![]() ![]() 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. This coming-of-age story references classic romantic comedy tropes and films as Liz eventually discovers that happily ever after. ![]() The novel tells the story of Liz Buxbaum, a senior in high school with a passion for romance movies inherited from her late mother. ![]() 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. Better Than the Movies is a young adult romantic comedy by Lynn Painter (2021). 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. Liz Buxbaum has always known that Wes Bennett was not boyfriend material. ![]()
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