And yeah Wes is a little impressive with his rom-com knowledge.

To paraphrase a quote the true crush, “This book is formulaic, aspartame-infused, tropey garbage.” Which is exactly why I wanted to read it. But it’s so cute and so funny that even though I could tell when the next plot point was about to pop up, I raced through it at top speed. Girl had crushed on boy, boy finally returns to town, girl thinks with a little help from an annoying neighbor she can snag crush for her prom date, boy helps girl, then girl discovers that she might not have realized who her real crush is. People who don’t care for them might want to think twice about reading this.From the movie quotes that begin each chapter to heroine Liz Buxbaums’s encyclopedic knowledge of them, those films are all through the story. The blurb doesn’t lie – this book really is like a rom-com movie and pays careful homage to some of the best. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love-and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.īut as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar-and maybe snag him as a prom date-even befriend Wes Bennet. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. In this rom-com about rom-coms, a hopeless romantic teen attempts to secure a happily-ever-after moment with her forever crush, but finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy next door. Jayne B Reviews / Book Reviews childhood friends / enemies to lovers / high-school / misunderstanding / music / Nebraska / YA romance / Young-Adult 4 Comments REVIEW: Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Better Than the Prom by Lynn Painter