Bailey has just moved in to her dad’s place in California, and a lot of her growth is focused around this setting. I just wish that there was much done with this great story, i seemed to figure the whole thing out half way through and spent the second half waiting for Bailey to figure it out too.

A modern-day YA reminiscent of You've Got Mail, Alex, Approximately, is a story of summer, first love, and hidden identity. You know when a book has EVERYTHING that could possibly make it perfect and it’s CHARMING and HILARIOUS and RELATABLE and SWOONWORTHY? Die Geschichte spielt am Meer in Kalifornien, so dass bei mir auch ein wenig Urlaubsfeeling zurückkam.And you’re giving him an awful lot of looks that say I’d like to jump on you with my mighty roller-derby strength. J enn Bennett is an artist and RITA-nominated author of the Arcadia Bell urban fantasy series ( Kindling the Moon) and the Roaring Twenties romance series, including Bitter Spirits, which was chosen as one of Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2014 and winner of RT Book Reviews Paranormal Romance Book of the Year, and Grave Phantoms—which was awarded RT’s May Seal of Excellence for 2015. The one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet. There were some cringey and cheesy parts, but ah, nevermind about those, all i wanted was to feel good. Nevertheless, these quotes and references at the very least add to the characters’ personalities if not the plot itself.

Not only does this novel emphasize the importance of communication and trust in all types of relationships, but it also contains subplots about striving (and sometimes failing) to rid yourself the flaws that harm your relationships. It also has some great depictions of conversations with the love interest on what she's willing/wanting to do, and the role model boyfriend response that you should get to that in a heterosexual relationship - again, healthy reading material for teenage girls thinking about how to approach sex with male partners. This marketing misstep made me focus on the inevitable one-sided epiphany and miscommunication during most of my reading time. Well, Alex, Approximately is one of those books that gave me butterflies from all its cute and adorable moments.And don’t get me wrong I love love love fake identity books but I don’t like it when the blurb of the book already reveals everything, or when it’s made too obvious. As you can probably tell from all my praise, I’m wildly obsessed with this book and I can’t wait for the rest of the world to pick Alex, Approximately up and find a story that’s full of heart, swoons and smiles. Mink and Alex aka Bailey and Porter develop a strong relationship even though they live on opposite sides of the country and don't even know each other's real names. When Bailey moves to sunny California to live with her dad, who happens to live in the same town as Alex, she decides to track him down.

Now, I’m not a film-buff like Bailey was, but there were aspects of her characterization that I think a lot of teen girls will recognize. While with strangers he paints the persona of a cocky surfer, but that mask easily falls away with Bailey. Seventeen-year-old Bailey and eighteen-year-old Porter share a deep animosity for each other as coworkers at the Cove, a kitschy museum in Coronado Cove, California. Even when Bailey and Porter’s relationship starts moving a little bit too quickly it doesn’t feel unexpected or unrealistic and it’s discussed in a very sex positive way too, which is heartening to see in a teen-oriented book. so so often i feel like YA heroines are either super stubborn or have big doormat energy and Bailey was neither.

Though this “survival tactic” is her way with coping with her PTSD, she aims to tackle this flaw as she grows closer to Porter and her new friend Grace.