Honestly, my biggest fear going into this was that Audrey would end up having all her love problems fixed by forgiving the people in her life who hurt her. I was over the moon about the fact that Bourne flips this expectation on its head. Even Audrey has, as accounted for by her newfound annoyance with the films. We’ve all seen the movies, we’ve read the stories. Since we’re a world surrounded by the lies of romance movies, it’s no surprise that she turns her ire on them.īooks like this, typically, tend to be romantic comedies that follow the young protagonist realizing that her previous experiences do not account for all experiences as she falls madly in love with someone who just so happens to be the perfect guy for her. After the cheating and painful divorce of her parents, spearheaded by his father getting a much younger woman pregnant and basically ditching his family, and her boyfriend dumping her after they’d had sex once, she’s sick of romance. A substantial romance for even the most skeptical teens." - Booklist, STARRED review "Audrey and Harry’s relationship sings with witty banter, electric heat, and feverish emotion, but Audrey’s journey to self-discovery reaps even more rewards, leaving readers with a fresh, realistic look at first love.A wild ride that’s high on drama and deep in self-reflection." - Kirkus "Alongside snippets of Audrey’s rom-com essay, British author Bourne draws her protagonist as a believable mix of self-awareness and inexperience as she does her best to cope with her selfish father and hurting mother, her largely absent brother, and Harry’s omnipresent ex.a smart, funny, and emotionally satisfying rom-com." - Publishers Weekly "YA readers will relate to the struggles Audrey faces and be pleased by the refreshing conclusion to this love story.Audrey has become a cynic. ★ "It's enough that this well-cast British import cleverly elevates and deconstructs genre tropes without ever belittling them, but it goes beyond even that, candidly addressing the weight of expectation behind a first sexual experience and the misconceptions that women especially often have about theirs.
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