There were also no less than a hundred brokenhearted entries in my childhood diaries about his exit from my life. I think there was even romantic running involved. I’d be wearing my favorite outfit-which changed with each imagining, of course, because this fantasy started back in grade school-and when I’d turn the corner at the end of the block, there he’d be, walking toward me.

I used to imagine I was out taking a walk on one of those gloriously cold autumn days that whispered of winter, the air smelling like snow. In my wildest dreams, I wouldn’t have imagined the return of Michael Young.Īfter he moved, I daydreamed for years about him coming back.

I propped my feet up on the kitchen table and dug my spoon into the container of Americone Dream, still beside myself with giddiness. You may be the first attractive woman I have not wanted to sleep with in my entire life.” 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. 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. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersĪmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books

We’ll be raving about the books we love and being total fangirls. This year we’re spotlighting our favorite books, old and new. Sunday Spotlight is a feature we began in 2016.

Better Than the Prom by Lynn Painter