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Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter
3.0
*spoilers*
Okay, let me start off by saying I didn't like this one as much as the first one.
The plot was like- only there for the last 100 pages of the book. I thought he would be trying to woo her the whole time, but no. It got quite fun and interesting when the wooing started, but before all of that, I was like ugh... when is this book going to start?!
Characters: It literally hurt my heart so bad that they completely changed who Liz Buxbaum is- her interests, her wardrove, her "love lover" personality and made her more grown up, more boring. I get it, you grow up when you hit college or have a break up but it's like her entire personality changed and didn't actually fully come back like I hoped it would. She was so unique and quirky and that was now gone. The worst part was... all of the other characters I fell in love with (Joss, Michael, Helena, dad, Noah, etc) just like, disappeared, and I heard NOTHING about them until the last quarter of the book. I just hate that Liz ditched everything from her past life because of Wes. On the contrary, we got new characters which I honestly didn't vibe as much with, like Campbell, Leo, Wade, Lilith, etc. Clark was OK and so was Coach Ross, but since when did Wes have a SISTER because I don't remember her being mentioned in the first book AT ALL and all of a sudden she is here and important and everyone else isn't. Wes was okay I just didn't like how sometimes he seemed too pushy on Liz.
I missed the small town vibes and I guess I knew that would be gone but they spent so much time on the baseball field that I didn't get to learn much about the rest of the city other than the school library, the houses where parties were thrown, and Liz's apartment.
I hated having both of their POVs, I am sorry. That's just a me thing with every book that has this, though. It's too much switching between personalities and I always have a favorite POV to read in.
There was a lot more baseball in this than I had expected. Like, A LOT.
I think the next book may be about Sarah and Clark which I'd be down to see. However, I'd be so disappointed if they tried to pull a "brother's best friend" on them, since Clark and Wes DO get along, but they kind of just met.
I am not a fan of the second chance trope.
Overall, this book was alright. However, I think they should've finished it off with the first one. I loved the last 100 pages because so much good stuff went down. I even found myself laughing the most throughout those pages, as I WAS prepared to laugh when I picked this book up. But...I can't help being a bit disappointed when I compare it to the first one.
Okay, let me start off by saying I didn't like this one as much as the first one.
The plot was like- only there for the last 100 pages of the book. I thought he would be trying to woo her the whole time, but no. It got quite fun and interesting when the wooing started, but before all of that, I was like ugh... when is this book going to start?!
Characters: It literally hurt my heart so bad that they completely changed who Liz Buxbaum is- her interests, her wardrove, her "love lover" personality and made her more grown up, more boring. I get it, you grow up when you hit college or have a break up but it's like her entire personality changed and didn't actually fully come back like I hoped it would. She was so unique and quirky and that was now gone. The worst part was... all of the other characters I fell in love with (Joss, Michael, Helena, dad, Noah, etc) just like, disappeared, and I heard NOTHING about them until the last quarter of the book. I just hate that Liz ditched everything from her past life because of Wes. On the contrary, we got new characters which I honestly didn't vibe as much with, like Campbell, Leo, Wade, Lilith, etc. Clark was OK and so was Coach Ross, but since when did Wes have a SISTER because I don't remember her being mentioned in the first book AT ALL and all of a sudden she is here and important and everyone else isn't. Wes was okay I just didn't like how sometimes he seemed too pushy on Liz.
I missed the small town vibes and I guess I knew that would be gone but they spent so much time on the baseball field that I didn't get to learn much about the rest of the city other than the school library, the houses where parties were thrown, and Liz's apartment.
I hated having both of their POVs, I am sorry. That's just a me thing with every book that has this, though. It's too much switching between personalities and I always have a favorite POV to read in.
There was a lot more baseball in this than I had expected. Like, A LOT.
I think the next book may be about Sarah and Clark which I'd be down to see. However, I'd be so disappointed if they tried to pull a "brother's best friend" on them, since Clark and Wes DO get along, but they kind of just met.
I am not a fan of the second chance trope.
Overall, this book was alright. However, I think they should've finished it off with the first one. I loved the last 100 pages because so much good stuff went down. I even found myself laughing the most throughout those pages, as I WAS prepared to laugh when I picked this book up. But...I can't help being a bit disappointed when I compare it to the first one.