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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4 stars
Spice: closed door
Language: yes
This book picks up 2 years after the events of the first book and has a much heavier tone. The characters have grown up and lived some hard life and gotten jaded. The first book is so idealistic and sweet, and this book is much less so. There’s less banter overall, but we get Wes’s POV which helps a lot. There’s a lot of miscommunication in the past, that continues not being discussed in the present, which is always a frustrating trope. I was still just as invested and found it just as easy to root for Wes and Liz.
Spice: closed door
Language: yes
This book picks up 2 years after the events of the first book and has a much heavier tone. The characters have grown up and lived some hard life and gotten jaded. The first book is so idealistic and sweet, and this book is much less so. There’s less banter overall, but we get Wes’s POV which helps a lot. There’s a lot of miscommunication in the past, that continues not being discussed in the present, which is always a frustrating trope. I was still just as invested and found it just as easy to root for Wes and Liz.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
after doing some contemplating, 3 stars.
first of all: way too many taylor swift references. in fact, there should have been zero. i HATE when authors reference real music in their stories and this was just SOOO in the face. like i get that liz likes the soundtrack thing but every other page was like a gracie abrams or taylor swift song and that's just cringe.
moving on. i was supperrrr excited for this book bc the first one was SOOOO good but this one was just meh. like on paper it should've been so good it has all the things i like (second chance romance, angst, boy way more in love w the girl) but it just wasn't executed right. their breakup didn't really make that much sense to me and they had so much miscommunication that wasn't even really solved by the time they got back together so really what was the point of them getting back together.
speaking of I HATE the plot that made them get back together. it is so overdone and cliche and just not the move.
basically: good on paper, meh irl
first of all: way too many taylor swift references. in fact, there should have been zero. i HATE when authors reference real music in their stories and this was just SOOO in the face. like i get that liz likes the soundtrack thing but every other page was like a gracie abrams or taylor swift song and that's just cringe.
moving on. i was supperrrr excited for this book bc the first one was SOOOO good but this one was just meh. like on paper it should've been so good it has all the things i like (second chance romance, angst, boy way more in love w the girl) but it just wasn't executed right. their breakup didn't really make that much sense to me and they had so much miscommunication that wasn't even really solved by the time they got back together so really what was the point of them getting back together.
speaking of I HATE the plot that made them get back together. it is so overdone and cliche and just not the move.
basically: good on paper, meh irl
“In your dreams, Bennett,” she teased.
“Every damn night, Buxbaum.”
You know when you read a book that you love so much, it makes no sense how anyone else could feel differently? I loved Better than the Movies, it was like serotonin injected straight into my veins and it was a full five stars for me. Somehow, I loved Nothing Like the Movies more? And now I need to figure out how I can rate a book 6 stars.
I’d just like to preface, that I hate second-chance romance. Once you break up, there’s no need to come crawling back. You broke up for a reason. On top of that, I hate contemporary sequels. It’s a romance book, there’s no way we need ANOTHER book. In saying that, this book is my exception. I’m sorry Lynn Painter, for ever doubting you.
“You're looking at me like I'm nuts, honey, and you're right. I am. I am out of my mind when it comes to you." I said, shrugging because it was a fact. "When I'm near you, the way I feel steals the breath from my body. It's like I breathe for you. like I exists to exist alongside of you.”
Because this was perfection. Lynn Painter came out swinging and punched me in the face a thousand times and I thanked her every time.
I started off with the audiobook, and I highly recommend. The choice of narrators is impeccable, and whoever chose Charlie Bushnell needs a raise. He does justice to the amazing WES FUCKING BENNETT. Around the 80% mark, I needed to devour this story and I switched to the ebook. But while I was listening to the audiobook, driving around, if anyone looked at me, they’d be concerned. Because either I was crying, or I was grinning like a mad man, or doing both simultaneously.
“I’m not sure if things got quiet or loud, blurry or hyperfocused, but I know the universe changed as I looked at Liz, everything melting into impressionistic streaks of fuzzy background colors.”
This book brought me so much joy. I laughed and I smiled and I giggled. And then there was so much grief. Tears were welling up and I even ugly sobbed. It was incredible reading about how these characters had grown and changed so much and how they truly triumphed adversity.
And, WES FUCKING BENNETT. The way he feels, just how much he loves Liz. AAHHHHH. MOTHER PAINTER FED US FOR REAL. And I don’t need to eat again.
“I am just Wes fucking Bennett, Lib, the guy who can't remember a single day in his life when he didn't love you.”
“Every damn night, Buxbaum.”
You know when you read a book that you love so much, it makes no sense how anyone else could feel differently? I loved Better than the Movies, it was like serotonin injected straight into my veins and it was a full five stars for me. Somehow, I loved Nothing Like the Movies more? And now I need to figure out how I can rate a book 6 stars.
I’d just like to preface, that I hate second-chance romance. Once you break up, there’s no need to come crawling back. You broke up for a reason. On top of that, I hate contemporary sequels. It’s a romance book, there’s no way we need ANOTHER book. In saying that, this book is my exception. I’m sorry Lynn Painter, for ever doubting you.
“You're looking at me like I'm nuts, honey, and you're right. I am. I am out of my mind when it comes to you." I said, shrugging because it was a fact. "When I'm near you, the way I feel steals the breath from my body. It's like I breathe for you. like I exists to exist alongside of you.”
Because this was perfection. Lynn Painter came out swinging and punched me in the face a thousand times and I thanked her every time.
I started off with the audiobook, and I highly recommend. The choice of narrators is impeccable, and whoever chose Charlie Bushnell needs a raise. He does justice to the amazing WES FUCKING BENNETT. Around the 80% mark, I needed to devour this story and I switched to the ebook. But while I was listening to the audiobook, driving around, if anyone looked at me, they’d be concerned. Because either I was crying, or I was grinning like a mad man, or doing both simultaneously.
“I’m not sure if things got quiet or loud, blurry or hyperfocused, but I know the universe changed as I looked at Liz, everything melting into impressionistic streaks of fuzzy background colors.”
This book brought me so much joy. I laughed and I smiled and I giggled. And then there was so much grief. Tears were welling up and I even ugly sobbed. It was incredible reading about how these characters had grown and changed so much and how they truly triumphed adversity.
And, WES FUCKING BENNETT. The way he feels, just how much he loves Liz. AAHHHHH. MOTHER PAINTER FED US FOR REAL. And I don’t need to eat again.
“I am just Wes fucking Bennett, Lib, the guy who can't remember a single day in his life when he didn't love you.”