I am a big fan of Rachael Lippincott's books, and this is no different. I only wish that we had more. When I got to the last page, I wanted to go back from the beginning and start it again, but I felt like it ended way too fast. I was looking for and needed another two or three chapters with the characters, which is why it's only four stars instead of five.

Throughout this book, it felt like I was watching a romcom, and I really loved the best friends to lovers romance. I also felt that the characters backstories, social anxiety & alcoholic struggles, were incredibly realistic for this day and age. And I honestly wish this book was written 10 years ago when I was a teenager, it's what I needed. I'm so glad it exists now, and I hope others appreciate it.

Will be posting online this weekend!

Alex knows how to get the girl, but she's not great at the keeping her part. Her girlfriend just broke up with her, but if Alex can prove that she's ready for commitment and matured, maybe she can get her back. When she meets an awkward and shy girl named Molly on campus who has been crushing hard on a girl named Cora, Alex decides that helping Molly might be the best way to prove she isn't selfish and that she's changed. As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they’re the ones falling…for each other.

I loved She Gets the Girl by Lippincott and Derrick! Even though Alex's motives for helping Molly seemed a little convoluted and didn't make much sense to me, I loved seeing Alex and Molly get to know each other! Both characters are well-developed and complex and I couldn't help liking them. This book is incredibly cute and such a fun read, but there are content warnings for an alcoholic parent, toxic relationships, and internalized racism. Even though this book is labeled as YA, the characters are in their first year of college, so there's some drinking and content I'd call more New Adult, but it's still nothing you wouldn't find in a standard YA contemporary. I'd highly recommend adding this book to your Pride Month TBR!

Rachael Lippincott has become a solid auto-buy author for me personally, her writing voice and storylines making her YA books an absolute must. To say I was excited to read this one, written by Lippincott and her wife, Alyson Derrick was an understatement, everything about the premise promised to be a five-star read for me, and it did NOT disappoint! This book in particular spoke to my teenage heart, and I was constantly swooning over both of these incredible main characters, their identities on-page, and the way they grew as the book moved along.

“Some things have to fall apart because they don’t belong together, but some things belong so much they could never break.”

I’m here to say that I grew up at the roller rink, and the idea of this super date on rollerskates just MELTED me before I even started reading this enemies to lovers sapphic rom-com. Hello, just LOOK at that gorgeous cover!

Written in a dual POV, these two ladies meet during their freshman year of college, and agree to help each other out with their relationships, forming an unexpected friendship – Alex needing to show her ex that she’s not as selfish as she thinks, which means helping Molly catch the eye of her high school crush, Cora, is exactly the way to prove it.

For me, clashing personalities that are forced together to find love in the most unpredictable to the characters (but SO obvious to us, the readers, as the outsiders!) way possible not only gives us great page-turning banter, but it’s like an underdog story, keeping us cheering them on, waiting to realize they love each other and just get together already! Both of these MCs have such different backstories, each bringing such relatable individual issues and problems to work through in the story that Derrick and Lippincott wrote flawlessly, weaving their points of view together in a way that felt so real and natural.

This YA definitely falls more in that New Adult age group I LOVE reading about, even at my age I could relate so strongly with some of the feelings these ladies had in the book. College presents such complicated feelings during what can be a high-pressure time, adding in troubles with your family, moving from home and it can be such a beautiful mess. I’m thrilled more and more books like this one exist, younger me would have fallen for this book and its incredible cast of characters immediately, and felt SEEN, and don’t we all deserve that feeling?

I hope this duo plans to write us many more YA titles in the future because this one was everything I was hoping for and more!

This book was such a wonderful play on a well-loved romcom trope. The book's chapters alternated between Alex and Molly, which greatly helped flesh out the two characters. Both authors did an excellent job!

Thank you so much, NetGalley, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, for the chance to read this book in exchange of an honest review.

Alex is stubborn, chaotic and able to flirt her way into getting the girl. She doesn't know, however, how to keep her. On the other side Molly is shy and awkward with anyone, she's in love with a girl she hasn't yet spoken to, Cora, and she has, apparently, nothing in common with Alex. But when Alex, after a bad breakup, discovers Molly's hidden crush, the two decide to help one other. Alex will help Molly with Cora and then she can prove to her ex she isn't just a selfish flirt. As they start to plan how to make their girls fall in love with them, Molly and Alex start to bond, growing up and discovering that, maybe, they are falling in love with one other.

Written by the amazing Rachael Lippincott and by a debut writer I will read everything, Alyson Derrick, She gets the girl not only has the cutest cover ever, but it's a brilliant and romantic comedy I loved so much my heart is bursting.
Funny, hilarious and so sweet, She gets the girl is a hate-to-love YA story about two very different girls who find out they are not so different, after all. I loved reading about their bond and relationship and how much both grow up and mature, balancing one other, helping, support and then loving each other.
This book is incredibly sweet and cute, an absolute amazing read!

3/5 stars.

Definitely a cute novel with a sweet sapphic romance, this is one for fans of slowburn romances and pining. The fact that there were two authors made it easy to differentiate between the two characters, though considering how different they were (loud and unfiltered compared to shy and timid), that was already an easy task. However, the writing didn't stand out to me, and honestly I felt very frustrated with the characters in the beginning (especially Alex seeing as how she flirted with every girl at first, despite wanting to be in a committed relationship), but overlooking that, I did enjoy the novel.

A big thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for sending me an e-ARC of "She Gets the Girl" by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick!!

...is it possible to write a review that truly encompasses all of the emotions I feel after finishing "She Gets the Girl"? I don't think so. I am full of gay screaming, an intense longing to get a girlfriend, and Taylor Swift's iconic queer anthem "This Is How You Get the Girl" on repeat in my head. If you want:
- a new adult romcom that takes place at college
- a queer coming of age story that doesn't involve coming out
- character development that doesn't paint out either leads to be assholes at first
- the sweetest friends-to-lovers arc that I have read in a VERY long time
Then you will need to read "She Gets the Girl" ASAP.

This is such a fun queer romance!

I really loved that this was set in college, and that they really felt like college freshman. A little awkward, but trying to find their footing.

The main cast of characters were super cute, and I really loved some of the side characters (JIM!), but I wish the book had talked a little deeper about the bad relationships in the book. Natalie was so toxic, and quite frankly abusive, and while we got to the point that Alex realized Natalie was bad, but the abuse was never really called out for what it was. Same with both girls mothers.

I just loved Molly Parker! I think that we can all relate to that crush you just hold on to! Molly is ready for college and ready to start over fresh and be this whole new person who isn't shy and can talk to a girl she likes. Except it just isnt as easy as she planned and she falls into old habits that keep her isolated. Her paths cross with Alex who is also ready to start new at college without her alcoholic mom and needing to prove to her girlfriend that she can be trusted.

Alex thinks that helping Molly get the girl will prove that she is reliable and can open up to people to her girlfriend. What could go wrong with these opposites spending time together. I love when you can just feel them falling and they are clueless. Alex's girlfriend returns and Molly gets the girl-- but is that what they really want? Such a sweet coming of age and finding out about who you should let close to your heart story.

Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott's She Gets the Girl was wonderful! I appreciated the combination of well-rounded characters and queer themes presented in this novel. A great read!

More YA novels need to take place in college and this book needs a movie.

Everything about this book was sweet, heartful and made me feel lonely. This is what I want when I ask for a sapphic rom-com, something that will make me smile but also feel so many emotions.

Both Alex and Molly are great complex characters, but I wish we had more of Molly and the story line of her internalized racism. There were mentions of it, but I wanted more in depth discussions on it. Beside that, Molly reminded me a lot of myself, awkward with a lot of anxiety.

Alex on the other hand, felt like the breakout character and was given more growth; her storyline broke my heart.

Over all, everything about this book had me smiling and wishing I could have a love story like this.

This was a good enemies to friends to lovers plot. I liked the lessons of what it means to truly love and having romantic feelings for someone. I also always appreciate LGBTQ books that aren't about coming out. I listened to the audiobook version.

I managed to listen to SHE GETS THE GIRL by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick in a single day. It was so delightful that I absolutely could not stop listening to it.

I can confidently say I was in heart-eyes mode the entire time.

I really enjoyed the friendship between Alex and Molly. There’s so much self-discovery that happens for both of them that has you absolutely rooting for them. I mean, you can truly feel the friendship flourishing between them and the exact moment it shifts into something more.

This was just such a sweet read! It was so relatable and the fact that it was set on a college campus gave it that extra oomph we’re missing in YA contemporary fiction. We demand more books set on college campuses!!

I have to share that my favorite part was absolutely the roller skating “date” - just wait till you get to read it! 😍

This is a cute little sapphic retelling of the 12th knight by William Shakespeare. The main characters are so different in personality it’s hard to see the chemistry at first. Makes you start to wonder if it’s ever going to show up but it does. Alex’s character was a little too jaded for me in someone so young but I could tell they were going for that “Bad Girl reformed” thing with her. I found Molly the most relatable. Anxious. Socially awkward and needing to get out of her own head. It was nice seeing her get Alex out of her own self absorption.

The writing style and synopsis reminded me of wattpad, which kind of gave me more of a comfortable introduction. The characters were welcoming, and easy to understand/get to know. The plot was more interesting than expected, but I do wish the author had put more description towards the main charcters' primary interest.

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick is one of my favorite YA reads this year by far.
Seriously, my heart is overflowing with how much I adored this sapphic book.

I actually really loved seeing a YA novel set in college. There should be more! I think teens really need to see what life is like after high school. It was great to see our characters trying to navigate life after leaving everything they know.

Our MCs Alex and Molly were amazing! I loved them both so much. They were both so different yet so complimentary of each other. This was a very slow burn romance but I’m okay with that. I loved witnessing their friendship bloom, I honestly didn’t even need the romance. That’s how beautiful their friendship was.

This book gave me 90s rom com movie vibes. I’m gonna need a show asap!

She Gets The Girl was an all around wonderful story. I also listened to the audiobook and it was perfect. Loved the narrators so much.

Highly recommend it!

Cute! Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it.

Honestly, I think I was in a weird place reading-wise and perhaps I didn’t fully appreciate the story, but there’s also not much I could say about this. I enjoyed getting to know one of the main characters, I appreciated the tropey goodness, but I just didn’t feel satisfied with how it ended maybe? Bummed it didn’t work out.

She Gets the Girl is such a heart-warming story. It manages several romance tropes without ever becoming corny or cliche. I love the characters. I was rooting for Alex the whole book and her growth and development were so satisfying. The young adult awkwardness and dialogue were refreshingly authentic. I don't usually care for dual POV books, but the writing style was different enough to pull it off in this book.

Gorgeous and inquisitive. Rachael Lippincott did it again, she made my gay romantic heart absolutely swoon.

I just adored this book! I loved Alex and Molly and their growth as the story went on. I was so proud of them, and they were just the absolute sweetest!