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Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)

Lynn Painter

Start date: January 22, 2022

Finish date: February 5, 2022

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May 22, 2025 Brittany Pate rated it really liked it

Soooo cute despite the predictability. Perfect little teenage rom com, inspired a rewatch of 10 Things I Hate About You the other night.

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Feb 03, 2023 ♡ sandra ♡ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: physical-books-i-own, young-adult, enemies-to-lovers

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This is one of the best YA contemporary romance books I’ve read in a while. It was absolutely adorable, made me laugh, made me tear up, and made me swoon. This one is for the swifties, hopeless romantics, playlist lovers, & enemies-to-lovers trope fans! Aka made for me 😍

If you haven’t picked this up yet, do it! 👏💕

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Dec 30, 2022 Kaiti Mae Corbett rated it it was amazing

“I fell I was in love with teasing you in the second grade when I first discovered that I could turn your cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you.”

I actually read this book for the first time November and absolutely fell in love with it. I believe this was my first Lynn Painter novel, which in turn led me down a rabbit hole of her other amazing books.
The thing about Better Than the Movies is that is has the adorable plot twist that you kind of start to suspect partially throu ...more

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Feb 05, 2023 Cozy Taurus rated it it was amazing

My Grade A-
My Thoughts:
I didn't want the book to end! More please!!

The Good Stuff:
-This was probably one of the more entertaining YA book I've read in a while!
-I absolutely loved the back and forth between Wes and Liz! I couldn't believe that I actually laughed during parts. Sometimes a book will claim it's a Romantic comedy, but normally I have found that not to be true. This time it was so true!!
-Chemistry was overflowing! For a book with just a few scenes of kissing, this story was filled wi ...more

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Mar 07, 2023 JGlash rated it it was amazing

I really really loved this sweet little love story! Maybe I just needed a dose of happy, but this was it!

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Jan 29, 2025 Olivia Obrebski rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance

4.5 stars - As much as I’m not a romance reader (anymore), books like this lowkey have me squealing and dancing!! Such a light an easy read and I felt like I was falling into a reading slump but this was a great way to avoid that. So fast paced, action packed, and hard to put down. Absolutely loved the plot and I literally ended up crying at one point or another just cause I so heavily felt for the characters!! Honestly very quick and easy read and would very highly recommend!

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