Better Than the Movies

I went on Spotify and actually searched if someone has created a playlist for this book. True enough, someone was kind enough to put together a playlist based on the songs that are mentioned in the book. One song is missing, though. It is Bella Luna by Jason Mraz and I know this because I put that song on when I was on the chapter where the said song was mentioned and I LOVE that song.

Now that lengthy introduction would already scream that I HEART this book. If there is a rom-com destined to be your fave in 2021, let this be the one. It is predictable right from the start, but it is so well-written in the way that you could not stop reading it.

“Enemies-to-lovers - it's our trope, Buxbaum.”

I love how the female main, Liz, is flawed. I love that she has trouble moving on with her own life after her mother's death. It definitely put things in perspective on why Liz is the way she is – how she refused to enjoy certain things in life. And how she is stuck to have that perfect rom-com ending to her love life. At certain point, you feel like you want to strangle her and yell at her to buck the fuck up and open her eyes wide, but you could identify with her as well.

And then there's this funny, charming and patient Wes. He's the boy-next-door, the one who is giving the girl a hard time, who make fun of her all the time and the mischievous one. And you know straight away that he is so done. Done. Period. I'll have Wes in a heartbeat, make no mistake about that.

Plus point – rom-com movie quotes at the beginning of every chapter, aptly placed, describing the situation. I'd give it a solid 5, but nothing in this world is as perfect as a rom-com love story, no?

For all of Liz's knowledge about romance tropes, she was quite oblivious to her own one for pretty damn big part of the book.

Took a while to get into it, about halfway through is when it actually started to get interesting. The last 50 or so pages were the most interesting and relatable.