Dramatically Ever After was a very cute book! There were plenty of swoons and adorable banter to keep my romantic heart interested in this story. Parts of this book dragged, but it was pretty entertaining as a whole.

The romance in the book was a bit cliche, but it was still very adorable. The banter between Em and Kris made my heart flutter and put a smile on my face! The romantic moments were extremely cute.

Overall, this was an enjoyable book! I would have liked a little more excitement in the plot development, but as a whole, this was a quick and endearing read!

I just loved Bookishly Ever After and I was looking forward to this book so much. It was so cute! Hate to love is a trope that I cannot pass up and I was pulling for this couple throughout.

This series is just the cutest! I admit that Em annoyed the hell out of me with her pushiness in Bookishly Ever After, but after reading her story I like her as much as I liked Phoebe :) We don't exactly see character growth, because by the end of the book Em is basically the same crazy Em everyone loves, but we get to know why she acts the way she acts and who she is. I loved to see how her insecurities and nerves played her during the competition but more than anything I loved to see all the support and encouragement from her family and friends and how that helped Em to accept that she's more than a pretty wannabe actress.
Just as In Bookishly, the friendships and family relationships are my favourite part of the book. Em's parents are not happy about her wanting to get a theatre degree, but they support her decision, and her friends call her on her BS when need be, but they still love her and are there for her when everything inevitably explodes. Talking about that, I'm glad that the conflict was solved with a minimum of drama :)
I guess my main issue is that Kris doesn't make a lot of sense as the romantic interest. I generally love the enemies-turned-lovers premise, but they basically hated each other for ten years, and not in the 'I just want to get your attention' way, and suddenly in a week they fall in love? Plus we don't really learn anything new about Kris. Basically he's not the asshole Em thought he was, which to me was a given since he's the romantic interest, but other than that there's ZERO information about him. And I'm sorry, but he's not half swoon-worthy as Dev was :P
So all in all a good follow-up to Bookishly, highly recommended if you enjoyed the first book!
I'm guessing Practically Ever After will be Alec's book? I'm looking forward to read his story :)

I was so eager to read the follow up to Bookishly Ever After and it did not disappoint! A great sequel!

Love love loved this book. Super easy and quick to read yet extremely fun and interesting.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked that it was a sort of follow on from the previous book, but it was about a different character within the friendship group. It followed a similar storyline to the first book, but this didn't mean that it was any less enjoyable.

Em and Kris have been school enemies for a long time. It never helped that they have been in the same class for many years. Now they are both qualified to the final of a speech competition, which is supposed to make them like each other even less being each other's competition and all. But will it? Who knows, maybe being outside of school for a week among total strangers and relying only on each other will help them discover their true selves? And who knows, maybe they will even be more than friends? Some swoonworthy moments inside!

*I received a free copy by Netgalley

I read the first book. LOVED IT. I read the second one. Meh.

I'm really sad to give the continuation of a five star book such a rating. Here are my reasons: In this one, I didn't like the main character as much as in the first; the guy wasn't as cute, and the subject of interest (politics, oral representations) wasn't something I could relate to, contrary to the bookiness (is that even a word?) of the first one.

Overall, not a bad book,with a cute enough romance, just up to my expectations.

I really wish I had read this sooner!

I loved Phoebe and Dev from the first book, but Em wasn't my favorite and I wasn't sure what to make of Kris from his limited appearances.

Getting to see things from Em's point of view as she prepares for college and the speech competition was a lot more enjoyable then I thought it would be. She is definitely over dramatic and a little selfish at times, but no more than any teenage girl who is still growing up. The author did a fabulous job of making her relatable and interesting with her love of history and acting.

Setting a majority of the story at a speech competition in Boston was different as so many of the characters from the first book don't appear as much. However, I think this allowed Em and Kris to truly get to know each other since they had so many preconceived notions based on their experiences while in school.

I liked, too, how the plot included Em's dream of going to college for acting. It made her feel like a more well rounded character, just like Phoebe's love of knitting and books did in Bookishly Ever After.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I read the first book in the series, Bookishly Ever After , when it first came out, and fell completely in love with the characters. I was really happy to get a chance to get to know Em's character a little better and I enjoyed this book just as much as the first one.

Dramatically Ever After delivers exactly what it promises: a fluffy contemporary to keep you company on long rainy afternoons and warm your heart. I really enjoyed the interaction between characters: Em and Kris' conversations were full of witty remarks and enjoyable banter, with plenty of sarcasm going round. As that is one of my favourite modes of communication, I was obviously very pleased with this.

I really enjoyed delving deep into another character's passion: after Phoebe's love of books, we now get to explore Em's devotion for the theatre and the performing arts. It's refreshing to read about teenage female characters who have a passion and vision in life beyond boys and actually work hard to achieve their goals. Em really takes it a step further, acting definitely over dramatically at times and trying to put on a show 24/7 to avoid sharing her fears and appearing vulnerable, but I appreciated the fact that her friends always called her out on it.

Kris was definitely a keeper. We get to see him through Em's eyes first as an annoying wannabe politician, trying to please everybody while working his personal angle. But as they are forced to spend more time together, it was really fun to see Em discover layer after layer of Kris' personality and falling slowly. There were plenty of swoon-worthy moments between these two, and the romance never felt forced.

Overall, this book was a really enjoyable light read, with a good storyline and memorable characters. I shall definitely look out for the next one in the series!

More of a 2.5 stars

This one was much better than the first one. But parts did drag a bit and it took me several sessions to finish it.
I have to say, Em is not a good character. So whiny and refusing to acknowledge her own problems. Even by the end it's hard to believe she's actually changed or will remain changed in a good way. I didn't relate to her on any level.
Kris had some stuff going on. I agreed with his side of the arguments way more than Em's, if not a hundred percent. I think he could've used a bit more development with regards to personal quirks and childhood history.
The dialogue was pretty cheesy and off at times, as in I don't think teens actually talk like that. At least, I never did.
The story followed the expected arc and didn't add anything new to the genre.
I'd like to add that I don't think everyone can change the world like they keep harping on and I'm really sick of that message.
Overall it was readable, if forgettable.

I enjoyed this book and overall it was very cute, but I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed the first book in this series, Bookishly Ever After. Em wasn’t my favorite character for reasons I can’t fully articulate but I did like how her and Kris’s relationship was slowly built up and how they started as rivals. I’m a sucker for the back and forth banter between characters that start off as “enemies”. I did enjoy that we still got to see glimpses of Phoebe and see how her relationship was going.

I give this book a 3 out of 5 stars.

This companion novel to Bookishly Ever After brought me back to a cast of characters I fell in love with and, this time, put the spotlight on theatre and the world of competitive speeches. There were so many movie and theatre references, along with some of Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon(those were definitely my favourite). This book was really cute, had great character growth, and I had a lot of fun going back into the Ever After universe. I can’t wait to see who will be staring in the third book.

Em, the main character in this sequel, loved the theatre, loved performing, and often made references toward movies and actresses she loved. Her ability to act and harness her emotions into her scenes really helped when she delivered speeches. I really loved seeing her grow into herself as the story went on, becoming more confident in her own abilities instead of hiding behind a character. The dynamic she had with Kris was a lot of fun to read and reminded me a bit of the Anne/Gilbert dynamic from Anne of Green Gables. They drove each other crazy and argued all the time but there were definitely always underlying feelings.

This group of friends was so much fun to read. They were all so close, the chemistry in that group of friends that was a huge draw in the first book was back in this one. Even with Em in Boston for a lot of the book, we still got to see the group of friends interacting, either before, after, or by phone and text throughout her speech competition. The romance was also a lot of fun. I loved seeing Em and Kris debate over everything.

I really liked the speech writing aspect of the story as well. Em was vying for a scholarship so she could attend the college she wanted instead of her parents’ choice but she was insecure about her actual talent for writing since she thought performing was where she excelled. It was interesting to see her work with her mentor to improve her speech and see her perform the final result.

This book was a very cute read, one perfect for sitting outside in the Summer or curling up in a chair by a fire. This is a universe I really have come to love and I can’t wait to visit it again.

Kind of a slow start, but ultimately I really did enjoy this one!

I loved, LOVED, Bookishly Ever After. I did not love this book. I could not get over how annoying the characters were. They felt fake to me. I couldn't get into the book, and it hurts.

This book was such a cute story, I really loved this story regardless that it dragged a little bit in some areas. The banter between the characters was adorable and that really kept my interest throughout this story.
One thing I was disappointed by is our main character Em, she had a habit of judging people based on nothing a lot and that got on my nerves at times. She was also a little too dramatic at times, I understand that she is in theater and the word "dramatic" is in the tittle but I think it was a little over the top for me. Overall I did enjoy Em though, I love that's she was so determined and she was willing to go after her goals.
I really enjoyed the romance in this story but it could be a little cliché at times but it was just so cute and sweet, I do wish that there was more romantic scenes between the characters.
I really liked this book, I was given the chance to read the first book and I'm not sure which one I liked more, I hope I also get the chance to read the third in the future..

Another excellent book in the series!! The first book is still my fav though :)

This was a really cute fluffy YA read. I liked how the title plays on the main character's talents (in the first book, Booklishly ever After describes Feeb's love of books, this one points to Em's theatre talent). I really liked "watching" Em's and Kris's spark grow while they get to know the real person, not the facade. Wondering what book three will bring.

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I absolutely loved this! Actually more than Bookishly to be honest :) I loved Em so much more than I did Phoebe and found her to be a way more interesting main character.

Although I admit it took me a couple of pages before I realised we'd switched narrators from book one... it's been a while in between, okay?!

I loved the narrator-switch, it makes the story feel fresher as now it's not just a sequel, it's a completely different story and it wouldn't matter if you hadn't read the first book.

I loved the setting too, the speech convention, and all the kids from all the states. (Even if Ann spells her name without the 'e', argh it looks so wrong!!!) Especially loved Kris, he and Em were totes my OTP <3 (and that's a phrase I haven't said in like ten years, haha)

Dramatically Ever After is a companion to Bookishly Ever After. It follows Em as she pursue's her dream of getting into college and becoming an actress. Bandeira proves that she can write well rounded characters that are often not what they appear to be at first glance. Em is more than just an actress and the story of her competing against her nemesis for scholarship money and an 'in' with her college of choice shows more than just her good side. Em is irritating and childish and in denial over a long-distance relationship that is well past its expiration date. Kris is her opponent (along with 100 other orators), and they are thrust together time and time again. Em and her group of friends are complex and unique and not adhering to every 'normal' high school stereotype. Dramatically Ever After was enjoyable and lovely rich with history and rife with conversation about how best to help our neighbors; both near and far.