
Of course, it can’t be too easy - that would be boring! So what creates the tension, the “will they or won’t be”? Again, it has to be real, not artificial, and it can’t be something that makes either person look bad. This Is What Happy Looks Like is a romance, and (to me at least) the key to romance is a watching the couple fall in love.

I won’t keep you in suspense - This is What Happy Looks Like does not disappoint! The Good: Smith’s earlier book, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, was one of my favorite books from last year so I was looking forward to this one. Will Graham and Ellie connect in real life, the way they have in email? She hates the crowds and the photographers.

All she knows is the summer is going to be even more crowded, with the combination of tourists and a movie filming. Ellie doesn’t realize she’s been sharing so much with a movie star.
