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Better Than the Movies
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Start date
August 1, 2025
Finish date
September 1, 2025
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Discussion leader
lo :)
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august book of the month!

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last updated Aug 25, 2025 11:43AM
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What Members Thought

Teigan Rose (Johnny Kav’s version)⋆౨ৎ ˖
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“𝓔𝓷𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓮𝓼-𝓽𝓸-𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼—𝓲𝓽’𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮, 𝓑𝓾𝔁𝓫𝓪𝓾𝓶.”

Rating: ★★★.5
Dates read: 𝟝 𝕄𝕒𝕪 - 𝟟 𝕄𝕒𝕪
Age rating: 𝟙𝟚/𝟙𝟛+

𝒫𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 - 𝒯𝒶𝓎𝓁𝑜𝓇 𝒮𝓌𝒾𝒻𝓉
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╰┈➤ This is the first Lynn Painter book that I’ve read and I will definitely be reading a lot more. From the writing style, to the banter, to the characters (the mmc in particular), Lynch Painter had me completely and utterly hooked. I cannot express just how much this book had me giggling, screamin
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ღlondonღ (on fire for Jesus)
I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!!!! This book was everything I expected and even more!! Liz Buxbaum, you are the exact same person as me!! It is such a good book with such good writing and plot. A total enemy to lovers trope that did NOT disappoint me. If you haven't read this book, run, don't walk, run and read it right now!!! I could not put it down and it probably took me a total of 6 hrs to read. I am honestly thinking about rereading it even though I finished it a mere 4 hours ago. Wes, you ...more
shelia!
Apr 15, 2025 rated it it was amazing
gobsmacked, erase my memory now so I can relive this all over again
enola
May 29, 2025 rated it liked it
Shelves: books-i-own
Objectively good, I just didn't connect with the characters and found liz a tiny bit annoying...

╰┈➤."She. Isn't. You.
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emma⁷
Feb 18, 2025 rated it really liked it
“She’s not you.” “What??” “She. isn’t. you.”

I love Wes Bennett. This is definitely a feel good rom-com that pulls at your heart strings. You get moments of When Harry Met Sally and other iconic tropes that we all adore and love from our favorite movies. I do feel this is more geared to high school age, but it was sweet nonetheless. I think it’s cute to read such a pure romance book and be reminded of all the sweetness of young love.
misch˚꩜。( charlie’s version )
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˚⊱sofia⊰˚(taylor’s version)
OMG, if you haven’t read Better Than the Movies yet, are you even living?! Like, what are you doing with your life? This book is the definition of a rollercoaster of emotions—if that rollercoaster was on fire and took you straight into the middle of your biggest YA rom-com fantasy. I AM OBSESSED. 😍🔥

First of all, I swear, if you’re not swooning over Wes yet, what are you even doing? HE’S THE DREAMY BOY NEXT DOOR, LITERALLY. He’s hot, he’s funny, and he’s got that sweet boy vibe that’s just chef’s
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hasset ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ˚
Mar 23, 2025 rated it it was amazing
ONE. OF. THE. BEST. BOOKS. AHGAHAHA
clara ➳♡
Feb 09, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned
THIS BOOK GOT ME INTO ROMANCE
little fox⸆⸉
Jul 10, 2025 rated it it was ok
alva bea
Aug 03, 2025 rated it it was amazing
millie ౨ৎ
Jan 17, 2025 rated it it was amazing
nora
Feb 16, 2025 rated it it was amazing
Maggie W
Jul 07, 2025 rated it it was amazing
emelia
Feb 28, 2025 rated it it was amazing
ʚ♡ellie♡ɞ
Mar 06, 2025 rated it it was amazing
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Mar 07, 2025 rated it really liked it
kathy ⋆୨୧˚
Mar 08, 2025 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, 2025, physical, own
⠀۶ৎAbby۶ৎ
Apr 04, 2025 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read2024
♡deepika♡
Apr 04, 2025 marked it as to-read
Shelves: top-to-reads
༻mila༺
Apr 13, 2025 rated it liked it
Ava ୨ৎ
May 12, 2025 rated it really liked it
𝟜 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤 ✧.*

“𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.”

I really enjoyed reading this, and I loved the plot, characters and writing style. It wasn't too cheesy or dramatic, and I was actually rooting for Liz and Wes the whole time. I also have always loved enemies-to-lovers so I really liked it. I liked that there was character development and none of the characters were perfect, which was great. Also, I didn't know what I would think of it, but Liz's obsession with rom-coms really added to the story.

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ella ☆
May 10, 2025 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fav-romances
Emilie Schlichting
May 16, 2025 rated it it was amazing
chry ❦
May 18, 2025 rated it it was amazing
౨ৎ maggie azer .
May 18, 2025 rated it it was amazing
stella ! &#x1f4da;
May 25, 2025 marked it as to-read
Harshini Agilan
May 27, 2025 marked it as to-read
Kaia
Jun 06, 2025 rated it it was amazing