Title: Better Off Friends

Author: Elizabeth Eulberg

Publisher: Scholastic

Imprint: Point

Publication date: February 25th, 2014

My rating: 4.5 of 5

(Book read on May 6th, 2014,  from a review copy received from the publisher via NetGalley, in exchange of an honest review.) 

Summary:

  

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . . for teens, from romantic comedy star Elizabeth Eulberg.

 

For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can't be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and Levi even starts dating one of Macallan's friends. They are platonic and happy that way.
  
Eventually they realize they're best friends -- which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't keep getting in each other's way. Guys won't ask Macallan out because they think she's with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can't help but wonder . . . are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated?
  
From romantic comedy superstar Elizabeth Eulberg comes a fresh, fun examination of a question for the ages: Can guys and girls ever really be just friends? Or are they always one fight away from not speaking again -- and one kiss away from true love?

My Thoughts on the Book:

Better Off Friends is a delightful story about 2 people that become friends, best friends, and then fall in love. I loved it so much! It was highly entertaining, sweet, funny & so, so cute.

From the way it was told, with the alternative PoVs, to their commentaries between the chapters (which I adored), all of that made up for one lovable story. 

I think mostly it had to do with the chemistry between Macallan & Levi, and I'm not talking about their boy-girl chemistry, but their friendship chemistry. They just clicked (though not at first sight), and it was delight to go on the "adventure" with them. I loved seeing the way their friendship developed, the way they became best friends, and wanting for them to take the next step, and becoming something more. It was a wonderful story, with lots of heart, and I loved every second of it. It was almost perfect.

 

If you're a fan of sweet & fun YA contemporary stories, with lovable characters, that will make you laugh, swoon & at the end makes you happy every time you think about it, then Better Off Friends is the book for you, and I highly recommend it!

 

 

 

Challenges:

2014 Review Pile Reading Challenge

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge May 2014

Title: Prom and Prejudice

Author: Elizabeth Eulberg

Summary:

 

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single guy in his spring semester at Pemberly Academy must be in want of a prom date.

 

After winter break, the girls at very prestigious, very wealthy, girls-only Longbourn Academy are suddenly obsessed with the prom, which they share with the nearby, equally elitist, all-boys Pemberly school. Lizzie Bennett, who attends Longbourn on scholarship, isn't exactly interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be - especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London. Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance, but less than impressed by Will Darcy, Charles's friend, who's as snobby and pretentious as his friend is nice. He doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. It doesn't help that Charles doesn't seem to be asking Jane to be his prom date, or that Lizzie meets George Wickham, who tells her that Will Darcy sabotaged his scholarship at Pemberly. Clearly Will Darcy is a pompous jerk who looks down on the middle class--so imagine Lizzie's surprise when he asks her to the prom!
Will Lizzie's prejudice and Will's pride keep them apart? Or are they a prom couple in the making?

 

From Elizabeth Eulberg comes a very funny, completely stylish prom-season delight of Jane Austen proportions.

 

My rating: 3.5 of 5

 

My thoughts on the book:

This was fun re-telling of Prom and Prejudice. I liked the story & the characters, and the second half of the book was definitely much better & I loved the ending, so I recommend it! Even if you haven't read Prom and Prejudice, you'll enjoy it, maybe even more than me (I'm big fan or Pride and Prejudice & I love reading re-tellings) & than maybe you'll read the original, too!

Challenges:

• 100 Books In A Year Reading Challenge 2011
• 2011 YA Reading Challenge
• New Author Challenge 2011
• A-Z Reading Challenge 2011
• Jane Austen Challenge 2011