This book has all the tropes, friends to ex-friends to enemies to lovers, it has it all. I love the plus size rep and I really loved our main characters.

Didn’t read, probably won’t read, but it looks super cute. I’m sure someone will love it. Thank you for the opportunity to read it regardless!

3.5 Stars
It was a very cute and easy read. Definitely good if you need a quick fun read to get out of a reading slump. Love the representation of different body types and queer side characters. The banter was very fun

There was a lot of miscommunication in this book - even for a YA book. It made me feel very frustrated reading it and not buy into the romance.

This was a really fun, fresh, sweet contemporary romance. I loved the banter between the characters and the arc as the MC found her way.

I'm not really into YA so I'm not really sure why I downloaded this, but the cover is well-done and the storyline was pretty okay for a YA.

A Disaster in Three Acts is a hilarious teen romance about a cheerleader/high schooler/aspiring filmmaker, Saine, and her attempts to navigate her high school relationships as well as take steps to ensure her future. Saine needs to make a documentary to get into a pilot film program at a university, and when her first subject bails on her, she convinces her best friend's ex-boyfriend, Holden, who is also her former friend, to step in. As she gets closer to Holden and her friend starts to resent the time spent with him, Saine attempts to keep everyone happy by not telling anyone the full story, which in a natural progression blows up in her face. None of the teens involved have been completely honest with one another, and they all must decide if their friendships are worth giving one another a chance. All of the characters were flawed, but likable, and the plot and subplots kept the story interesting and well-paced. I wish all of my friends were as funny as Saine and her friends and family. I will definitely be reading any other titles by this author I can get my hands on.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

No. Just no. I couldn’t with this book. The main character is incredibly unlikeable and I don’t even know if she gets redeemed, cause I DNF’d this, and I didn’t care that I never got there.

Oof. This was a struggle for me to read.

On paper, this should have been a home run for me. Childhood friends to enemies to lovers? A competition? Banter? It all should have worked.

Almost none of it did. Characters make choices that would be unforgivable for any teenager. I’m talking burning bridges and scattering the ashes. And sure, there are consequences, but not to the extent that are warranted.

I’m bummed this didn’t do what it needed to.

2 stars.

Thank you net galley for the advance reader copy of this novel. This was a contemporary YA romance about a hate to love relationship. It was an overall ok read. Nothing really stiff out to me in this.

While not as enjoyable, to me, as Last Chance Books, Rodkey's writing and character depth make this one a rewarding read.

What a cute YA novel. There were many scenes and scenarios that were so relatable that I was having flashbacks to my high school years. I loved the writing of Kelsey Rodkey as well as how the book was put together and broken into acts. The banter was on point! I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves YA novels and think every high schooler should read this, too!

Saine Sinclair’s ex-best friend has just become her current best friend’s ex-boyfriend. And in a wild turn of events, she’s partnering up with Holden (ex-best friend) for a documentary that she’s going to make.

One of the things that I enjoyed the most about this book was how connected the main character was to her grandma. That was something that I related to as someone who would live with her grandparents for a period of time before they passed away. I also am a huge sucker for second-chance romance. Or childhood friends to enemies to reluctant friends to lovers. I also love the way that this book incorporates games and film into the storyline.

I appreciate the plus size representation in this book, as well as the LGBTQ+ representation! Overall, this book was OK, and the friends to enemies to lovers trope while not revolutionary, was fun to read. I feel like the female main character was pretty unbearable overall, especially with her reasons for breaking off her friendship with Holden, however, I think the representation of minorities in this book is pretty good and it’s definitely a high school age appropriate Y/A novel.

This is my second book by the author but this book just wasn't for me. All the characters are way too immature. This was a romance book so it was kind of weird when the characters seemed like 13 and not the ages they should be. This book also has two lesbian couples in it.

While I am usually a fan of friends-to-lovers, and I really wanted to like this book, unfortunately it just wasn’t for me.

I really wanted to like this book but it unfortunately wasn’t for me. I did not like the main character, Saine, which made it difficult to push through the book. I love the friends to lovers concept, but really struggled to get into this book.

This book was definitely not for me, I’m afraid! The characters felt very immature and I did not enjoy their interactions or dynamic. Saine acted like Holden was the worst person in the world when actually he was a long time family friend and there was no reason to hate on him in that way. I did not enjoy this and did not get past the first few chapters.

The whole plot of the book was interesting, it focused around the filming of the document to get into film school but while that was the central plot, I don’t think that was the main thing. I feel like Kelsey did a great job in portraying high school relationships, grief, and just how confusing it can be to be a teenager. I love how blind Saine was to most things and how she was just trying to figure out life outside of her filming. Holden was so obviously in love with Saine so I thought it was funny to watch her completely miss it on every level. There were a few plot points did seemed pointless and didn’t really add to the story but it was a good read.