I loved this book! The character development kept me engaged and the novel has a real sense of place. Will definitely recommend this one to my fellow YA-loving anglophiles!

This book is everything I wanted and expected from the title. I was looking for the rom-com, chick-flick type of book and this one delivered. While I enjoyed Ellie being swept off her feet and taken to the amazing European places, I loved her character arc. I felt that the author did a great job developing Ellie's character and liked how she became more confident in herself as the book progresses. It definitely had me wanting to curl up with a fleece blanket and a cup of tea. This book is perfect for anyone looking for that British escape!

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3/5 stars!

A huge thank you to NetGalley and HarperTeen for sending me an A-ARC for an honest review.

I was super excited to read this book. The synopsis sounded so cute, and I always love a good YA Contemporary Romance. I did end up liking this book, especially the last half of the book, but I didn't really love it. I didn't love our main character, Ellie, but I did like seeing her grow as a person throughout the book. I also really enjoyed all of the side characters in this book and the romance was super cute. Overall, I think that this is a cute Contemporary Romance.

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Being such a massive Anglophile and a fan of British love interests, this book immediately had my attention. And boy, was this quick YA read just as adorable as I could have imagined. Here, Ellie is new to DC after her mom just moved to DC. The high schooler has an extremely embarrassing and viral moment at a party one summer and her only way to escape that memory for senior year is to take the last-minute, open slot on the school's study abroad trip to England. As a reader, it is super easy to get insider Ellie's head and feel deeply for what she's going through. Now, that she's England bound, Ellie is dreaming of finding her own British prince charming, which like join the club girl. Once she arrives at the Manor where the class is studying, she has a meet-cute moment with Dev from her school and he helps her unload her massive suitcases and carry them up the four flights of stairs, and lets her into his inner group of best mates. Then, she meets Will at a flea market in town, and he's sophisticated, charming, British, and they hit it off and he gets pretty flirty with her. Like, Will is so charming, that IDK how, but I want a British boyfriend now, lol sorry not sorry. So, her friendship with Dev is complicated as she enlists him to tutor her to impress Will but he doesn't approve of this snotty boy. It turns out Ellie's pretending to be a lot of different things to impress Will rather than embrace all her quirks and dorky interests that make her happy. One day, she stumbles upon Dev playing Quidditch and she realizes there's more to him than just studying, so we get a slow burn romance with them and a love triangle between the three of them. With the love triangle, both boys like her, however, Dev is the only guy who sees and understands all of her, which makes him too pure for this world. This read is very captivating and downright adorable, it's absolutely precious and I cannot stop smiling. In addition to love, she's made some very good friends here and had excellent travel adventures, and now I feel all the wanderlust and miss London so freaking much. By the end, once Ellie stops thinking about what she thinks she wants, she realizes what she actually wants and needs, in terms of love, friendships, and her plans. It's so cute! Also, where do I sign up to get a Hot British Boyfriend now, because I really want one?

Super cute story of young love and growing up. You will want to sit the main character down for a chat and a hug. Loved it.

Adorable read. There were so many funny, cringe worthy awkward moments. I don't miss being a teenager, hahaha!!

I liked the story a lot. I was laughing so much at just how awkward Elle was. She was pretty lovable and innocent and I just felt so bad for her at some moments. I realized just how mean teenagers can be and especially with all this social media! Yikes!

The banter with her and her new friends were the best. I wish I had friends like that when I was younger.

I'll for sure be re-reading this!! I want my own copy.

Thank you Harper Collins Childrens Books and Netgalley for the great ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was provided with an eARC of this book in exchange for a fair review.

A fun, light read! I will admit that it took me a little while to warm up to Ellie - she was just a little bit of a shallow, self-centered teen, and I wanted so badly for her to just pull herself together. Fortunately, she did start to smarten up a bit as the book progressed, and I genuinely enjoyed her interactions with the other characters. I kept expecting Will to end up being a jerk, but he surprised me. I also made some guesses as to what might happen, and was pleasantly surprised when events played out less predictably than I expected they would. Obv I was Team Dev from the start (helloooo, HP FanBoi). All in all, an enjoyable book for those times when you need a good, uncomplicated, contemporary YA.

The premise of this book was really something that interested me, but while reading I started to slowly not like it. I felt like things moved too quickly and I wanted more lead up. Then getting to England I didn’t care anymore. Why does she need a boyfriend to feel confident? I understand high school is tough but still, you don’t need a partner to be happy. It was also kind of weird to throw all the British obsession that the mom had was awkward.

It was an cute read. If I was 16 or 17 I probably would have liked it more.

This was really cute. The help-me -date-this-person-but-then-I-realize-you-were-the-right-person-all-along trope is always adorable and I think the author did a really good job with it here.

Disclaimer: This is an arc I received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own! This is perfect for fans Ellie Nicholas is humiliated when her crush publicly rejects her. Instead of facing her fears, she signs up for a summer abroad program in England. There, she meets Dev and the two of them strike a deal. He will help her win over her crush; if she helps him win over his. This is perfect for fans of Christine Riccio's Again, but Better and David Yoon's Frankly in Love books!

This was a DNF for me. I couldn’t get passed the Ellie’s self absorption in the beginning. Her singular focus on a guy and her thoughts of people always judging her made her difficult to relate to.

Hot British Boyfriend was a super cute YA romcom. As always, a book where I get to vicariously live through someone living or traveling in England is wonderful. I enjoyed the friendships that Ellie formed while she was overseas with Dev, Sage, and Huan. Add in a little bit of Quidditch on land, tea service, and a hot British boy(friend) for the overall effect. The storyline was fairly obvious but happily so. I love a good, predictable, sweet romcom.

This is such a sweet story! After a (very public) embarrassing moment, Ellie defects to England to study abroad for a semester and put the incident behind her. She befriends a lovely group there - Sage, Dev and Huan, and on one of their first outings in Northampton meets Will, the titular hot British boyfriend.

Over the course of the semester, as Ellie gets to know herself, Will and her friends better, she realizes maybe this whirlwind romance isn't as it seems.

I loved the character development that Ellie experiences over these few months, it's incredible relatable as high school students seek to define themselves by those around them, and struggle with their sense of self. A heartwarming read with good role models.

This book is entirely sweet and fun. You'll enjoy traveling with Ellie and her friends. Great for fans fo British Bake Off and all things Jane Austen

The premise of this book is right up my alley: YA romance that involved Britain. However, I had a hard time getting invested in this story. The study abroad program is great as are the friends. Huan, Dev, and Sage are well-developed secondary characters. However, Will (the love interest) just isn't as well-rounded as I would have liked. I never quite understood why he liked Ellie. What was it about her that drew him to her? That being said, I understood why Ellie liked Will and how this attraction played into her emotional journey.

One thing that Boyce did really well is giving Ellie and the crew unique hobbies. I love that she is into fairies and unicorns and other things that don't make her necessarily "cool." Yet, they're meaningful hobbies for her and her (true) friends show her that they are something she shouldn't be embarrassed to show.

I think there are a lot of people out there that will enjoy this YA romance; however, it didn't quite sing for me.

*I received an e-arc from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review*

This was such an adorable, fluffy story! I truly enjoyed this book. Travel, England, tea and scones, fairy gardens, shopping, and hot British boys? Yes, please!

Ellie has an awful public rejection by the boy she’s been crushing on, and it gets posted to Instagram for the whole world to see. She feels utterly humiliated, and doesn’t know how she’s going to face everyone at school. She finds out that there’s a last minute opening in her high school’s study abroad program, and she and her mom figure out a way to make it happen. Ellie heads to England and stays at a gorgeous English Manor that’s been turned into a school. It’s what she and her Mom always dreamed about as Austen fans, being able to see England. She soon discovers that her classmates are all there to take honors courses and and beef up their college applications. She is hoping to salvage her reputation and build up her confidence again. She befriends a small group of students that includes Sage, Dev, and Huan. They have some classes together and study together, eat together, and do some traveling together.

Elle meets Will at an outdoor market not long after their arrival in England, and he’s a gorgeous and charming guy who she’s immediately drawn to. She vows that she’s not going to make the same mistakes with a guy again, and enlists the help of Dev. He seems to know a lot about the things that Will is interested in, and he agrees to help her, and in return she agrees to help him win over his crush.

Ellie gets swept up in the romance, and gets to see some beautiful places in England along the way. As the story progresses, she begins to wonder if this relationship is the answer to all of her problems, and if this perfect boyfriend really is the perfect boy for her?

If you like rom coms, travel, and all things British, I think you will want to pick this one up.

I was very skeptical about the whole entire plot. Elli's confidence boost is finding a boyfriend?

Ermmmmm right.

This whole book is very surface level and not at all interesting. The romance was weak, the reasoning was weak, it was just all weak. This book is the equivalent of a wet soggy sock. Ellie has a pea-sized brain and becuase of that should be focusing on getting into school, not chasing after two boys. Maybe because I'm in the same age range but Ellie's flaws are magnified four thousand times bigger.

All I'm asking for is a good book about strong teenagers and not about teenage girls boosting their confidence by finding a boyfriend. I thought 2020 was the year for women's strength and individuality, NOT for books about girls taping their confidence over boys.

Just why why why why why why.

I received this e-Arc via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you for a arc in exchange for an honest review. I thought the idea of this book was interesting. A high school girl wants to repair her reputation by finding a boyfriend but somehow realized that won’t make her happy. It was cute and a fun YA. I think it’s appropriate for a YA Age reader.

Wow! I really enjoyed Boyce’s novel. I read this in one sitting; I couldn’t put it down. The setting and premise were perfect and while I loved Ellie’s adventure and quest for romance, I really LOVED her group of friends more. They were my favorite part of the story. Ok. Honesty time: Will just didn’t do it for me. I wasn’t so convinced that Ellie was into him as much as she thought she was. Overall, the story was adorable and light-hearted and I loved the themes Boyce crafted. Having a protagonist who is not the typical “AP Academic driven student” was refreshing. Watching Ellie grapple with that works was a nice ode into reality. Highly recommend!

Sense & Sensibility meets Anna and the French Kiss.

This book grew on me - I hated it for the first half, and then I ended somewhat charmed by the love interest and the story's conclusion. Part of my problem is that I went in thinking it would be similar to Her Royal Highness, and Will and Ellie were both just the worst characters right off the bat. I had no interest in seeing their relationship play out, and they both felt flat and annoying and boring. As the side characters get more page time the story improves, and once I realized the story was slightly modeled off Sense & Sensibility I better understood what Krisy Boyce was trying to do.

Ultimately a fluffy book that will appeal to teen anglophiles, but there are better "went to a boarding school overseas and fell in love" stories out there. Some good material for readers about what makes a dating relationship work and about the pitfalls of romanticized ideals about love.

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for an advanced review copy!