Better Than the Movies

By: Lynn Painter

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic teen attempts to secure a happily-ever-after moment with her forever crush, but finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy next door.

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.

©2021 Lynn Painter (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

A- MUST- LISTEN- TO

I Fall in Love with the book since the very first chapter!. If you are a person in love with romantic movies then this book is for you. Don’t waste any more time and listen to it right now.

5 Billion Stars

Loved this book. Such an awesome rom com and wraps you up in a warm hug.

Good for most part

There is a low at the beginning of the 2nd half where the lead was annoying but overall very enjoyable storyline and characters

omg

I don’t usually like romance novels, but I could not stop smiling the entire time listening to this book.

Best book ever ❤️‍🔥

This book is one of my favorite books ever I listen to it all in one day and the drama and steamy romance was amazing loved this book so much

Fun Book!

Totally enjoyed listening to the story even as an adult. I love a happy ending!

Cute Teenage “Rom Com”

This novel was recommended on TikTok a lot and I think it was a very cute teenage “rom com” for sure. The music references and movie references were very familiar and overall very entertaining. Now for the downside. So this book has a lot of potential and maybe because I am an adult in a marriage and not a teenager I am not the main demographic, but it was a bit immature for me. The character although going through intense grief seems a bit spoiled and can be a bit oblivious throughout most of the book. She lies to her best friend and although I dislike it I don’t necessarily care. The friend seems very judgemental and the least supportive person in this whole novel. Is it wrong or am I at the age in my life where I related more to the main character’s stepmother than to her? There were some super swoon worthy moments, but advertised as a “movie worthy” read it sure didn’t come close to those awesome 90s ones. It was good, but could have been so much better.

Loved!

Loved the story and it’s rom com concept. The narrator was excellent, looking for more!

Cute (and awkward)

I’m too old to enjoy a high school story but this was cute. I will ignore that basketball isn’t in the spring and that a family would move a senior two months before graduation and that Wes is that good at baseball but no one talks about it.

Holy Cow!

I loved, loved, loved, LOVED this perfect romcom. I will forever recommend this to everyone I know. It’s so good!