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Better Than the Movies
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August 1, 2022
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August 31, 2022

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kendall ʚĭɞ
Jun 19, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 5-star, romance, read-2022, ya
wesliz forever 🫶🏼
new year’s day by tswift being on their playlist >>>>
bia
Aug 25, 2022 rated it it was ok
(2,5 ⭐️) Why does everyone like this book… for God's sake what an unbearable protagonist. From the first chapter, I could see that this girl imitates the personality of her dead mother (I'm not exaggerating because when she realizes this, she was super shocked and I just thought “girl, wasn't that obvious”???) I swear… if she did a therapy 50% of this book would not exist. In every scene of “oh because I'm different from other girls, they don't wear frilly dresses or watch old movies, I hate bei ...more
Darshini
Jun 13, 2022 rated it really liked it
This was a fun read. It was easygoing and had everything you could ever want from a YA. Although the female MC was quite hopless romantic I still enjoyed reading her story. At times I felt like slapping her silly for being immature and juvenile but ahh I remember what that used to be like so yeah it was kinda fun. As for the male MC he was just amazing. Quite caring, fun and thoughtful and sweet and a dose of everything else. He felt a lot more mature to me and I loved him so much. He's like a p ...more
sar
Jul 21, 2022 rated it it was amazing
LIZ AND WES OWN MY HEART. can someone tell me where i could possibly find a Wes Bennett?? this will forever be a comfort book to me, i couldn’t put down this book at all, but I recommend this book if you really like romcoms, rivalry, enemies-to-lovers, boy next door neighbor. felt a roller-coaster of emotions for sure; and i most definitely love the mentions of taylor swift, metallica & popular romcoms.
arpit
Jul 29, 2022 rated it really liked it
a very cute, light, fun read

liz and wes are adorable
Anna
May 02, 2022 rated it it was amazing
I loved this book so much and binged it all in one day.

Better Than the Movies follows Liz and Wes in the perfect romcom book. When Liz's longtime crush, Michael, moves back into town, she decides to pair up with her "annoyingly attrative neighbor" Wes Bennett. The two then begin to formulate a plan that would help Liz win over Michael. With failed schemes and cute moments, Liz might just realize that she's been looking at the wrong person all along. The book was perfectly written and I adore it
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jjam ˃ᴗ˂.ᐟ
Aug 16, 2022 rated it really liked it
“I fell 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.”


the book was— in fact— better than the movies. it made me miss the highschool i'm still having, the boy next door neighbour i would never have, and the romcom references i would never get. wesley bennett is my new book boyfriend and i would do anything for him (even giving up The Forever Spot if i have to) x ♡
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Kaylee Melton
Aug 20, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This is the sweet rom-com I needed right now!
eryn gardner :)
Jan 19, 2024 rated it really liked it
“Enemies-to-lovers- it’s our trope, Buxbaum” 😍🥹😍🤭🥹😍🤭
Ali  🇲🇽🦂🏳️‍🌈
“ENEMIES TO LOVERS- IT’S OUR TROPE, BUXBAUM”

High school love is not a usual read for me but this story really won me over in the end. For a pretty new book, there were A LOT of movie references from my generation. So if you’re in your 30s and love chick flicks like Bridgette Jone’s Diary, 10 Things I Hate About You, When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, etc. you’ll enjoy the references sprinkled all over these pages.

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, HEA
⚠️ Parental Loss, Grief


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Cynthia
Apr 25, 2022 rated it really liked it
It’s 5am and I literally could not put this book down. I rom coms and I make playlist to everyday scenarios, this book was written for me! A classic enemies to lovers fake dating trope.
bei
Aug 10, 2022 rated it it was ok
2.5/5 ⭐

No estoy muy segura de cuánto darle, la mitad del libro no me gustó mucho, liz era insoportable y una amiga de mierda, sin embargo sus actitudes son pasables en cierta forma porque es una adolescente. Después del 60% fue que me enganché, pero siento qué no hubo escenas suficiente de Wes y Liz cómo algo más qué amigos, pero a todo esto me gustó mucho Wes era muy tierno, sobre todo saber qué siempre estuvo enamorado de Liz, quería ponerle 3 estrellas pero ese final y epílogo no me convenció
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Be ☕️✨
Dec 07, 2021 rated it it was amazing
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I have no words to explain how much I loved this book and all it’s references. Like, Wes is my new crush and Liz is so adorable and I want to be friends with her so bad. I’m so thankful for this one!!!
Angel Luna
Jul 05, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I don’t think I liked it as much as everyone else does
Katalina Garrido
Oct 09, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Lindsey
Apr 29, 2022 rated it really liked it
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Heather
Jul 28, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Mary Jane
Aug 23, 2022 rated it it was amazing