now that doesn’t mean i didn’t like it, i mean i did give it four stars and i for the most part find myself to be a picky rater, but i loved this!

picture taking one of those trope booktok videos and dropping it into a PR blender and you have this book. But that was unfortunately overshadowed a lot by some of the other things that I really struggled with, or found didn’t work as they should. Wrong Number , The Do-Over , and Betting on You , as well as being a regular contributor to the Omaha World-Herald . when you're in the room, every single cell in my body - every nerve, every muscle, every breath - is lost in you.They fake date to piss off Scott, then that just goes nowhere, then they date but don't date at the same time (I can safely say that situationships and romance books should never go together) then they break up despite not dating whilst dating and then some friendship drama happens and BOOM! somewhere between omaha and colorado i'd fallen truly, madly, fucking ridiculously hard for bailey mitchell. I was so excited to read this, thinking it’d be a super cute romance, exactly what I need more of in my life.

Craft-wise, it’s a pitch perfect book: the razor sharp banter, the thoughtfulness and heart wrapped around these barbed-wire hearted young adults, all combines to gift the reader with a book they just want to HUG. He falls first, but can't get past his past relationships always falling apart so he pulls away when she finally reciprocates his feelings. let me just state that i miss the old meet-cutes; childhood best friends, you spill coffee on me and then 20 years later we're force-feeding that same coffee to our 10 year old, that shit yk? But the more we get into the book, with Bailey trying to sabotage the relationship, the more I realised that Scott shouldn’t have been the recipient of her frustration.I can relate to her since I am also really close to my mom, but unlike Bailey my parents are very much together and I'm close to both my parents. they did, briefly, but i felt like it was such an important part of the novel that deserved a more in-depth conversation. for someone who is literally constantly looking for even one comfort read in this cold, cold world, and for someone who constantly hates all of them, this was huge. This is just the 2nd piece of Lynn Painter’s work that I have read, I didn’t exactly love this one, but I’m definitely looking into reading more from Lynn Painter. I figured it would prove that I’d be around because I’d want to see him every few days for, like, forever.

I was too much of a simp to actually tell Bec to stop texting me unless she wanted to get back together, but it was how I felt. her internal conflict with her parents’ divorce and her mom’s new boyfriend were well done and i liked how everything wrapped up in that regard. His relationship with Bailey was incredibly sweet and I enjoyed them as friends that slowly transitioned into something more.after i'd finished licking my wounds, which is a disgusting expression, i decided to get back out there. She lives in Nebraska with her husband and pack of wild children, and when she isn’t reading or writing, odds are good she’s guzzling energy drinks and watching rom-coms.

I have been slowly moving away from YA, especially YA romance because I am getting older and these books don't have the vibes or emotions I really want in my romance books - but this one. Some of their early interactions felt a bit childish but they are children so look, it’s understandable.and when charlie was a whole maniac over puffball, literally made me scream into my pillow it was so cute. A few years later, Bailey and Charlie end up being co-workers at a hotel waterpark where they transition from co-workers to 'friends' to.