That phrase can get annoying after a while. Unfortunately I think this book just spoiled the entire plot of The Great Gatsby…Īlso, I wish the characters could stop thinking 'what the hell', please. ~the actual soundtrack of Wessy and Libby~Ī rom-com with rom-com references, fake dating and enemies to lovers, all while the MCs are neighbors and childhood friends frienamies?! This was like a dream come true.Ī certain someone didn’t realize why he was calling her Buxbaum until like halfway through the book… and then they realized that’s her last name… totally not me “Enemies-to-lovers-it’s our trope, Buxbaum.' And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love-and rethink her own perception of what Happily Ever After should really look like. He's her in.īut as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz her magical prom moment, she's shocked to discover that she actually likes being around Wes. Meaning that if Liz wants Michael to finally notice her, and hopefully be her prom date, she needs Wes. See, Liz's forever crush, Michael, has just moved back to town, and-horribly, annoyingly-he's hitting it off with Wes. It's Liz's senior year, a time meant to be rife with milestones perfect for any big screen, and she needs Wes's help. Wes was the kid who put a frog in her Barbie Dreamhouse, the monster who hid a lawn gnome's severed head in her little homemade neighborhood book exchange.įlash forward ten years from the Great Gnome Decapitation.

You would think that her next-door neighbor would be a prince candidate for her romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only proven himself to be a pain in the butt, ever since they were little. 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.Liz Buxbaum has always known that Wes Bennett was not boyfriend material. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.īut 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. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make.

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. 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. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago.

“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.

Better than the movies by lynn painter