Very good. Enjoyed it start to finish, can't wait to read more from this author.

This book follows the story of a bookish band geek and her first non-fiction crush. While cute, it's also incredibly boring and one noted. While I appreciate the realistic simplicity, it just was dull (not even slow because there was no real climax). Also, the fake book excerpts were poorly written.

Like I said before, this is one hell of a cute teen romance novel. It is exactly as what the summary says: girl likes boy but doesn't know how to go about telling him how she feels. I really liked this book because it reminded me of my own teenage days, with those crushes and awkward moments and those little fantasies about having a guy tell you he likes you - and saying it back to him! Phoebe is a really cute character and her group of friends are really funny. The story did progress a bit too slowly at times, but it was still enjoyable! I think the one thing that began to get a little old for me were the number of "excerpts" from the books that Phoebe was reading; while I get the point of it, there were just too many of them and they sometimes hampered the speed of the already-slow story. Overall, a really cute and funny novel about love and friendship, and I would recommend this to preteens/young teens!

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley.

Based on the description, I wanted to love this book. Knitterly, introverted, bookish, nerd girl as the protagonist in a teen novel? You've got my attention!!

Sadly, the book did not live up to its description. I stopped rooting for nerd girl, Phoebe, about 1/3 of the way through the book. She was simply too clueless to be believed. Her obsession with fictional book characters, which leads to inserts from fictional books interspersed throughout the book, became overwhelming and took over the narrative. The more minor characters, including Phoebe's friends, felt like they had the potential to be interesting, but were never developed beyond the superficial. I wanted to become involved in the lives of Phoebe and her friends, but I found that there wasn't enough depth there for me to do so. For example, Phoebe's friend Grace is a lesbian cheerleader with great style, but that is as much as I know about her after 378 pages.

Overall, the writing was a bit clunky, the characters were under-developed, and there was little in the way of a plot. This book is listed as the first in a series. I hope that the author explores more of the potential in these characters in her next effort.

To be quite honest, I didn't LOVE this book. I liked the character of Phoebe and all of her fandom craziness, but to be frank, this book just didn't draw me in. It didn't make me feel like how Phoebe feels with her books. This may just be because it's not entirely my style of book and I may just be being harsh, but it's the honest truth for me. It started out ok, but then personally, I found it dragged on for a bit and the plot wasn't really going anywhere.
Still, I think and can understand why other people would love it, but it just wasn't for me.

I got my wish granted on Net Galley for this book and I am so happy I did! This book was a super cute, light read and really good for the Valentine's Day season. Now, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would read it again but let me talk about the main characters for a bit.

Our main character, Phoebe, is a bona fide book nerd. In fact, Phoebe may even be beyond that. She is a whole new level of book obsessed. I've always loved books, and I've had my moments where I would walk around with my face in a book, or shut off the world around me and just do nothing but read for hours. I've ignored my friends and family. I've done nothing but read for many weekends. I have a bookstagram. I have a book blog. I've gone to midnight premieres for movies based off books I loved. When I get married and have a son I will probably name him either Dorian or Rowan, from Throne of Glass (also because those are great names, tbh. You go SJ Maas.) And despite all of this and more, compared to Phoebe I might as well not even be a reader. Because she is the level of book obsessed that surely only a book character can be (If you read/have read this book and are in fact just as obsessed with books as Phoebe, I apologize. Prove me wrong.)

First of all, Phoebe has a HUUUUGE crush on this guy literally only because he looks like the love interest from her favorite novel. While I can see that as a plausibilty, I wouldn't base my crush solely on that and I probably would't even connect the idea right away that he looks like Dorian. I'd be like, hm, he's hot. And then I would assume that until proven otherwise, he was probably a jerk, because let's face it, most very attractive guys know they are, which has unpleasant effects on their personality. Then I would maybe observe to see if he was a decent fellow and then maybe continue my crush. Or I would see he is in fact a jerk and would continue thinking he was attractive, but not crush-worthy. But no. She is in LOVEEEE with him, despite her BFFs warnings about him and other clues. Then she find out Dev has a crush on her, which makes me happy because he is so cute and wonderful and definitely meets all my qualifications.

Now let's move on to how she deals with her crushes. She is painfully awkward with guys she likes, which I understand. That much is realistic. She gets a makeover. Also realistic. To combat that awkwardness, she straight up memorizes lines and pages from several books and literally uses those exact lines, and thinks, what would so and so do now? That is straight up ridiculous (and slightly impressive that she can memorize that much.) She copies pages into her journal and takes notes on it. I could say more on this. but really you'd have to read it, and I don't want to spoil things.

I think my favorite parts of the book occurred at the end at camp. The fifth graders were darn adorable, and her co counselor was equally so. She withdraws from her books a tad bit which is nice, and lots of cutesy moments occur.

Despite the main character, in my opinion, being a hyperbolic representation of a bookworm, Bookishly Ever After was a great book. I found it relatable and enjoyable. And Phoebe was actually a solid character despite her quirkiness. She had other characteristics and hobbies and wasn't just, "The Book Nerd." She was Phoebe Martins. And I would totally be her friend if she were real. The characters were great, the plot was great, and the flirting was adorable. If you relate to an awkward booknerd who has trouble with real life romance, definitely read this. (and if not, read anyway.)

This was really sweet, if a little slow at times. Phoebe is definitely relatable in comparison to how I felt at 16: more comfortable with a book than with people, perhaps drawing some inspiration from her favourite heroines to get through everyday life, staunchly unwilling to believe anyone could realistically have a crush on her. There is a lot of miscommunication and some jumping to conclusions and it's all a little dramatic even though not all that much happens in the storyline.

Also, this line of the synopsis really bugs me: "Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev’s heart." I don't think this is the point of the book at all. Dev likes Phoebe when she's unapologetically being herself and I think that, more than the attempted "personality overhaul," should be what the blurb highlights.

However, I really liked the excerpts from Phoebe's favourite books - I could see a lot of other YA inspiration in them - and I think this author could probably do something with those paranormal romance ideas she had :)

*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book.*

This book sounded perfect for me, a book about a girl who always has her nose in a book, perfect.
Unfortunately the reality was I just couldn't get into this book, I tired and tried and found myself skimming so I tried again and found myself skimming again.
I didn't connect to Phoebe or anyone else really the only person I liked was Dev.
I didn't finish this book and therefore won't be posting a review

This book was really cute, and I loved all the book references!

Thank you very much for allowing me to read this title; I am trying to read as widely as possible ahead of the Carnegie/Greenaway nominations and awards for 2018 and your help is much appreciated.
As a Carnegie/Greenaway judge, I'm not allowed to comment about my opinions on specific titles so I can't offer an individual review on any title as I stated on my profile.

3.5 STARS

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

This book follows a girl named Phoebe who is obsessed with reading. Her BFF gets the idea into her head that a boy named Dev, her friend and fellow band member, likes her. Phoebe decides to take advice from the romantically involved characters in the books she reads and the story takes off from there.

This book is a cute, fluffy read. Phoebe is a relatable main character because of her intense love of reading. You see her going to signings, anticipating new releases, rereading favorite books, and making friends over the shared interest they have in a book. I really liked that aspect of the book, and enjoyed seeing little excerpts from her books.

I also love Phoebe's friends. They know her well, and give her advice, support her, and tease her just as any friend would. They're a big part of the story and I really enjoyed that.

I also loved the diversity in this book. There are several diverse characters in this book, and I love how the author didn't make a big deal about their diversity. It was seamlessly written into the story because that's just who they were.

The excerpts we got from the books Phoebe was reading were fun, especially as they were very cliche books, so it was fun to picture the books they could be based off of.

I think this whole book is just sugar and fluff. Sure it's predictable and a bit exasperating at time, when you as the reader want to give the character advise and point out obvious clues, but it's a very quick light read that's perfect for de-stressing with.

If you're looking for the next Pulitzer Prize I wouldn't pick this up. But If you're looking for a predictable, happy, cute book I definitely think this is a great option.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review and I'd like to first say wow!
I was so excited to get my hands on this book and I couldn't put this book down until I couldn't keep my eyes open. Yes, it was just that good!
Phoebe is a high school Junior who is more comfortable with her nose stuck in a book or knitting than trying to be a social butterfly or attempt to date. She's like a mini me when I was in high school minus the knitting!
Her best friend Em loves playing matchmaker and decides to try to get Phoebe together with Dev who has always been just a friend.
Dev is an easy going guy who loves acting, teasing Phoebe occasionally about her books and seems to have always just been around.
When Phoebe decides to attempt to get Dev's notice after Em's nudging, she decides to take notes from some of her favorite book characters. What ensues turns out a lot more different than she'd planned and she starts see that it will take more than book advice to figure things out.

Full of humor, adventures with books involved, the power of believing in yourself, friendship and taking a leap of faith. I'm so glad the ending turned out as it did and hopefully I'll read more about Phoebe in the future!

Well written and greatly thought out. Took me a bit but then I was into the book.

While it was a little juvenile for me I loved how into books Phoebe was because, hello! So am I! It was so cute how she tried to be like the characters in her books but in the end she had to write her own happy ending.

Two of my loves within one story. Books and knitting. This was right up my alley. All the knitting references were spot on. While I found Feebs constant need to be like her favorite book characters and not herself at times annoying, I totally understood her desire to have book worthy moments. When she loosens up and is just herself is when she is at her best and when Dev smiles more.

I felt for Dev throughout the entire book b/c while he WAS doing book worthy romance actions, Feebs just didn't see them for what they were. Her insecurities couldn't look at them for what they were. But when Em uses her magic to push these two together once more (without a meddling Lexie in the way) things FINALLY come together.