Beatrice has been homeschooled most of her life. After a bad experience with her peers she's sheltered herself from life itself. When she gets into her dream school her parents don't approve and thinks she needs some life experiences to prove she's ready. They agree to think about sending her to Oxford only if she attends a theater summer camp. She thinks she'll jist hide in the shadows but the more friends she makes and even an enemy or two proves she's been missing out.

Long Story Short but was quick, cute read with lots of teen angst. I'm not much of a theater person but i loved all the Shakespeare quotes and especially the interactions between Beatrice and Nik. Mia and Nolan were such fun characters and really proved what friendship means!

I really expected to love this book and I liked most of it, there were two huge things that annoyed me though. Beatrice drove me mad, she was so whiny to the point that I almost gave up on this book. Although she got better at times she just complained so much that I took away from my reading experience. Second, I was expecting this book to be set at a camp and there was no camp energy. The cabins felt more like dorms and this felt like more of a theatre intensive than a camp. That's not a bad thing I just felt it could have been better advertised as such.

I think I must have inhaled this book in an afternoon. It was completely unputdownable, I really felt like I was transported to a Shakespeare summer camp and following Beatrice’s journey to finding herself. I did some googling and I have to say I really appreciated that the author was looking to explore the experience of someone who is autistic, despite that not being explicit in the text. The exploration of someone who is clearly neurodivergent, grappling with being forced to partake in activities her parents deem as “normal” for teenagers her age was really sensitively done. It was also just really fun? I think Beatrice was a force to be reckoned with and I loved that while she was committed to her own worldview, that having new experiences really challenged her to look beyond them. Something I also didn’t think I’d love as much as I did was how great her friends were? You could really see how much they loved and cared about her and challenged her to open up her heart to new experiences. Her growth over the course of the story felt natural and her relationship with Nik was so fantastic. I like that they both had misconceptions and prejudices against once another, and learned how to move beyond them. OBV I am never against an enemies-to-lovers story and set against the backdrop of a summer camp before starting university? Also, the little incorporations of Shakespeare were so fun! It was so easy to root for Beatrice and I loved every minute of this.

A special thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press & Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

**Review will be published on my sites July 21st, 2022

ABSOLUTELY LOVED.

I had a few friends rave about this book so I was sufficiently hyped by the time I picked it up, and it did not disappoint. LST was incredible and I’m in awe at this debut.

I resonated with Beatrice so much. I love that she was a socially awkward heroine, who knew what she wanted, but needed a few more steps to get there. I appreciated that true support from her parents and how walking into the summer camp beautiful friendships grew. I LOVED the friendships and how supportive they were. And also how they showed making mistakes and apologizing. There’s room for growth in a safe space. Beatrice changed leaps and bounds, and yet still remained at her core, herself. The anxiety rep was one of my favorites too. I liked the approach to it and the openness of speaking to a therapist as well. The combination made for the best kind of read.

The romance (because we know I’m a sucker for romance) was perrrrrfect. The angsty hate to love vibes were off the charts. The banter and swoony moments, and gosh dang THE HANDS TOUCHING. A small hand touch moment IS THE BEST DANG THING. I don’t know how many times I started chanting, kiss kiss kiss. I was on the edge of my seat with Beatrice and Nik and it was everything I love in a YA romance.

This setting took me by surprise too. I’m hit/miss on summer camp books. Clearly this was a HIT. I was even enjoying all of the Shakespeare stuff too! And that Shakespeare line battle? GOLD. I think I could probably go on forever about my new found love for this book (and author). Read it. Read it. Read it.

Overall audience notes:
- YA Contemporary romance
- Language: a little
- Romance: kisses
- Trigger/Content Warnings: underage alcohol consumption, panic attack (on page), depictions of anxiety

LONG STORY SHORT follows Beatrice Quinn. Having been homeschooled and graduated at the age of fourteen, by sixteen, she has just received her acceptance to Oxford University. She can’t wait to throw herself into the school of her dreams, but there’s a catch. Her parents are concerned that she’s not ready to move across an ocean and fend for herself at college. To prove she can handle it, Beatrice is off to spend four weeks of her summer at a Shakespeare camp for the performing arts.

One of LONG STORY SHORT’s strengths is the romance. The romance is an enemies-to-lovers full of witty banter, games of one-upmanship and Shakespeare quotations. The interactions between Beatrice and her love interest are deliciously entertaining. Even when they’re closer to enemies then lovers, their chemistry will have the reader glued to the page.

And speaking of Shakespeare, given that the story takes place at a camp revolving around his work, it’s no surprise that mentions of his work abound. No knowledge of the Bard is necessary to understand the story, but those with a Shakespearean passion will enjoy the references.

While the romance is a highlight of the book, another point of importance is the friendships that Beatrice forms at camp. Growing up a homeschooled only child, Beatrice doesn’t have much experience with other kids her age, so watching her make her first friendships is a sweet cornerstone of the book.

All in all, LONG STORY SHORT is a story of summer fun and friendship and pushing the limits of your comfort zone, of discovering that people may not be just who you first thought they were, even yourself. It is the kind of book that makes you wish you could go to Shakespeare summer camp.

This book was fun! It was a nice coming-of-age, self-discovery story with a Shakespeare-obsessed cast (I get it). The characters were a bit stereotypical but it was funny and sweet and made my heart so happy. A perfect read for summer, young love, and new experiences. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books for the ARC!

This book was honestly wonderful. It has some great Shakespeare references, an honest representation of anxiety, and a swoon worthy love interest which makes it probably the perfect YA contemporary, at least for me.

Beatrice and her surrounding cast of characters was so lovable that I was almost instantly invested in this story. Kaylor really succeeded in getting Bea’s voice just right.

Also, you guys I binged this in a day, that’s how easy and fluffy and great this book is. If you’re a lover of Shakespeare and introverts and romances than this book is for you!!

The only thing I would have changed is the play that they performed, I’m definitely biased but I feel like it would have added some more depth to the book as a whole if they put on Much Ado About Nothing instead of Romeo and Juliet. Not a huge deal, but just a personal preference.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the ARC! This was a super quick, lighthearted read. I read it in one sitting. Serena Kaylor definitely had me hooked at bonding over Shakespeare and I was not disappointed. Coming of age stories like this have a special place in my heart and I loved the softness of new experiences and first crushes. I felt so much love for Bea and of course for Nik. I loved the transformation that Bea went through and her journey of self-discovery. Shelby, Nolan, and Mia were also characters with a lot of depth, which I appreciated. The characters were a bit stereotypical YA but instead of finding that to be a bad thing because of how well the book was written, I have considered it to be a staple of YA in this instance. Definitely an unputdownable read that is great for summer.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 stars rounded up.

I loved this book so much. It was such a fun and sweet G-rated YA read. I particularly liked that this book was so inclusive: diversity, LGBTQIA+, girls in STEM, a lead with characteristics of autism spectrum disorders. This is an incredibly sweet story with an enemies to lovers trope, a makeover and all the coming of age feels.

Beatrice is 16 and has been homeschooled her entire life by her hippie sex-therapist parents. Extraordinarily gifted, she finished high school at age 14 and has been waiting for her parents to agree to let her go to college. She secretly applies to her dream school, Oxford, and begs her parents to let her go. Concerned about her lack of social skills, friends and life experiences, her parents are hesitant to allow her to attend college at such a young age, not to mention that it's in another country. They finally agree to let her go on the condition that she step out of her comfort zone, stop studying for a month and have a real "teenage" experience. In order to go to Oxford, she must attend theatre camp with a bucket list of "teenage" milestones to check off before the end of the summer.

I thought the premise was so different and refreshing; it really was a treat to follow Beatrice on this adventure. "Long Story Short" was hard to put down and I highly recommend it for your summer read!

My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
Some spoilers will crop up in this review.

Long Story Short by Serena Taylor is the story of Beatrice Quinn, a reclusive, brilliant, sheltered, homeschooled California teenager who is most comfortable by herself or with the adults in her life. She has a regimented approach to her life: clothes, studies, activities, even her meals, follow a set plan that she is reluctant to deviate from. Conflict arises when Beatrice is accepted to Oxford University and her parents, who have enabled many of her reclusive, regimented tendencies, worry that her social skills and coping mechanisms won't be adequate for her to manage going to school so far away. They strike a bargain with her: she has to get out of her comfort zone and try something new, while checking off stereotypical "teenage" experiences from a list her parents create. Where can she attempt something like this? At a Shakespearean theater camp on the East Coast.

Some of Beatrice's traits read as neurodivergent to me and I had some initial concerns about the book steamrolling over those traits and "changing" her just because she's having new experiences in a new location. So I was a bit hesitant with the first part of this book, based on that concern. But as I continued to read the story grew on me. Beatrice does "change" over the course of the book but it is based more on her own perceptions and progressive comfort with the companionship of friends who accept her for who she is and encourage her to push the boundaries she has set for herself.

Bea finds a good, supportive friend in Mia, one of her roommates, and in Mia's good friend Nolan. They both immediately find a connection with Bea and they work to make her comfortable and confide in her, bringing an intimacy to their friendship that Bea has not experienced before. It allows her to open up to them as well, letting the friendship grow and progress.

Not all of Bea's interactions are that positive however. Her other roommate, Shelby, is unfriendly at best. Bea finds herself out of her element at the first night party and finds herself infuriated by camp heartthrob Nikhil (Nik) Shah, the boy who is a child of acting royalty and ends up being Romeo in the camp production. Their first encounter has sparks but not the good kind. Bea calls him out on his privilege (rather sharply, and ignoring her own) and he makes an unkind comment that she overhears. The gauntlet has been thrown down and they are quarreling from then on.

But Bea is not the best at social cues (again something that points to some neurodivergent signs in my reading) and she misreads Nik's growing interest in her as argumentative rather than what it truly is: a crush. They banter back and forth and engage in some wonderful exchanges of Shakespearean quotes that were swoon worthy. I love the quotes the author chose for them: It showcases how they are both perceiving this in different ways: Nik basically professing his attraction in the Bard's words and Bea making her apparent disinterest known in her quotes, which he misreads as witty banter.

Bea may seem oblivious to the fact all the other campers realize quite quickly: that Nik is fascinated by her. But in addition to her being somewhat oblivious, Bea also has a history of some deceptive bullying that occurred in her past, that has made her very wary of anyone who appears to take any interest in her. It's a defensive mechanism and based on the past event you can hardly blame her for protecting herself from that kind of hurt. But this is a YA romance so they do eventually find their way to a closeness and intimacy and that was thoroughly enjoyable to read.

I liked the diversity of the cast. The characters are all far from perfect and have flaws that are realistic and familiar. The dynamics of a theater camp were well represented. I liked most of the characters and their voices felt unique and distinct. Her closest friends Mia and Nolan quickly become privy to her reasons for attending the camp and they are both determined to help Beatrice (or Bea, as they nickname her) succeed, not only at her parental list but at having a good time at camp as well. They are well=meaning but they are also teenagers themselves, so they don't always make the right suggestions or have the best answers but it is clear that they care for Bea and appreciate her for who she is, and support her whole-heartedly. Nik is much the same. He may have started off on the wrong foot and compounded his issues with how he went about attempting to get closer to Bea, but he's operating on what he perceives and doesn't realize she's seeing things in a different context. Bea also doesn't realize Nik is interpreting her actions and words through a different lens than her own. It's lovely that he realize he's gone about this poorly, that he's made things worse unintentionally. People aren't perfect. Teenagers don't have all the answers. Sometimes they try to help and it's not the right answer. It felt realistic in that sense.

This is a YA romance novel and it hits so many lovely tropes. It's enemies to lovers and I love the Shakespearean setting. The play being produced at camp may be Romeo and Juliet, but the banter and sparks of the story are far more reminiscent of Much Ado About Nothing and I loved that, particularly the nod with Beatrice's name.

As I was reading I was finding little things to nitpick but overall this book was such a welcome joy to read: it hit so many things I love. Theater camp, enemies to lovers, friends who are supportive, witty and incisive banter, Shakespeare and more Shakespear, quotes, respect for intelligence, personal growth and change, young romance, misunderstandings--this book had it all and did it well.

I read this right after a different, heavy read and it was just the thing to brighten my day, I found this quite enjoyable.
four and a half stars

I wanted to love this book so badly because I love stories of theater nerds, summer camp and fish out of water situations combined with enemies to lovers' banter, however, something about this one just didn't vibe with me, unfortunately. While it was very well-written, told in a captivating first-person perspective, something just felt a bit too long and drawn out. Then, MC Beatrice to me wasn't all that likable for some reason. I think because she presents as someone who is not very willing or receptive to change which just rubbed me the wrong way. The writing was definitely very good, the premise intriguing and the Shakesperean-inspired banter was great, however the slow pacing and character developments of the protagonist left little to be desired despite best interests.

Beatrice Quinn has been homeschooling her whole life and feels more comfortable around her parent's colleagues than around people her own age. When she gets into Oxford, her parents worry that her social skills aren't up for dealing with college in another country. So they send her to a Shakespeare acting camp for the summer with a checklist of 'normal' teenage experiences to have before she can go to college.

This was a fun YA Romance with plenty of sassy banter, an enemies to lovers plot, and lots of Shakespeare quotes. Bea was a relatable main character and the friends she makes at camp, Mia and Nolan, were great! It is clear the author can write a good story with the right amount of romantic tension and sarcastic flirting. I absolutely loved the Shakespeare quote-off!

However, I had some big issues with the premise of the book. Beatrice is gifted, interested in science, introverted, and displays several behavioral patterns that are often associated with autism. She mentally recites the noble gasses in her head when overwhelmed, eats particular foods on each day of the week, has issues with different fabrics of clothing, and is uncomfortable with being touched. Despite knowing these things, her parents (who are both therapists!) force her to go to acting camp before she can go to her dream school. They want her as far out of her comfort zone as possible, supposedly for her own good. And the list of teenage experiences she needs to achieve are so random. Share a secret, accept an invitation you dont want to, pull a prank, hug three people, ect. How do these show that she is ready to move to England and go to college?

Of course, this is a book so Beatrice accomplishes all the arbitrary goals, grows as a person, and comes out better than she was before. Her parents are so pleased with how much she changes and can't wait to see more of this 'new Beatrice'

The implication that introverts need to change bothers me. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be studious and on your own. Her parents wanting Bea to make friends is fine, but why not let her go to some kind of science camp, where she would excel and meet people she actually has something in common with? I wish this book had done more to celebrate Bea the way she is instead of only the ways she changes to fit in.

Super cute true YA coming of age story about homeschooling, finding yourself, making real friends, and having some fun along the way. I would totally recommend this book to people looking for true young adult books. I loved the characters quirkiness and all of the character's growth throughout the story. If you love Shakespeare, you'll adore Long Story Short!

Beatrice is a sixteen-year-old teenager who has been homeschooled all her life. She's faced with her biggest challenge yet: her parents won't let her go to the university of her dreams unless she leaps out of her comfort zone. How? By going to a theater camp bustling with teenagers. Beatrice is organized, meticulous, and determined to crack this problem like any other—how hard could it be?

Three years ago, I was asked if there was a moment that triggered a trajectory of events that changed my life. I realized that it would be impossible to name one moment without explaining the string of memories that followed it. This was echoed perfectly in Beatrice's story! Though we are very different people, I did find myself relating to Beatrice quite a bit. Serena Kaylor wrote Beatrice's inner monologue so realistically and profoundly that I felt for her. I was grateful to read about a protagonist who has trouble understanding social cues and where she fits in, yet is so ready to put herself out there.

Kaylor captures the unique challenge of making friends when you're barely beginning to understand who you can be. I love everything about this book, especially Bea's friendships and the way they helped her embrace herself while also nudging her to try new things. Beatrice learns that not every experience can be executed with the help of neat lists and a photographic memory...and maybe that's not so bad!

Some of the pacing was a bit frustrating but overall, would definitely recommend this cute YA book! Thank you Serena Kaylor, St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ARC :)

I have never felt so seen by the main character as I do with Beatrice Quinn in this book. I love Bea, I love her autistic traits, and I love everyone in the book for not *changing* her, but rather helping her be more comfortable in her own skin.

Also, I very much enjoyed the men in this book, which is very shocking for me. Nolan and Nik are cool and I support them both.

Some mediocre moments, as this book is Very millennial - such as Bea's alter-ego being named "Athena Ruth Bader Ginsburg"........ why........

4.5 rounded up to a 5.

Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor is the story of a teenage girl as she takes chances, meets new people, and experiences new things the Summer before she *hopefully* heads off to Oxford for college.

Beatrice is an exceptional student who is very gifted when it comes to academics. She's responsible, serious, but also a bit sheltered. When she announces to her parents that she applied and was accepted into Oxford, they're shocked. They aren't sure that she'll be able to survive on her own in an entirely different country from them.

So they challenge her. If Beatrice can spend the Summer on her own at a Shakespeare Camp, then they'll allow her to go to Oxford for school the following year.

While at camp, Beatrice makes great friends with Nolan and Mia. They help her to realize that there's more to life besides school and studying. And then there's her nemesis, Nikhil (aka Nik). He challenges her in ways that no one has before. As someone with very little experience when it comes to Romance, Beatrice isn't sure if they really hate each other or if maybe Nik has feelings for her.

As a grown woman, I'm not sure that I'm the intended audience for this book. I honestly haven't been reading much YA recently. But I'm a sucker for stories about Summer Camps, and Long Story Short did not disappoint. While it's not a typical Summer Camp story, the attendees of the program get into quite a bit of shenanigans.

A Summer is a long time, especially when you're out of your comfort zone for so much of it. I really enjoyed reading about Beatrice's transformation. It's never to late to change and learn new things and this story really reminded me of that.

Thank you to Netgalley for an eArc in exchange for an honest review! I'm so grateful I got to read and enjoy this story.

Long Story Short needs to be on everyone’s summer TBR! This was the summer, theatre kid romance of my dreams. Many young readers will be able to relate to Beatrice’s social awkwardness and her journey to push herself to forge new relationships– I did. Kaylor did a great job of building a cast of diverse, relatable characters that were very accurate to the different personalities you might find at a theater camp. Some of the dialogue between Mia and Beatrice did feel a little forced in terms of creating that “perfect friendship”, but moments of awkward dialogue were far and few between. Nik and Beatrice had chemistry from their very first interaction, and their banter throughout the book was an absolute joy to read!! Long Story Short made me feel like I was at camp surrounded by my closest friends, which is the best feeling that a book can give. Alongside a great romance, there were meaningful discussions about what it means to be a “late-bloomer” and how it affects your place in a society that really values teenage social interactions. Loved this one!

I love this story to the moon and back!
This book was a lovely journey through Beatrice Quinn’s eyes. She suffers from anxiety and was homeschooled - graduating from high school at 14. Up until now, her life has been studying, very little socializing and a self imposed strict food schedule. Now 16, she wants to move across the ocean to study in Oxford, but her parents do not feel she could cope with that kind of change. Beatrice and her parents strike up a deal that will decide whether or not she gets to go. The deal, much to her chagrin, is that she has to spend the summer at a Shakespearean theatre camp. She hopes this means she can work backstage, but her parents have ensured that she would have to be part of the acting crew. She also has a list of eight tasks that must be completed but the end. All chosen to bring her out of her comfort zone.
When she arrives she becomes fast friends (her first friend) with Mia and Nolan. Mia is the best first friend anyone could ever ask for. She’s the best - supportive, positive, easy to talk, non-judgmental - everything you could hope for in a good friend. Nolan is right up there too. His twin sister though, Shelby, is our resident mean girl. I can’t forget the part that brings us our secondary plot line, the enemies to lovers between Beatrice and Nikhil Shah.
The dynamics between the characters is fun, real, and there is loads of chemistry. The character development was my favorite part of the book - We watch Bea grow thought her four week journey and feel so proud of her in the end. It felt like I was right in there with her. There are other character growths, as well, that helped to make the story that much more enjoyable. It is a must read!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting me a copy of the eBook in exchange for an honest review.

There is so much about Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor that makes it the book I never knew I wanted, checking boxes for me with every element of the story. There are the obvious attractors: Summer camp? Check. Enemies-to-Lovers romance? Check. Awkward and wickedly smart heroine? Check. Then there are the components I found while reading that turned me into a gooey marshmallow: Well-developed side characters? Check. Realistic teen dialogue and views? Check. A hero who falls first? Check. Long Story Short, overall? Check check check!

Long Story Short begins as Beatrice Quinn, a 16-year-old emotionally-stunted genius from Berkeley, California, is offered admission at Oxford University. To assuage her parents’ fears about Beatrice’s ability to live on her own, she agrees to a trial summer at a month-long Shakespearean theater camp in rural Connecticut. The deal? If Beatrice can make friends and prove to her parents that she is a normal teen girl, they’ll allow her to leave for England in the fall. With the help of camp veterans Mia Parker and Nolan Walsh, Beatrice (dubbed “Bea” by her friends) sets out to complete the list of teen experiences her parents are judging her “normalcy” by. Infuriating her along the way is Nikhil “Nik” Shah, their theater camp’s literal Romeo, who cannot seem to leave her alone.

I’m admittedly not a fan of “Romeo and Juliet”, so I was worried that Long Story Short’s main couple would mirror the famous lover’s story as is common in books where staging the show is part of the plot. With Bea being in the acting sector and her vast knowledge of Shakespeare, I worried that Kaylor would take an easy path towards Bea and Nik getting together by casting Bea as Juliet. Despite this, I was filled with joy and delight at Bea absolutely bombing auditions and joining the cast as the line prompter. Without play rehearsals to lean on, Bea and Nik’s relationship is built up outside of the theater, focusing on meetings on the lake, in the dining hall, or at a party. Nik, obvious to everybody but Bea, is the first to fall, which leads to gooey moments of flirting through Shakespearean quotes and loaded eye contact. It takes her longer to understand her emotions and for the two to get together, but in their case, it is worth the wait. Bea and Nik are such a well-matched pair of characters, with the other’s strengths complementing their partner’s fault. Where Bea is blunt, Nik is charming; where Nik is arrogant, Bea is grounding. More than that, Bea never has to apologize for her intelligence around him. Nik sees Bea’s genius and finds it attractive, comfortable in his own areas of expertise. This dynamic is one I don’t often see in YA couples from their start, which made his acknowledgement and interest in her smarts another reason I tore through the story.

What I appreciated most about Long Story Short is that it features a love story, and yet, it was Bea’s growth and journey that made up the plot’s focus. I’ll admit that while reading I did wonder if Bea was neurodivergent simply because there were moments when her anti-social tendencies just seemed a bit extreme. This is never addressed in Long Story Short, which felt like a wasted opportunity slightly. Nevertheless, Bea’s crawl from “the only thing I need is math” to a well-balanced life of friends, romance, and interests outside of math gave me the best kind of nostalgia for my own glow-up from socially inept nerd to well-developed college student. Her initial denial of anything wrong with her to figuring out why comments she made would hurt Mia or Nolan were familiar, as was the mistaking of Nik’s flirting for anything else. Knowing that this book is likely a standalone made me cry slightly, as now I need a continuation months to years into the future where we get to how Bea and Nik are doing at Oxford and if their friends did come to visit them.

My largest critique, which admittedly is small, with Long Story Short has to be the blatant obliviousness the main character has towards her privilege, to a degree. It is mentioned that the summer camp is quite expensive to attend. Then, their friend group’s identity is varied but remarked to have privilege in their own ways. Nik is the mixed son of two famous stage actors from New York City; Mia is the black, queer daughter of two doctors for an Atlanta suburb; while Nolan and Shelby’s background is not discussed much, they are able to run in the same crowds as Nik in New York City, where they are also from. There are instances throughout Long Story Short where all of the previously listed characters comment on their privilege and how they’ve benefited from it and where it has failed them. Despite this, Bea uses their privilege against them when upset (although, as far as I can remember, Nik is the only one she confronts), oblivious to her hypocrisy, as all together, she has the most privilege of the entire group. She is the daughter of two (implied successful) sex therapists from Berkeley who was afforded homeschooling and later community college classes because her parents wanted her to be intellectually engaged. I waffle on whether this is lazy writing on Kaylor’s part or something that fits perfectly into Bea’s character. Considering her oftentimes rude and oblivious attitude towards the beginning, before she really makes friends and opens herself up, I’m choosing to be hopeful that this is just Kaylor knowing well who Bea is.

In spirit of the title, my review’s long story short is that I adored this book. Moments could be frustrating, gooey, or hopeful— they all made me feel, the mark of the best of books. I cannot wait for Long Story Short to be published so that I can buy a copy and read about Bea and Nik again.

**I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**

A cute, but not overly memorable YA romantic comedy. The set-up (which is described well in the blurb) was maybe overly complex and contrived, but once things got rolling, an enjoyable read.