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Better Than the Movies

By: Lynn Painter
Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
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 A USA TODAY and New York Times bestseller

Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush.

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend Wes Bennet.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.

But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love—and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like. Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Emotions & Feelings Family & Relationships Friendship Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Teen Romance
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Being a Liz, married to a Wes I just had to read this book. I was worried it was going to be a bit too YA and cute for me…. Given that I’m in my 40s!!!But honestly it was just the most adorable book, I loved these 2 characters and cannot wait to read about their college experience! A great pallet cleanse from my usual books that I read! Thanks Lynn for a beautiful story!!

All the warm and fuzzies!

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really loved this YA where the characters act their age. Great fmc and mmc interactions

for love lovers

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absolutely incredible the story was amazing and well written will definitely be reading more Lynn Painter

A-MAZE-ING

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Captures the experience of being a teenage girl so well, atleast for me! I had a lot of similar thought processes at that age! Loved it.

Absolutely love!!!!

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This was a sweet book, wish it was a little more R than PG 13 but still good

Cute book

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