This was a very cute read. I highly recommend. The characters were lovable and the story was very interesting.

Really cute and I enjoyed the romance so much! After loving Talia Hibbert's Adult novels, I was excited to dive into her YA and I'm not disappointed. Will definitely be recommending this one for people to read!

I'm a big fan of Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters series and was curious to see what her first dip into YA would be like. Unfortunately, it was just okay for me. I liked our MCs as individuals overall, but didn't really care about them as a couple.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so cute and compulsively readable. I am not always the biggest fan of enemies to lovers, but I could just tell from the beginning I was going to enjoy the ride. You can feel their chemistry, their long history makes the slow burn so delicious, and I really enjoyed the forced together on outdoor trips vibe that really makes the space for romance to ensure. Loved it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me review this book! This book was super cute and I believe I can say I liked it better than the brown sisters books Also by talia hibbbert. I would give it a 3.5.

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Talia Hibbert is an amazing author and wonderful at world building. I loved this book so much and look forward to more by Hibbert.

Talía Hibbert never misses. There I said it. And it’s so true. The characters are on point. The representation is on point. It is always SO BRITISH in the best way. I love that she made a YA book so you get audiences can get a taste of the amazingness that is Talía Hibbert.

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine. Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption--yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.) These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.

I enjoyed this quite a lot—I mean, to be honest I enjoy everything Talia Hibbert writes, but this one stands above the others. I'm so excited that she seamlessly wrote a YA and it wasn't clunky, and was just as good as her adult rom coms. The banter, and the chemistry in this book is so well written, it felt like I was watching a movie. I would love a follow up on Brad & Celine, I feel like we deserve it and deserve more of where they are now and how their souls are intertwined. 10/10 would read again & absolutely recommend.

Talia Hubert does not disappoint! I love seeing black representation in stories and actually well rounded characters. The author really takes the time to develop their characters and have them resonate with the readers. Honestly, this was an amazing story!

The first young adult book published by Joy Revolution, the publishing company started by Nicola & David Yoon! I fully support the mission behind Joy Revolution and I was so pleased to be selected to read an arc of this book, Talia Hibbert's first journey into young adult lit.

I really enjoyed this contemporary romance story. Celine and Brad clearly have a loaded past and I enjoyed uncovering that tension with the characters as they navigated this new wilderness class. One thing that made this book a bit confusing for me was I didn't realize the survival class took place over the course of several months. This led to some confusion on my part and made parts of the plot hard to understand/follow. However, I think that was a me issue and other readers of the book will surely pick up on that fact.

This was such a fun young adult contemporary romance story from Talia Hibbert. I look forward to seeing what other ya stories she ends up sharing.

I enjoyed reading this book SO much!! Talia perfectly executes writing a ya romance while still keeping the same energy they have for their adult romance novels. I absolutely adored Celine and Bradley and I'm always going to be a big fan of POVs but I love their interactions and their teen bop thoughts about each other. Also interacting with the other kids at the camp. It was also so insightful to how OCD is for a person or at least in the way that Bradley has it and how he lives with it. Overall Bradley was just so sweet. Also i loved Celine and how stubborn she was but also how she still was thoughtful and kind. I really would eat up any other bonus material of these 2 even if they were just in the background. This was so so SO adorable and I hope Talia is going to write another ya romance in the future.

I loved Talia Hibbert and this was so cute! However, I think I’m officially outgrowing the YA genre.

Or maybe, it’s better for me to say, I’m not out growing the YA genre, as I read the dialogue, the miscommunication, and the cliques frustrating.

This book was adorable, with the sweet female friendships, and the crazy shenanigans. The only thing I didn’t love was the frame of mind that YA books seem to leave me in anymore (a time that reminds me of high school).

That being said, I would still recommend.

I really enjoyed this fun young adult romance! The banter between Brad and Celine was top tier and I genuinely enjoyed reading this book because I could really tell that the two had amazing chemistry which I feel is sometimes difficult in a young adult book. Although I loved both of the main characters Celine really stole the show for me her grumpiness and wittiness somehow reminded me of myself and I loved her individualism and how she wasn't willing to water down her personality for anyone even Brad. The mental health rep in this book was also a really big highlight for me because I think it's important that characters in young adult books are having these complex conversations because it is very realistic to the things many people in that age group are experiencing especially with the addition of transitions from being a teenager to a young adult. Overall I highly recommend this book to my young adult romance book fans because it was adorable and humorous and truly everything I could ask for in a ya romance.

I am a big fan of Talia Hibbert's romances and was thrilled to see her come out with a YA romance. While I still prefer her adult romances, This was a cute, modern romance that young readers will enjoy and relate to. It contains enemies-to-lovers, plus size protagonist, feminism, OCD/mental health, and bi-representation. There is a lot young readers will be drawn to and it is easy to like the protagonists, Celine and Bradley, and root for them as they reach for their dreams and find romance. I did struggle with some elements of the plot that didn't flow smoothly for me, seeing her dad, the wilderness survival element, what made them start despising each other, and there was something off with how their relationship developed so quickly/well.

Thanks you NetGalley and the publisher for sharing with me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a fun story, I loved the characters and the plot was fun. Hibbert showed she can write a cute and fun romance for any age.

There's the enemies-to-lovers trope and then there's the best-friends-to-lovers trope... and then there's bringing these two together and throwing the two people into the wild, literally. The book did a great job of capturing what a messy time that would be while making their make-up satisfying and fun.

I really enjoyed this book! I listened to the audiobook, and the two narrators are great. If you’ve read other Talia Hibbert books, I would say this is less steamy than other books I read but very age-appropriate for the context. This book is told from two points of view - Brad and Celina. They were formally best friends and had a falling out. Now they have been put together due to an opportunity to win a scholarship. They are both in their finaly year of high school and have spent the last four years as sworn enemies. Before that they were best friends that knew everything about each other.
I really enjoyed the over the top internal dialogue of both the characters. It brings you back to high school, when everything was so much bigger thatn it really was.
If you want to read a cute story about high schoolers, this one is incredibly adorable and cute.

This was so so so wonderful. I really loved both Celine and Bradley and found myself rooting for both of them and all of their friends. I love Talia Hibbert and will read absolutely anything she writes!

I loved this story! I really enjoyed reading about all the different representations in this story. The banter and chemistry between the leads was so good. The ending was a bit rushed but still very much enjoyed this one

I wanted to love this book (as I have enjoyed Talia Hibbert's romance novels for adults), but I felt this one was lacking. It just felt like a less interesting version of one of her adult books.