Good thing Lisa just read a book on the “wedding ring phenomenon”—you get more attention when you’re already taken. What if Lisa pretends to be Matt’s plus one? Maybe it’ll help Matt get his girl and Lisa can hook her own fish.
After the plan works, Matt suddenly claims he doesn’t like the view from the friend-zone and wants her instead… But she isn’t interested in being anyone’s second choice. If this guy wants to earn her attention, he’ll need more than some silly “phenomenon.”
He’ll need to go all out... (Pub Date: Mar 04, 2019)
I can't say this wasn't cute.
Lisa is a nerd and not afraid to live her nerdness. She's been in love with Matt for some time now and for the same length she's been in the friendzone. It doesn't help that Matt is already into another girl, so she decides to focus on the new boy at school. That's when she accepts the plan to pretend to be with Matt and test whether people really pay more attention to what they can't have.
This is what you can expect from an Entangled Teens romance. It's a nice story, above an average YA but doesn't go beyond. I confess I like part of the formula and get these books exactly because I know well what to expect. But there are other times I'm not feeling like it.
One of the things I really don't appreciate and we have it again here is the dual point-of-view, being each chapter narrated from one of the two main characters. I don't think YA romance really needs to have two points of view so it gets a little bit spoiler-ish. I mean, of course we know the guy is gonna be with the girl in the end, but I think there's a thrill in wondering when he really starts liking her. I know a lot of readers like having two narrators but in this case I actually prefer to stick to the girl.
Talking about the characters, the big fail here is how they never really grow. Matt has a problem with bailing on things so he can never keep a girlfriend for more than a few weeks. But Lisa also has her issues and throughout the book since they start acting like sweethearts, they keep arguing about the same thing. Sounded real? Not sure, but it was definitely tiresome how to the last percent they were still arguing for the SAME thing. I wasn't a fan of Matt's father's advice either, kind of sexist. You kinda see why he is like that if that's the sane voice he listens to.
Aside from those complaints, this was a cute story. Just the romance I needed. And that's why I love these books, I know they'll do what I need them to.
Honest review based on an ARC provided by Netgalley. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
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