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A review by _basicbookworm
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
5.0
When her childhood crush, Alexander, moves back into town, hopeless romantic Liz will do anything to get him to notice her. Even if that means fake dating her neighbor and long term parking spot rival to get in Alex’s inner circle. Only the more time she spends with Wes, the less she hates him.
A book that starts each chapter with quotes from all the best rom com classics? Yes please. As a rom com lover, any book that regularly references my fav movies is one that I’m going to pick up. And this one did not disappoint. This teen romance was so sweet. I loved how Liz was unapologetically herself - how I wish I had that confidence as a teenager. And Wes, oh Wes, if there was a perfect “boyfriend”for a teen romance, he might take the prize for that one. I seriously LOVED this book. It made my heart happy and it made me laugh out loud a few times. And although it was happy, it beautiful handled some more serious topics such as dealing with grief and the loss of a parent, and learning to accept a step parent.
Seriously what a gem of a book. I’m ready to listen to Wes and Liz’s playlist on repeat now. I won’t be surprised if this one makes it on my top 10 of 2021.
A book that starts each chapter with quotes from all the best rom com classics? Yes please. As a rom com lover, any book that regularly references my fav movies is one that I’m going to pick up. And this one did not disappoint. This teen romance was so sweet. I loved how Liz was unapologetically herself - how I wish I had that confidence as a teenager. And Wes, oh Wes, if there was a perfect “boyfriend”for a teen romance, he might take the prize for that one. I seriously LOVED this book. It made my heart happy and it made me laugh out loud a few times. And although it was happy, it beautiful handled some more serious topics such as dealing with grief and the loss of a parent, and learning to accept a step parent.
Seriously what a gem of a book. I’m ready to listen to Wes and Liz’s playlist on repeat now. I won’t be surprised if this one makes it on my top 10 of 2021.