Goodreads Synopsis:
High school senior Keely Collins takes on firsts, lasts, and everything in between in this sweet, sex-positive rom-com for fans of Meg Cabot and Jenny Han.
It seemed like a good plan at first.
When the only other virgin in her group of friends loses it at Keely’s own eighteenth birthday party, she’s inspired to take things into her own hands. She wants to have that experience too (well, not exactly like that–but with someone she trusts and actually likes), so she’s going to need to find the guy, and fast. Problem is, she’s known all the boys in her small high school forever, and it’s kinda hard to be into a guy when you watched him eat crayons in kindergarten.
So she can’t believe her luck when she meets a ridiculously hot new guy named Dean. Not only does he look like he’s fallen out of a classic movie poster, but he drives a motorcycle, flirts with ease, and might actually be into her.
But Dean’s already in college, and Keely is convinced he’ll drop her if he finds out how inexperienced she is. That’s when she talks herself into a new plan: her lifelong best friend, Andrew, would never hurt or betray her, and he’s clearly been with enough girls that he can show her the ropes before she goes all the way with Dean. Of course, the plan only works if Andrew and Keely stay friends–just friends–so things are about to get complicated.
Cameron Lund’s delightful debut is a hilarious and heartfelt story of first loves, first friends, and first times–and how making them your own is all that really matters.
My Review:
Full disclosure, I’m not much of a romcom person. I love Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, but otherwise most romcoms I read are 3-star reads. I picked up this book because I read a “First Look” on BookishFirst a few months ago and was captivated, and the rest of the book had the same effect.
This book was just like a lot of romcoms, interesting in a frustrating way. If I had to pick on one thing, it would be that it seemed like there was always some giant lie going on. I learned about all of the characters, but Keely was an unreliable narrator. However, that does make for a more interesting story when the story reaches its climax.
I would recommend this book to people who like romcoms in general, because it’s really just a modern, friends-to-lovers romcom. I do think it didn’t really live up to the much more captivating concept you see on the dust jacket, but I would say that it’s worth a read.
Overall, I would give this book…
⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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