Book review: Happy Place delivers on romance, but falters in friendships

Happy Place by Emily Henry is a second-chance romance that questions if happiness is a place, people or personal choices. PHOTOS: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE UK, EMILY HENRY
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By Emily Henry
Romance/Penguin Viking/Paperback/388 pages/$29.70/Books Kinokuniya
3 stars

The last person Harriet Kilpatrick expected to see during her annual dream holiday with all her best friends is her fiance, Wyn Connor. Make that former fiance, though none of their friends know things ended months ago.

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