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Love Stories For Young Adults #5
The Day I Met Him
After smashing up her father's car, Lily Childs is forced to ask arrogant Charlie Roark for help in getting the car fixed, but Charlie will only provide assistance if Lily pretends to be his girlfriend. Original.
180 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1995
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Catherine Clark
72 books393 followersI love reading books for children, young adults, new adults and all the old people after that.
I love writing for pretty much the same audiences.
I love writing for pretty much the same audiences.
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April 26, 2012
This books was good, confusing but good. I was in a travel during i was reading it but it was good. I like The way this two guys interact with each other (just the way i interacted with my ex :'( *sad moments, i don't care* the seem to hate each other but in the deep they are really in love.
February 1, 2015
Story time
Hace más de 3 años, una amiga me pasó un pdf de un libro que -según ella- era muy bueno. En ese momento no me llamó la atención y simplemente lo guardé...tan bien guardado que permaneció oculto hasta hoy que decidí limpiar archivos inútiles y lo encontré, y estuvo a punto de ir directo a la papelera de reciclaje pero dije !Meh, son pocas páginas, ahorita lo leo!
En realidad la historia es bastante típica, es como leer un fanfic demasiado largo, lleno de cliches y lugares comunes. En resumen, es algo...mala, pero nunca me aburrió o me frustró en ningún momento. Es una historia que no pretendía nada y eso...no consiguió nada.
Otra cosa, yo la leí pensando que sería actual (2010- ) y cuál fue mi sorpresa al darme cuenta que es del 95 ¡¿WUT?!
En fin, que técnicamente es 1★ pero no me pareció horrible al grado de darle eso, así que apelando a mi enorme generosidad y que ando de buen humor; 2★ por el merito.
Hace más de 3 años, una amiga me pasó un pdf de un libro que -según ella- era muy bueno. En ese momento no me llamó la atención y simplemente lo guardé...tan bien guardado que permaneció oculto hasta hoy que decidí limpiar archivos inútiles y lo encontré, y estuvo a punto de ir directo a la papelera de reciclaje pero dije !Meh, son pocas páginas, ahorita lo leo!
En realidad la historia es bastante típica, es como leer un fanfic demasiado largo, lleno de cliches y lugares comunes. En resumen, es algo...mala, pero nunca me aburrió o me frustró en ningún momento. Es una historia que no pretendía nada y eso...no consiguió nada.
Otra cosa, yo la leí pensando que sería actual (2010- ) y cuál fue mi sorpresa al darme cuenta que es del 95 ¡¿WUT?!
En fin, que técnicamente es 1★ pero no me pareció horrible al grado de darle eso, así que apelando a mi enorme generosidad y que ando de buen humor; 2★ por el merito.
December 14, 2025
This is my sixth time reading this book and it's still one of my favorites in the series. I have a confession to make though. I really don't like Lilly, the female protagonist. Something about her just runs me the wrong way. It could have to do with her attitude towards Charlie who I loved. There was character growth though and by the end of the book I found myself liking her again. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of teen fiction especially teen fiction from the 90s.
July 3, 2022
These two are just mean and rude and there’s more than enough of that IRL. I don’t need to invite it into my reading life as well. Off to Goodwill with you Lily & Charlie.
November 4, 2008
a weird guy and a popular girl in school, it started out like the feeling is not mutual but as it went on..they find out that true love doesn't have boundaries at all.
June 12, 2018
*** Valoración 3.75/5***
Es una novela corta donde nos cuenta como la popular porrista Lilly se permite conocer a Charlie, quien por cierto no es popular. Para mi gusto no estuvo tan mal, pero a final se me hizo algo tediosa.
Es una novela corta donde nos cuenta como la popular porrista Lilly se permite conocer a Charlie, quien por cierto no es popular. Para mi gusto no estuvo tan mal, pero a final se me hizo algo tediosa.
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December 30, 2019It's interesting to see contemporary romance elements I love in these stories, even if they're not really working for me in terms of creating characters I like and want to invest time in.
February 5, 2017
2.8 stars
April 6, 2013
I ALMOST DETRACTED A STAR FOR LACK OF BANGING, but I guess that's really a limitation imposed by the genre (light YA romance) so it wouldn't be fair to judge this book over-harsh. The book certainly made for it with the liberal application of dang, are they kissing AGAIN? a feature sorely lacking in fellow Love Stories entry, Stolen Kisses. (Kisses were stolen, but many were curiously left untouched by the sneaky bandit.)
Here's the skinny: I. Loved. This. Book. I want to touch this book on the butt. I want this book to touch me on the butt. Like, holy frick: she (popular, vivacious, stubborn, hates lying) wrecks her dad's car and he (smart, sarcastic, a hippie, also a mechanic) fixes it for free but only if she'll be his fake girlfriend at his cousin's wedding so he won't have to go on an Alaskan cruise with his wacky doll-collecting aunt (it's complicated). "Holy frick," you're saying, and I'm saying, yeah, I know, and then she has to keep being his fake girlfriend and then she's all like oh no do I want to be his REAL girlfriend??? and meanwhile he's like omg I haven't kissed a girl since maybe summer camp when I was twelve and meanwhile I'm like omg please do it in the tow truck, but maybe not given it's like super filthy inside that thing. They'll just have to do it somewhere else, like in my DREAMS apparently because Bantam Books hates me, personally.
While Bantam Books wants to see me weeping in agony through the remainder of my days, though, Catherine Clark clearly thinks I'm rad as hell, because think of a rom-com cliché, basically any rom-com cliché*, and it's in this book, and I LOVE IT!!! Some people say cliches are to be avoided but I say damn, who cares, it's all about the execution anyway, and let me tell you, if this book executed things any better, Robespierre would be dabbing at his eyes. (Too soon?) You want awkward slow-dancing? Boom, you got it. In the mood for some fresh we have to kiss each other to preserve the story? Here, have a double. Looking for dramatic love confessions in public? Sit down because your knees cannot EVEN support this. Been itching for some is it a cover or is it real? Put down the aloe because The Day I Met Him is on top of this shit. What about damn they clean up nice? Seriously, OK, did you not read what I said earlier, because that business is this book's business. What makes this book truly special is that THERE ARE EVEN MORE INSTANCES IN THIS BOOK (let me show you how to do x by standing behind you and touching your body with my body, wacky relatives who come through at the last minute to save the day, etc.). It's like this book was a love letter to me. I'm just ashamed I didn't read it sooner, like, what kind of monster am I?
My only regret with regards to the book's contents is, when Charlie helps Lilly's dad split wood, a) he doesn't roll up his sleeves and b) Lilly does not ogle his wiry but so firm muscles, the sweat beading his collar, etc. Also to be honest the entire subplot with Purported School Hottie B-something-I-already-forgot-his-name could have been dropped without damaging the book; while it provided conflict, the conflict was, well, unnecessary and kind of boring, just like Purported School Hottie B-what's-his-name. OMG, was that the point maybe? Well, whatever! That was time that would have been better spent elsewhere, e.g. maybe bulking up Charlie's home life and exploring Lilly's aspirations for the future.
Obvs none of those things bugged me enough to lower my rating, see: yo, I fricking love this book. Like: 1) Charlie is totes a 100% sexually inexperienced goober. B) Lilly initiates so much of the physical shit between them, also asking him to prom, also having agency and feelings. Plus) Lilly is never presented as a ~mean girl~ or someone who has to be humbled. 4) Def a lot of arguing but also a lot of joking around and being friends and stuff, so I can give the ~THEY FIGHT TO MASK THEIR ATTRACTION~ thing a slide, this time. And) Lilly's anger with Charlie re: THE BREAKING POINT is validated by the text + Charlie apologizes for stuff & wowowowow, omg, what a good, good romance. For realz, no jokes. If you're looking for a fun, zippy YA romantic comedy that not only embraces the expectations of the genre but enjoys them thoroughly, this is for sure worth checking out. Loved it.
They should've banged, tho.
*OK, not every rom-com cliche. Just a lot of the best ones.
Here's the skinny: I. Loved. This. Book. I want to touch this book on the butt. I want this book to touch me on the butt. Like, holy frick: she (popular, vivacious, stubborn, hates lying) wrecks her dad's car and he (smart, sarcastic, a hippie, also a mechanic) fixes it for free but only if she'll be his fake girlfriend at his cousin's wedding so he won't have to go on an Alaskan cruise with his wacky doll-collecting aunt (it's complicated). "Holy frick," you're saying, and I'm saying, yeah, I know, and then she has to keep being his fake girlfriend and then she's all like oh no do I want to be his REAL girlfriend??? and meanwhile he's like omg I haven't kissed a girl since maybe summer camp when I was twelve and meanwhile I'm like omg please do it in the tow truck, but maybe not given it's like super filthy inside that thing. They'll just have to do it somewhere else, like in my DREAMS apparently because Bantam Books hates me, personally.
While Bantam Books wants to see me weeping in agony through the remainder of my days, though, Catherine Clark clearly thinks I'm rad as hell, because think of a rom-com cliché, basically any rom-com cliché*, and it's in this book, and I LOVE IT!!! Some people say cliches are to be avoided but I say damn, who cares, it's all about the execution anyway, and let me tell you, if this book executed things any better, Robespierre would be dabbing at his eyes. (Too soon?) You want awkward slow-dancing? Boom, you got it. In the mood for some fresh we have to kiss each other to preserve the story? Here, have a double. Looking for dramatic love confessions in public? Sit down because your knees cannot EVEN support this. Been itching for some is it a cover or is it real? Put down the aloe because The Day I Met Him is on top of this shit. What about damn they clean up nice? Seriously, OK, did you not read what I said earlier, because that business is this book's business. What makes this book truly special is that THERE ARE EVEN MORE INSTANCES IN THIS BOOK (let me show you how to do x by standing behind you and touching your body with my body, wacky relatives who come through at the last minute to save the day, etc.). It's like this book was a love letter to me. I'm just ashamed I didn't read it sooner, like, what kind of monster am I?
My only regret with regards to the book's contents is, when Charlie helps Lilly's dad split wood, a) he doesn't roll up his sleeves and b) Lilly does not ogle his wiry but so firm muscles, the sweat beading his collar, etc. Also to be honest the entire subplot with Purported School Hottie B-something-I-already-forgot-his-name could have been dropped without damaging the book; while it provided conflict, the conflict was, well, unnecessary and kind of boring, just like Purported School Hottie B-what's-his-name. OMG, was that the point maybe? Well, whatever! That was time that would have been better spent elsewhere, e.g. maybe bulking up Charlie's home life and exploring Lilly's aspirations for the future.
Obvs none of those things bugged me enough to lower my rating, see: yo, I fricking love this book. Like: 1) Charlie is totes a 100% sexually inexperienced goober. B) Lilly initiates so much of the physical shit between them, also asking him to prom, also having agency and feelings. Plus) Lilly is never presented as a ~mean girl~ or someone who has to be humbled. 4) Def a lot of arguing but also a lot of joking around and being friends and stuff, so I can give the ~THEY FIGHT TO MASK THEIR ATTRACTION~ thing a slide, this time. And) Lilly's anger with Charlie re: THE BREAKING POINT is validated by the text + Charlie apologizes for stuff & wowowowow, omg, what a good, good romance. For realz, no jokes. If you're looking for a fun, zippy YA romantic comedy that not only embraces the expectations of the genre but enjoys them thoroughly, this is for sure worth checking out. Loved it.
They should've banged, tho.
*OK, not every rom-com cliche. Just a lot of the best ones.
January 15, 2016
En contra de mis expectativas, me gustó mucho. Es una historia simple, corta, pero bien contada. En ningún momento eché de menos alguna explicación o me hallé pensando que tal escena estaba de más, que faltaba algo, o que a ratos se tornaba aburrido. No. Me divertí mucho, los personajes me resultaron reales y espontáneos y hasta me llegué a emocionar en ciertas escenas comprometedoras.
Esta historia no es la gran cosa, pero es bonita. No esperen algo demasiado profundo ni lleno de detalles, ni mucho menos que la trama incluya otras cosas aparte del romance entre Charlie y Lilly. El romance entre ellos es casi espontaneo a pesar de que "no tienen nada en común" y pertenecen a círculos sociales completamente distintos, al menos, en la escuela. Lilly es la típica chica popular participativa, pero no estúpida (eso es algo que me agradó enormemente) y Charlie un chico que más bien pasa desapercibido. Me gustó mucho la manera en la que se fue dando su relación y cómo ellos lo aceptaron sin complejos, pero por eso no tendrán que "superar" ciertos obstáculos que se les ponen en el camino.
En resumen, es una historia bonita y muy simple, ideal para quienes disfrutan leer romance juvenil sin caer en cosas demasiado cursis o rebuscadas.
Esta historia no es la gran cosa, pero es bonita. No esperen algo demasiado profundo ni lleno de detalles, ni mucho menos que la trama incluya otras cosas aparte del romance entre Charlie y Lilly. El romance entre ellos es casi espontaneo a pesar de que "no tienen nada en común" y pertenecen a círculos sociales completamente distintos, al menos, en la escuela. Lilly es la típica chica popular participativa, pero no estúpida (eso es algo que me agradó enormemente) y Charlie un chico que más bien pasa desapercibido. Me gustó mucho la manera en la que se fue dando su relación y cómo ellos lo aceptaron sin complejos, pero por eso no tendrán que "superar" ciertos obstáculos que se les ponen en el camino.
En resumen, es una historia bonita y muy simple, ideal para quienes disfrutan leer romance juvenil sin caer en cosas demasiado cursis o rebuscadas.
May 26, 2015
Nunca había leído a una protagonista tan pero tan superficial.
Dios, la muy imbécil llamaba idiota al chico cuando ella muy probablemente se callo de su cuna de pequeña y termino con serios daños... la pobre era tan estúpida...
"La chica mas popular de la escuela, simpática, hermosa y muy sociable, a la que todos aman! taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan PERFECTA"<---- JODIDO ESTEREOTIPO ADOLESCENTE GRINGO!
LO ODIE!
UN VERDADERO ASCO.
Dios, la muy imbécil llamaba idiota al chico cuando ella muy probablemente se callo de su cuna de pequeña y termino con serios daños... la pobre era tan estúpida...
"La chica mas popular de la escuela, simpática, hermosa y muy sociable, a la que todos aman! taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan PERFECTA"<---- JODIDO ESTEREOTIPO ADOLESCENTE GRINGO!
LO ODIE!
UN VERDADERO ASCO.
March 2, 2014
This book is like a guilty pleasure. Lily was a really inmature character and it felt a little bit forced for her to be that way. The whole story felt really rushed. Everything happened really fast and the end wasn't quite satisfying and it felt really inmature too, and way too predictible for me. But overall I enjoyed the cheeseness of it. And I think that reading it in a time where I was going through this. I really want to read love, made me really enjoy this book.
Again. Guilty Pleasure.
Again. Guilty Pleasure.
March 17, 2014
Que linda historia...
En cuanto vi ese juego de las bolsitas de porotos supe que era antigua, del año 1995 hace 19 años. En esa época yo estaba chica acababa de nacer mi primo. Me sentí como si estuviera leyendo algo de otra dimensión, nada de Internet, celulares, redes sociales.
Sin duda una visión al pasado increíble. Altamente recomendable si quieren leer algo juvenil, fresco y sencillamente bonito, muy bonito.
En cuanto vi ese juego de las bolsitas de porotos supe que era antigua, del año 1995 hace 19 años. En esa época yo estaba chica acababa de nacer mi primo. Me sentí como si estuviera leyendo algo de otra dimensión, nada de Internet, celulares, redes sociales.
Sin duda una visión al pasado increíble. Altamente recomendable si quieren leer algo juvenil, fresco y sencillamente bonito, muy bonito.
May 24, 2013
Honestamente no tenía nada que leer y este fue el primer libro que me apareció para descargar. La sinopsis me dejó con un pensamiento de "Historia cliché" y no me equivoqué. Es la típica historia de amor que fingen ser algo, al principio no se conocen y luego de la nada se enamoran. Fácil, divertido y a la vez romántico para acabarlo en una tarde.
August 9, 2014
Otro libro finito, no fue lo que esperaba me decepcionó un poco pero me entretuvo.
La historia me pareció predecible y la relación algo forzada, ademas la narración no fue del todo de mi gusto, pero cumplió su función para ayudarme a descansar mi mente después de tanto examen.
No tenia ni idea que era una saga, pero da igual porque creo que las historias son independientes.
La historia me pareció predecible y la relación algo forzada, ademas la narración no fue del todo de mi gusto, pero cumplió su función para ayudarme a descansar mi mente después de tanto examen.
No tenia ni idea que era una saga, pero da igual porque creo que las historias son independientes.
January 14, 2014
Una historia romántica corta y feliz, justo como me gustan, todavía siento el cosquilleo en la panza cuando leo cosas así, es muy fácil para pasar el rato, es una historia bonita, normal pero bonita. Demuestra que las apariencias, si que engañan.
February 23, 2015
Ahhh, the nostalgia kick. I think this is one of my favorite ones too. I used to gobble these books up like you wouldn't believe back in late-middle/early-high school. I'll have to give this book a reread for old time's sake at some point.
July 29, 2019
A tredici anni, Soobie scriveva:
Bel libro. A Lilly piace la moda ed è piuttosto presuntuosetta. Quando conosce Charlie è odio a prima vista. ma si accorgerà che lui non è ciò che pensava...
October 28, 2011
Light teen read.
May 5, 2021
2/5
Una historia sosa, muy sosa...
Una historia sosa, muy sosa...
February 1, 2012
Una historia sosa, muy sosa...
May 1, 2012
Lo unico que no puedo creer que fuera asi fue el final! Tengo que admitir que queria un poco mas!!!! Porque Charlie es tan lindo?????? Awwww fue un amor!
July 1, 2012
Lilly es tan egocéntrica y superficial! y decía que charlie era arrogante...jum!, me hubiera gustoda que Charlie la hubiera hecho pasar unas cuantas penurias mas, es una historia linda, me gusto ;)
July 19, 2012
Not my favorite of the love stories. And it may have been that I never went for the guy on the cover - whatever, didn't do it for me.
November 10, 2012
this book is pretty good and i recommend for a light read and is not 5 stars just because for a small details, this have funny and romantic moments and i loved that.
September 18, 2014
Really sweet and I really liked Charlie.
March 7, 2013
A filipino author, Martha Cecilia plagiarized this book. This is her version http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
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May 23, 2013Veo las dos portadas y literalmente pienso "Qué vainas más feas ¿de qué año son? ¿Los 90s?" y veo la fecha de publicación.
Oh.
Oh.
September 9, 2013
Es un libro corto pero entretenido. Algunas veces Lilly me ponía de los nervios y otras estoy de acuerdo con ella. He estado enamorada de Charlie casi desde el primer momento
May 16, 2014
me gustó pero siento que le falta un poco de drama
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