for her job as a travel writer) because they also sounded super cool. This was my first time reading a book by Emily Henry and it was really enjoyable! I was hooked right from the start because I wanted to know what happened on the Catalina trip that forced Poppy and Alex to stop talking for two years and whether Alex and Poppy became more than friends. Considering that most of us are not able to travel right now due, this book is the perfect way to escape reality and take a mental vacation this year, especially since Poppy and Alex do a lot of travelling and end up going on a bunch of fun adventures. People We Meet on Vacation is a contemporary friends-to-lovers romance novel and would be of great interest to those who enjoy travelling. The novel is told from Poppy’s perspective with flashbacks to previous trips with Alex placed intermittently throughout.

Just as things are finally starting to go right, Poppy returns home to New York, and Alex to Ohio, to do some major self-reflection and contemplate some major life changes. But even though everything on their trip from back spasms to broken air conditioners seems to go wrong, Poppy’s romantic feelings towards Alex become harder to ignore.

Knowing that she must act fast to rekindle their friendship, Poppy desperately reaches out to Alex and they end up planning a nostalgic trip to Palm Springs for Alex’s brother’s wedding. Feeling unexcited with her job as a travel writer, Poppy realises that the last time that she was truly happy was when she was with her best friend Alex, which was two years ago on their vacation to Catalina before they stopped speaking.

People we meet on vacation review