After Ever Happy

Anna Todd

Feb 2015 · The After Series Book 4 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Shane East and Elizabeth Louise

About this audiobook

Soon to be a major motion picture!

Book 4 of the After series—newly revised and expanded, Anna Todd's After fanfiction racked up 1 billion reads online and captivated readers across the globe. Experience the internet's most talked-about book for yourself from the writer Cosmopolitan called “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.”

Tessa and Hardin have defied all the odds, but will their fairy tale ending be turned on its head? AFTER EVER HAPPY...Life will never be the same. #HESSA

It’s never been all rainbows and sunshine for Tessa and Hardin, but each new challenge they’ve faced has only made their passionate bond stronger and stronger. But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin’s inpenetrable façade to the core—and then Tessa suffers a tragedy—will they stick together again, or be torn apart?

As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it’s clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin—any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for. Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing beneath Hardin’s exterior, and she knows she’s the only one who can calm him when he erupts. He needs her.

But the more layers of his past come to light, the darker he grows, and the harder he pushes Tessa—and everyone else in his life—away. Tessa’s not sure if she really can save him—not without sacrificing herself. She refuses to go down without a fight. But who is she fighting for—Hardin or herself?

Ratings and reviews

Ugh. So glad it's over. I've had a love-hate relationship with these books and the only reason I forced myself through them all is because I started book 1, and I ain't no quitter! The first half is more of Hardin's tiresome self-loathing and Tessa's irritating half-wittery. The 2nd half feels like the author just realised she only had a four-book deal and was running out of word count. I mean, how do you drag out 1 year of story over 3 and 3/4 books and then go and jam over 20 years of time warping into the last 10 chapters of the 4th book? (smh). Read it if you must, but wait til it's discounted, or free.

This last book was an exercise in patience between both characters stories. I am happy the epilog closed the series so well. Honestly the epilog was my favorite part of the book :-) They could have spent more time on that to be honest.

So many thoughts in my mind on this series. I've now finished After Ever Happy. Good, wonderful thoughts, that have filled my heart and soul with warmth. I related to the characters from the beginning. Losing my Dad a year ago from the same scenario and being married to a man that is completely different than me who shares a love that could never separate us. Cliche or not, it is what it is and these novels helped me to remind me of what I have and that time goes to damn quickly. ❤️

About the author

Anna Todd (writer/producer/influencer) is the New York Times bestselling author of the After series, the Brightest Stars trilogy, The Spring Girls, and the After graphic novels. The After series has been released in thirty-five languages and has sold over twelve million copies worldwide—becoming a #1 bestseller in several countries. Always an avid reader, Todd began writing stories on her phone through Wattpad, with After becoming the platform’s most-read series with over two billion reads. She has served as a producer and screenwriter on the film adaptations of After and After We Collided, and in 2017, she founded the entertainment company Frayed Pages Media to produce innovative and creative work across film, television, and publishing. A native of Ohio, she lives with her family in Los Angeles.