Book Review: This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

It all started when GDL824 e-mailed EONeill22 by mistake. Not wanting Wilbur to go without his walk, EONeill22 wrote back. A few e-mails later a fast friendship was forming between the two. Ellie wasn't ready to tell anyone about GDL824 because what was there to tell? She was e-mailing a boy who lived in California who happened to have a pet pig? Her mom would give her another Internet safety talk and her best friend would want to know all the details.

Ellie is focused this summer. Focused on earning the money she needs to go to the poetry program at Harvard she was accepted to. Money is tight with her mom, so she lied about a scholarship, and now she has a few weeks to earn over a thousand dollars. Quinn (her best friend) is focused on the movie that Graham Larkin is filming in their quiet Maine town. The summer season usually promises hordes of tourists, but this year they have the added bonus of movie stars and paparazzi.

When Graham gets to Henley, Maine, he has one person on his mind: EONeill22. He knows enough about her to find her, but what will she think when she finds out GDL824 isn't just a random stranger who lives in California? He's a bona fide movie star whose parents don't even act the same around him.After a mistake in identity at the ice cream shop Ellie works at, the two meet and there are sparks.

Despite hesitation on Ellie's part, she finds her self falling for Graham. Sure he may be a movie star, but he's also the sweet boy who she's been e-mailing with for months. Things are complicated enough that he's Graham Larkin, but a secret from Ellie's past might also tear them apart as well.

This is What Happy Looks Like is a fun light summer romance that will have you reading late into the night. If you enjoyed last summer's My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick or if you can't wait to read The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen (out June 4th) then you'll want swoon, laugh and cry with Ellie and Graham.

I'll see you @ the library!
Katie (Now listening to Catching Fire- I read it so long ago, I forgot what happened!)

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