This was a cute YA romance with a well known tale in romance. Boy and girl are enemies, boy gets to know girl and they realize hate may not be the only emotion they are feeling, and dont forget to add in a bet that changes everything!. This was a super cute story and the side characters were fantastic. I adored Gramps and Hudson, as well as Wren's best friends. I really enjoyed the pop culture references and I think many of my hs students who love a good YA romance would enjoy this one. Thank you netgalley for thos arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

DNF @ 26%

I hate DNF-ing books. But this was getting ridiculous and I. can't. continue. reading.

I expected a lot of fun and swoon and it was neither of those things.

The Quick Cut: A teen girl is forced to tutor the high school jock in order to keep his place on the basketball team. Emotions get involved and chaos ensues. 
A Real Review: Thank you to Entangled Publishing for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
 High school is hard enough between the classes, changes, cliques, and planning for the future. However, when you're forced to tutor to someone that despises you, how do you react? This is the case for Wren when it comes to Fuller James. 
 Wren has a deep hatred for Fuller James. He is the one behind her estrangement from her former best friend, Marissa, along with the wretched nickname that follows her. All she can do is enjoy basketball games with her ailing grandfather while maintaining the best grades in school. However, when Fuller starts a food fight and Wren reacts back, both are in serious trouble for their actions. The results? Wren must tutor Fuller to get his grades up - or her perfect record will be blemished. Can they work together or will their mutual disgust blow one another up? 
 This story admittedly doesn't bring anything new to the table. However, it's unnecessary to do so considering the relatable characters, adorable storyline, and exciting results of the high school drama. Wren is a bullied girl who rises above those around her the best she can and Fuller is a guy who has more to him than meets the eye. 
 Wren and Fuller work well together chemistry wise, along with their intriguing arguments. They bring out the best in each other and show how peer pressure can bring out the worst in others. It's a lesson that is very much an enlightening one, along with entertaining. 
 A wonderful touch is their connection to their ailing family members. Wren's grandfather with Alzheimer's and Fuller with his brother's brittle bone syndrome connects them on an emotional level - along with giving a true insight into the life of someone caring for a family member. 
 A phenomenal story about two teens on opposite sides of the social spectrum. 
My rating: 5 out of 5

Fuller James is a grade A jerk with the heart of gold! He’s misunderstood, he knows it but he doesn’t care! All he cares about is a full ride scholarship to his dream university and his little brother Hudson but the king of basketball can’t show that so he becomes what he thinks everyone wants him to be! That is until his pranks go to far and he finds himself on the brink of losing his spot on the team!

When Wren the beautiful outcast and resident nerd is tasked with tutoring the jock she can’t stand tensions fly and both are at jeopardy of losing everything they’ve worked hard for!

I absolutely loved Wren! She was quiet and humble! Though she took a lot of crap for me it was a testament to her strength! She had two of the best friends a girl could ask for and an amazing family that had her back! When Fuller James finally opened his eyes to the world around him he was stunned and knew it was time to change! But are the changes enough to convince Wren that he could be more than a jerk and might just be the love of her life!

A sweet high school romance that will have you laughing and swooning with each page

The description is a play on the poem from 10 Things I Hate About You? SIGN. ME. UP.
I'll start with my complaints: the names. Wren and Fuller? Dae? 10 years from now YA fiction is going to look back and think WTF when it comes to names of characters and these are two we'll be thinking of. I get it. We needed a name to make a nasty nickname out of (Wrentainer). But are you trying to tell me a kid with the first name of Fuller was never made fun of?! He's a jock. The jokes just write themselves.
That's it. That's my only complaint. Well, maybe the timing too? Like, for going from hate to love, maybe it should've taken longer than 9 days?
This was a sweet, short, well paced and well written YA romance novel. It's clean, it tackles real high schooler issues (see the above nickname), and I think it handles the dual POV very well. The side characters are not major, but also not so minor that they feel like plot devices. I was already hooked on the plot based on the back blurb for the book, but the bet Fuller makes intrigued me so much. And then it wasn't the typical YA bet plot. Loved it. So well done. Such a good and new take on what can be a simple trope.
All in all, this book was incredibly wonderful. An easy recommendation for my girlfriends or my students. I can't wait to see what more this author will do!!
Thank you to Entangled for inviting me to view this ARC!

While this was a cute hate to love romance, I found that it was also about family and friendship. The side characters were easy to love. Well, most of them. Not everyone.

Wren had been picked on since 7th grade when her retainer flew out of her mouth at a dance. Her best friend, Marissa, turned on her and started dating the most popular guy at school, Fuller James. Wren had two best friends in high school, Dae and Brandon. I seriously wanted them as best friends, too. They were so caring and loyal. Wren wasn't really ok with being picked on, but she was happy with her little group.

Fuller and Marissa had recently broken up. Again. He is the star of the basketball team and needed a full scholarship for college, but he was failing AP Lit. Wren was forced to tutor Fuller in order to get his grade up enough to play in the first game. I was not a fan of Fuller or his friends. Luckily Fuller grew on me later in the book. The coach told Fuller to keep the tutoring secret, so he made a bet with his friend Marc that would give him an excuse to be around Wren a lot.

It didn't take long for Fuller to start looking at Wren in a different way. She brought out the good in him. He could be normal around her, not the cocky jock he was around everyone else. Wren started to see Fuller differently, too. They started to bond over sick family members. Wren's grandpa had dementia and Fuller's brother had brittle bone disease. They started spending more time together. Fuller decided to apologize for making fun of Wren, but he didn't tell her about the bet. He just felt that she would never talk to him again and he was falling for her.

As you can guess, the secret about the bet came out and things did not go well. Fuller got help from a lot of different people, including his brother, to try to win Wren back.

I gave this book 4 stars. Thank you to Entangled Teen for my review copy.

Warnings for bullying, dementia, brittle bone disease, and a super mean girl.

This book was received as an ARC from Entangled Publishing, LLC - Entangled: Crush in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

This was a treat to read. As I kept reading it, I could not help but be reminded of 10 Things I Hate About You with Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. Fuller James is described as your typical popular guy. Captain of the basketball team and struggling at school and then there is Wren, the smart nerdy girl in school that will always be remembered for her embarrassing moment when she sneezed and her retainer fell out and hit someone. Then they get the chance to work together as Wren tutors Fuller and then sparks start to fly and Wren sees Fuller than the popular cocky jock as she knows him to be. I could not stop smiling and laughing throughout the entire book and it was such a breath of fresh air to read if you are into the teen romances.

We will consider adding this title to our YA collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

This was a super cute YA that was a quick, sweet read. There is nothing really new and fresh, but we are dealing with Wren, the heroine, super smart and Fuller, star basketball player. They go from hate to love and it is a nice well written romance. Thank you to netgalley for the arc.