Sweet, cute, and very light-hearted read. Cute story, with some swoony moments. Read alike authors: Sarah Dessen and Susane Colisanti.

Such a cute read Loved this book!!!! Kate Evangelista does not disappoint

I was a little distracted reading this because the author seemingly switched points of view and topics out of the blue without starting a new indented paragraph. I know that's petty, but I had to go back and reread now and then to be clear.
I really did like the story, though. I particularly liked the main male character. He was endearing and sweet. Also, all girls, fashionista or not need a best friend like Franklin.

Pretty cute book about a hs senior who crushes on her brother’s best friend. She and her best friend design a bracket to help her pick a senior boyfriend. Set among the fashion scene, UCLA, and Parsons, this is an easy YA romance to love. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to be an early reader in exchange for my fair and honest review.

What a charming book! Stella and Will are so sweet together. They have known each other for a really long time and their relationship is very realistic. Something else I really appreciated about the book, is that even though it's about Stella trying to find a boyfriend and get over Will, there is not a lot of time spent on the dates with the other guys. I am not really a fan of love triangles so I was glad I didn't feel torn on who to root for while I was reading. The book is mostly told from Stella's perspective, but we get a little snippet of Wills perspective in each chapter. Sometimes the switch would be mid-chapter and that made the book feel a little disjointed to me. Overall, I enjoyed this book even though I expected more regarding the “boyfriend bracket”.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Publishing via NetGalley.

Stella has been head over heels for her brother's best friend Will since she was a kid and as he moves away to college she is hopeful to finally get over him and move on. A makeover and break from her older brother gives Stella the chance to engage in a whole lot of dating with a whole lot of different boys. With the help of her best friend who creates a boyfriend bracket, Stella begins a dating adventure. This adventure comes to a halt when Will catches wind of it and his jealousy flairs up for the girl he has been also secretly in love with since his junior year. Their romance blooms as Will decides to protect Stella from dating strangers. Keeping their new found relationship a secret from her big brother and Will's best friend is a tough situation and it tries the love connection. This was a cute story, had some swoony moments, but I felt like I wanted a little more of the side dating on the boyfriend bracket to really push Will. Overall this was a nice book and I will recommend it to my students. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

I thought this book was okay, and I appreciated the lack of sex in it, but I thought the writing was overdone in places.

Thank you netgalley good the advance copy. This was classic YA with your usual themes. I did find it off that the author chose to have the main male character be in college while female lead in HS. I didn't are a lot of character growth in this and some of the story felt forced like a 3hour drive for a frat party so characters could be in the same location. Overall 3 stars.