The whole day was a dump including losing a much needed scholarship, hearing her parents are splitting up, and she totally caught her boyfriend cheating on her. Emile Hornby is spending Valentine’s Day, self-soothing with a quart of Ben & Jerry’s, chocolate, of course. Painter brings us another riotous YA Rom-Com with The Do-Over. If she could just get in front of Michael she knew she could get him to invite her to the prom. Prom is coming and Liz has made a deal with Wes, her tormenting devil-of-the-boy next door, to get her invited to the party where her crush is going to be. Liz is determined to try to be normal and make the best of it. She never dreamed her mom won’t be there for dress shopping for the prom, helping her with her hair, taking her picture, and waiting up for her. But Mom is gone now and she’s on her own and so confused. Liz and her mom would cuddle up with snacks and watch Bridgette Jone’s Diary and other fun romance movies while mom would dish out advice for her future like “never, ever go for the bad boys”. Mom was a rom-com writer happily-ever-after and hopeless romance is in Liz’s genes. Sadly, Liz isn’t average in one very important way. She has girlfriends, boy problems, a dad who really tries but really kinda fails, and her childhood crush has recently moved back to town. Liz Buxbaum is your average high school senior. Painter’s first offering to those who love the Chick-Lit genre for YA and adults. These traits are an asset in her writing because they color and influence her work and makes it enjoyable for all of us.īetter Than the Movies is Ms. A dubious skill, for sure, but one she is proud of. One of Lynn Painter’s claims to fame is being able to cram a whole cupcake in her open mouth.

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