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All in all though, full of cute, funny, and endearing moments between the characters, Better Than The Movies is an adorable and entertaining read, so it’s perfect for rom-com lovers!

Keep up with all the latest book-related goodies on our blog and interact with authors in our Twitter chats. She’d been pissed at me for three days when I’d blown off the spring break trip to the beach, but it had felt more like an exam I was dreading than an actual good time, and I just couldn’t. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael s After making amends with Joss and Helena and pushing Michael to finally be with Laney, Liz decides to go after Wes with a grand gesture. When the novel opens, Liz and Wes are in the midst of an ongoing war over the parking space out in front of their homes.

Not only is Lynn Painter’s new novel Better Than the Movies a delightful rom-com that features fake dating and the enemies-to-lovers trope, but it’s also filled with perfectly placed references to all of my favorite rom-com films. You would think that her next-door neighbor would be a prince candidate for her romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only proven himself to be a pain in the butt, ever since they were little. My stomach went wild as I felt his fingers on my back, and I realized that we could very well be having our meet-cute.I felt alive, buzzing with the thrill of romantic possibilities as I leaned against the closed locker next door. Ah, nothing like a book about teenagers to remind you that it has been a long, long, long time since you were a teenager yourself. My childhood crush moved in slow motion, with tiny blue birds chirping and flitting their wings around his head as his golden hair blew in a sparkling breeze. It’s Liz’s senior year and whilst everyone is out there enjoying things for the last time with parents, she feels left out because she can’t experience those with her mother. Liz gave me some Lara Jean ( To All the Boys I've Loved Before) and Pippa ( Leading Lines) vibes - which I was so here for.

A romantic comedy is quoted at the beginning of each chapter, and characters watch and/or discuss romcoms. Better Than The Movies is a super cute YA contemporary novel and it’s light-hearted, fast to read, and addictive. Yes, the cinematic Jack Torrance’s fate is no tragedy, however neither is how the film adds a greater degree of ambiguity (and therefore menace) to the Overlook Hotel’s reign of evil in the American Rockies. That song came on as I went past the commons and made my way through the crowds of students clogging up the halls.They had the kind of back-and-forth banter that’s so hard to capture in a book, and Lynn wrote it perfectly.

I appreciated that she acted like the child she is, since so many YA books have kids acting with adult maturity. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she actually likes being around Wes.Omaha had a twenty-four-hour ordinance, so good old Wesley had earned himself a nice little parking ticket. When I finally made it to school after scraping my windshield with a razor blade and doing hard-core deep breathing to reclaim my zen, I entered the building with the Bridget Jones’s Diary soundtrack playing through my headphones. Brand names mentioned include Barbie, Burger King, Cheesecake Factory, Chucks (Converse), Diet Coke, Gap, Google, and McDonald's.