⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

“It was like he was a hydrogen molecule and I was the oxygen. I was drawn to him. We completed each other.”

Thank you to Kelly Anne Blount for reaching out to me and offering me the opportunity to read and review this before it’s May 17th release!

Honestly, I think this one was better than the first in the Twin River High Series and I didn’t think that was possible because the first one was SO good!

I loved, loved, LOVED Landon and Hope. They were adorable and perfect for each other! Complete opposites too making for a very interesting story. They truly brought out the best in one another and helped one another grow and tackle their biggest fears. I LOVE THAT!

This book dealt with some pretty serious stuff, and it was handled so gracefully. It was a big part of the story too - adding a lot of depth to the overall plot. Brillant work, truly!

I honestly could read 100 stories about Landon and Hope. And we got to see McKenna and Jace make an appearance in this one. No Matthew though (thank God).

I cannot wait to read the next one in this series! I’m officially HOOKED.

Nerdy Hope is in need of experiences that will help her write the perfect essay to wow the MIT admissions people. Saving popular soccer star Landon earns her a favor, his help with what she calls Project Personality. She comes to realize that he has experienced all kinds of personal tragedy, and he’s been dealing with it by drinking. His grandfather is ready to ship him off to military school should Hope’s good influence not work magic.

There’s so much to love about this book. Hope and Landon are great characters, and the supporting cast are also well well developed, making this a great series installment. This world also includes IN THE PENALTY BOX, which is a single title romance. Hope and Landon make a great couple. His grandfather and her little sister are downright adorable. I flew through this book and immediately bought the first book in the series. Lots of great tropes come into play such as a nerd and jock pairing, makeover/ugly duckling (but it’s not over the top), and the forced proximity of their personality project. The authors did a great job making each of the points of view distinct. My favorite part was when Hope and Landon spent the day at the mall. I liked that Hope was a year older and her friends teased her about the potential of being a college student with a high school boyfriend.

A couple of things didn’t work for me. A bunch of information is repeated several times as are some word choices. Landon’s recovery comes without any external help such as a support group, counseling, grief counseling, or a 12-step program, which seemed a bit improbable that he’d remain sober without any backsliding. These things are minor and some may be addressed in the final edit.

This sweet romance is a fun read for teens and adults.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for providing an Advance Reader Copy.

Another fun book featuring the kids from Twin River High.. This one focuses on Landon, a good looking soccer player and nerdy Hope, who saves his life after he chokes in the cafeteria. Hope, in typical Sheldon style, is a brain, but misses social cues and is told by a counselor that if she doesn't get a personality before her college application interviews, there is no way she will make it into her dream school, MIT. So Hope sets out on an adventure: gain a personality in two weeks and who better to get help from than the cute, popular soccer player? Adorable and fun. I was glad to reconnect with characters from the last book. References to Grease AND Grease 2, which is a movie no one remembers. Lots of fun that teens will enjoy.

Hooked from the very first chapter like these authors sure know how to give an Intro! I thought the whole Project Personality thing was very interesting. I've never read a book quite like this one so it really brought something new. The story was very satisfying and heartfelt. The characters are great and I like how we get to see the characters in the previous book. I LOVED Hope and Landon's relationship. I really liked that they both bring out the best in each other. There were times when I was read the story where I was like "Hope you did not just say that" to "Awww, aren't they the cutest" If you do find yourself getting this book I hope you like it as much as I do! Remember though this book does have a content warning such as Alcohol and drug abuse and overdose, physical abuse, a car accident, parental abandonment, death of a grandparent, and some consensual sexual content. Can't wait to see what these AMAZING authors have in store for us in book 3!

Thank you Entangled Teen and Netgalley for the eARC!

This book was adorable! While I enjoyed its predecessor "Gutter Girl," I liked this installment even more. Keeping the spirit of complex characters from the previous book, this book has a softer, sweeter side which really adds a nice mix to the series.

I loved the characters so so much in this book! Hope is really so endearing. I loved her relatability in being shy and feeling more comfortable in the academic world than the social world of school. Her rambling of trivia facts when she was nervous had me giggling multiple times while reading and the Gemini side of me loved learning new things from her during her word vomits. Her determination to achieve her goals, being accepted into MIT in this case, is really inspiring as a reader and I admired the way she didn't let her mind get the better of her and kept pushing herself to do things that scared her and make new experiences, even if she sometimes ended up embarrassing herself.

Landon was the perfect match to Hope for this book. I think I love him even more than Jace from the previous novel. His roll-with-the-punches attitude balanced Hope's more serious side so well and I loved seeing his character growth throughout the story. His situation with his parents and then with his grandparents would set any person back and I feel like his grief was portrayed in such a real, palpable way without being too overbearing of a theme in the book.

The romance in this was seriously so cute. I loved the pairs' interactions and the way they got to know each other. I'm always a fan of relationships that have a certain ease to them, the feel that you're truly meant to be with this person, and these two have it. I also think it's neat to have a couple with an older girl and younger guy and love the variety it added to the series.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The characters are quirky and relatable and I loved that the authors brought back our favorite characters from the first book, Jace and McKenna, so we could see how life was progressing for them. I think this is a really fun series so far and I'm eager to jump into the next book, "Chaos Theory."

Since meeting Landon in Gutter Girl, I was dying to know why the boy was so tired all the time! And do we ever find out…its so much deeper than I expected and my heart for that guy grew three sizes reading his story. Hope is so quirky and cute, a brainiac after my own heart, and I loved the way she swallowed her fears and stepped out of her comfort zone to perk up her life. Their friendship is cute and a little awkward which just makes it adorable in my opinion. I love Landon’s grandpa and their relationship as well. I am impressed with the level of interest this story has for both my teenagers and myself, many years post high school. I binged the story not wanting to put it down!

I continue to have questions about new characters! Once again, I am looking forward to reading the next Twin Rivers story and maybe even get some hints for future plots. I give this a high recommendation for any reader who loves a good first-love story! I received an advanced copy for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own.

TW: Drug and alcohol abuse (mentioned), parental abandonment, family death (mentioned)

Oh my goodness this was such a sweet story, I couldn't put it down! Our MC, Hope, is some what of a brainiac/genius type hoping to get into MIT, when her college applications advisor dashes her dreams and tells her she has no personality, that she's too boring to get a look at by any of her top choice colleges. Hope is desperate to come up with some personality and tries to come up with ideas with her friends. When she ends up saving the life of Landon, she gets him to agree to help her out seeing as he's one of the popular kids and is actually a really nice guy.

They come up with Project Personality, Landon will help open up Hope to new experiences and in return she will get his grandfather off his back by keeping him from spiralling out of control after the death of his grandmother.

Hope is so naive but not in an annoying way at all. I found her endearing and all around cute. The facts were hilarious and the way she would get so nervous around people was easy to identify with. Landon, oh my sweet Landon. Such a smol cinnamon roll! The pain he's endured from his past and his parents made me want to cry...in fact when he's remembering his grandmother calling him miracle and when he first arrived with them I DID cry. Ugh, so so so heartwarming!

They were really cute together, they played off one another's insecurities well. He knew when to push her to be confident and she knew when to push just enough about his past without being overbearing. The chemistry was off the charts as well. The car scene on the frozen lake was excellent and I loved how Landon was the one to slow it down and say those three words first, so sweet!

It was really nice to see McKenna and Jace from the first book too, glad to see McKenna hasn't lost her touch with her pink hair and black attire either as well as her sweet nature! I'm really loving this series and can't wait to check out the third one!

Thank you so much to Entangled Publishing for providing me with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

This book was ADORABLE. It truly gave me the warm and fuzzies.

Project Personality is a story about a star student named Hope and a popular soccer star named Landon. Landon has been struggling with some personal issues since his grandmother passed away almost two months ago. Things have gotten so out of hand that his Pops is threatening to send him to military school, if he doesn’t get his life together.

Hope is the kind of girl who has been working towards her dream career since preschool. Literally. Unfortunately, she has just received news from her college admissions advisor that she’s boring - more specifically, her essay just doesn’t stand out among other applicants -, and because of this, her chances of getting into even her second and third choice colleges are slim.

In a turn of events or maybe it was just fate, Hope randomly saves Landon’s life one day during lunch and decides to cash in on a major IOU. She asks him to help her “get a personality,” and thus Project Personality is born!

This is a story about second chances, forgiving yourself and others, and learning that people and things aren’t always what they seem. I love the way this book covers these important topics with grace and doesn’t sugarcoat anything. I think the Twin River series is excellent for readers of all ages because we can all benefit from these reminders.

I also love this series because you can read these books as standalone novels or all together. It’s really nice that they mention characters from other books in the series. It’s fun to “catch up” with the other MCs and see the role they play in other people’s stories.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC!

First of all, thanks to NetGalley and Entangled: Crush for approving my request and sending me an eARC in exchange for a honest review.
You have to know English isn’t my first language, so feel free to correct me if I make some mistakes while writing this review.


TRIGGER WARNING: alcohol and drug abuse, overdose, physical abuse, car accident, parental abandonment, death of a grandparent.


Hope's dream has always been to be an aerospace engineer at NASA and to do that, her first step is to be accepted at MIT. The problem is that the advisor she hired told her that she's boring, that despite her stellar grades she has nothing to set her apart from all the other applicants. Hope must develop a personality in fourteen days and experience something so extraordinary that it can make her admission essay different from everyone else's.

The opportunity seems to present itself when she rescues Landon from suffocation in the cafeteria. Landon is part of the popular group, he's accepted and well liked by all, he has a self-confidence that Hope envies him and therefore she hopes to convince him to help her.

Reluctant at first, Landon ends up accepting: he hasn't yet completely overcome his past with his parents, he certainly hasn't yet been able to accept his grandmother's death which took place not even two months before and for which he feels responsible - thus falling back into old habits that his grandfather is unwilling to tolerate and for which he threatens to send him to the military academy. Helping Hope initially is a way out of that perspective, but it can also become a challenge to get back on track and think about the future again.


This second novel was also very nice - although, given the timing of the two weeks, getting to the "I love you" seemed excessive to me.

From the blurb, Hope seems a lot more boring than she actually is: she has hobbies, she has friends, she has her favorite hangout in Annie's coffee shop. In fact, however, she has always focused on her studies, never exploring the surrounding world - this is also due to major problems in being able to relate to and talk to people outside of those she knows and with whom she feels comfortable. I saw a lot of myself in her: two friends like me, a difficulty and embarrassment in talking to others, anxiety, cheeks flushed with shame, lack of self-confidence and I could go on and on.

Landon - who had already been mentioned and seen a couple of times on "Gutter Girl" - has never told anyone why he lives with his grandparents. Nobody knows that his parents are alcoholics and drug addicts and that they involved him early in the "family business" - nobody knows that he's alive by a miracle. Hope was the first person he met when he moved to Twin River but, with a year to separate them, she then started high school and he made his own friends. Hope's request puzzles him a little and it amuses him at the the same time, but he realizes he needs to focus his attention on something other than using alcohol to silence the pain - especially knowing that the accident. caused by a drunk at the wheel killed his grandmother, but left him unharmed.

I'm not an instalove fan at all - so maybe I wouldn't have gone that far. But it's also true that Hope and Landon spend two weeks seeing each other whenever possible, almost ignoring everything else - and if there's any, it happens off-screen. Both bring out the best in each other: Landon pushes Hope well out of her shell and her comfort zone and Hope manages to keep Landon grounded, giving him again a reason to look at the future. .
They're so cute together it's a pleasure to read about them and Landon is a really good guy, not the classic bad boy who hides a good side - he's just good, aware of his family's heavy legacy and what he risks if he makes a misstep while trying to keep others at a distance because he doesn't trust anybody enough and doesn't want his past to come out.

Obviously there's no lack of drama in this volume too - twice as in "Gutter Girl" - and if before it was due to a lack of communication, here it's about trust. Again, I appreciated that the grand gesture came from the female side - not only because she was in the wrong, but also to show her change from the beginning. Then there were scenes that reminded me of moments seen on "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Never Been Kissed" - not taken literally as in the case of "Gutter Girl" and "A Cinderella Story", but rather as the scenic and emotional context of certain scenes.
They also return for some appearances McKenna, Jace, Trinity, Kyle and other characters from "Gutter Girl".

Told as well as "Gutter Girl" from both points of view, its pages fly by and it's ideal when you're in a mood for a cute and sweet story - despite the heavy issues addressed within, I very often found myself smiling because Hope and Landon are so soft together, but I confess that Landon's chapters were my favorites.

I'd like to thank Netgalley and Entangeld Publishing for an ARC of this book. Hope Chambers has big dreams to get into MIT as an aerospace engineer, but after an college admissions consultant tells her she needs a personality, she freaks out. Her friends come up with a list called "Project Personality." After saving the life of Landon Watkins, she asks him to help her with the list, He agrees to her request thinking it might help him out as well. Landon has demons that no one is aware of. When he wakes up from being hungover and not remembering how he got home, his grandpa tells him that he'll send him to military school if he doesn't get his act together. Project Personality by Kelly Anne Blout & Lynn Rush is a good book. It reminds me of the movie She's All That. I like the chemistry between the main characters. told from both Hope and Landon's point of view. I give this book a 3 out of 5 stars due to language. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Project Personality by Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush a five-star read filled with charisma. This is number two in the Twin River series, they could be read as standalone but the characters do pop up in each other stories and it adds depth, I have loved them as a series and am desperate to get number three. Hope Chamberlin is a plodder, she knows what she wants and just goes for it, she doesn’t allow outside influence to distract her, she just wants to achieve her goal. But life gets boring when you are so focused, and it takes someone else telling her that she needs to get a life to make a change. I can see where they were coming from, as some collages must get 1000s of applications from the same type of people, driven top grades and focused. When you are one in thousands you need to stand out and my goodness Hope is so determined to do that by the end of the project. Landon was the one who surprised me, his past and his desperation to keep it hidden was so powerful, but then you add the situation with his grandma, and it just makes it so much deeper. This maybe a teenage story, but it shows us there is more to teenagers than just caring about the latest ticktok video.

Project Personality by Kelly Anne Blount and Lynn Rush was a fun and romantic story about Hope Chambers and Landon Watkins. The premise of Hope needing Landon's help to get a personality so she can write a killer essay to get in to MIT is interesting. I liked seeing Hope and Landon get to know each other and each break out of their shells and grow because of the other. Happily recommend.

I rarely read books in one sitting but Personality Project was really hard to put down!

After years of working hard to get perfect grades to get into MIT, Hope Chambers was told by her counsellor that she has no personality and that this might interfere with her acceptance at universities. She manages to convince Landon Watkins (resident hottie) to help her out with her social skills.

I thought that the book was really cute and even though I started out not liking the characters, I ended up loving them. It’s really fast paced and since the story takes place over 2 weeks, so is the romance. Landon and Hope make a cute couple and they really bring out the best in each other. I also loved the minor characters (especially Pops).

What I also like is that it’s not just focused on the romance, but it also digs into deeper topics about their personal lives and backgrounds and their relationships with their loved ones.

I’m really excited to check out the other books in this series!

Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for providing me with an ebook in exchange for an honest review.

This was cute!

Hope has always been an overachiever with a plan to pursue aerospace engineering at MIT, but when she's told she's boring by a college admission adviser, Hope knows she has to start Project Personality: a project to find herself a personality. After Hope saves Landon's life, she decides he's the perfect personality coach: he's popular, has good people skills, and he's just what she needs. Landon is recovering from his past and the recent death of his grandmother, and after his grandfather gives him an ultimatum, Landon agrees to help Hope. What could go wrong?

I loved Hope and Landon's relationship. They were adorable! I really liked how they brought the best out of each other. (Also points for making Landon a genuinely good guy and not a run of the mill bad boy with a heart of gold). Also, I enjoyed cameos from Gutter Girl (McKenna & Jace show up, Trinity also makes an appearance, and even Kyle returns (honestly I'm not sure what to make of him - *fingers crossed* that there's a book about him sometime in the future). It was kind of neat seeing some interactions from previously introduced characters!

All in all, this was a heartfelt, cute story with some darker undertones (the authors provided a content warning, which I really appreciate!). I really enjoyed reading this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled: Crush for an eARC. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I loved this one. It was so interesting and I think it hits home with a lot of people who, like me, were pretty straight edge in high school and were future-focused. I also really liked the writing!