A substantial romance for even the most skeptical teens." - Booklist, STARRED review "Audrey and Harry’s relationship sings with witty banter, electric heat, and feverish emotion, but Audrey’s journey to self-discovery reaps even more rewards, leaving readers with a fresh, realistic look at first love.A wild ride that’s high on drama and deep in self-reflection." - Kirkus "Alongside snippets of Audrey’s rom-com essay, British author Bourne draws her protagonist as a believable mix of self-awareness and inexperience as she does her best to cope with her selfish father and hurting mother, her largely absent brother, and Harry’s omnipresent ex.a smart, funny, and emotionally satisfying rom-com." - Publishers Weekly "YA readers will relate to the struggles Audrey faces and be pleased by the refreshing conclusion to this love story. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Since her parents’ relationship imploded her mother’s been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. ★ "It's enough that this well-cast British import cleverly elevates and deconstructs genre tropes without ever belittling them, but it goes beyond even that, candidly addressing the weight of expectation behind a first sexual experience and the misconceptions that women especially often have about theirs. ISBN: 978-1474921329 Summary: Audrey is over romance.
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