3.25🌟 i loved the summer of broken rules, so i was super highly anticipating this book! i think KL Walther writes such fun, unique YA plots that feel so summery and youthful and this one is no exception. the setting of pulling off a complex senior prank with your ex-boyfriend is the perfect recipe for a second chance romance.

because this takes place over the course of a week-ish, i do think this relies a lot on the second chance element to do the heavy lifting on their relationship. it focuses mainly on the plot with small interludes to let us know that they never stopped loving each other. also, at times i felt like this was a taylor swift mad-lib. i don't know if it would be as obvious to someone who doesn't know her music, but as someone who does listen, i even felt like there were too many direct lines included. overall, this is a fun, quick read, but not my fave by this author!

*thank you Sourcebooks & Netgalley for the eARC!

This was cute and fun, maybe a good vacation read for a young teen. The Taylor Swift and Schitt's Creek references kept me going, plus the Rhode Island prep school setting, but otherwise the plot and the pacing were meh. I should have guessed that this basically all takes place in one night, with teens sneaking all over campus to play a prank. I would have recommended Today Tonight Tomorrow as a more exciting one-night romance involving a secret mission.

I enjoyed book 1 with all those games and fun activities but this one felt so plain and repetitive. DNFed at 50%

This was a sweet second chance rom-com! It’s getting to be the end of boarding school, and Lily Hopper is so excited. However, the senior class has not pulled the prank yet. Every year a Jester is picked to conduct the senior prank, and this year, it’s Lily’s Ex-boyfriend, Taggart Swell. When he taps her and some others to help him, she doesn’t know if she can be around him. On top of that, there’s so many rules that they are breaking.

This was so cute, and it brought me back to my high school days of senior pranks! I love the creativity of the prank, and the cast of characters that were picked to help carry out the prank.

Then there’s Tag and Lily. They seem so good together, but why did they break up in the first place? I won’t tell you that. Walther was able to make them seem seamless. You could tell that they had their own language, that they were once super comfortable with each other, and that it was them against the world at one point.

I even loved Lily’s mother. While at times she was your typical mother, there were other times where she was “cool.” She and Lily were obviously very close and it made me jealous. I hope that I turn out to be the cool mom!

I really enjoyed this one and I think those who enjoy romance will too!

This one is so sweet and wholesome. I love the dynamic of the school and Tag and Lily. It's very relatable and sweet to read about their story,

When a book uses phrases like “dousche canoe” “for f*cks sake” & uses Schitts Creek/Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm references you know it has to be good, right?!

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•mother/daughter relationship
•mystery & romance-ish
•banter, some lol moments
•overall storyline/senior prank
•atmosphere

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•Way. Too. Longgggggg!!!
•YA not my cup of tea
•Tag
•Nicknames were cringe
•Everything you need to know is in the synopsis

If you enjoy a YA romance/mystery then definitely check this one out. I’m glad I gave it a chance and not every book is for everyone. Thank you for the advanced copy NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire!

This was a fun little romp into pulling pranks, but make it set at a boarding school. Walther tends to write stories set at boarding school. I read "If We Were Us" by Walther and I had some icky feelings about that book so I wasn't sure if I would like this one or not. Thankfully, this book didn't have any of those icky feelings (no forced outings of characters) so I found I enjoyed it significantly more.

Lily is wrapping up the final weeks of boarding school before graduation when she is roped into helping with the senior class prank. Unfortunately for her, the Jester is her ex-boyfriend, Tag, which brings up a lot of unwanted feelings.

While this book is full of lots of ya tropes that may make some readers roll their eyes, there are enough other redeeming qualities about this book that will keep most readers coming back for more. I liked how the senior prank wouldn't actually hurt people and didn't cost money. It was fun to experience the campus with Lily and Tag and see them reconnect after time spent apart.

A fun young adult novel!

With so many Taylor Swift references and beautiful setting descriptions, this book is a favorite of mine. I loved the relationship between the characters and I love a good found family, and this was perfectly executed. The plot was interesting, and something I have not seen before, and the setting was beautiful. I loved this book & it’s one of my favorites of the year!

This was an adorable and fast read that just gave me all the right YA book feels. The emotions, the setting, everything down to the characters and their development through this book has kept me entertained and unable to put the book down. Thank you to netgalley for the copy to review. It was fantastic

There's just something about K.L. Walther's YA books that I love. This was a super cute YA read that was fun and had adventures. It's a quick and easy read. I'm not Taylor Swift fan so I could've done without the references lol

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC

this was really cute! i enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a cute romance. i love books set in boarding schools so this was exactly my cup of tea!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with an advanced copy of What Happens After Midnight by K.L. Walther.

K. L. Walther's 'What Happens After Midnight' weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of mystery and emotion. Each story, a captivating journey into the unknown, keeps you hooked until the final page. A must-read for those who crave the magic of midnight tales.

This is my second K.L. Walther and I am obsessed with her YA romances. The setting of this one was really enjoyable and immersive, I always love reading about stories set in Academia. I really managed to fly through this one, it was such a quick and easy read.

The romance wasn't as prominent in the story as I expected, and the dialogue at time between characters could be a bit cringey, but none the less I still really enjoyed this one and will continue to pick up K.L Walther's YA romances.

I cannot wait to read other titles by this author! I am so excited to have gotten this title and can't wait to read others by the same author.

This book was such a fun time! I loved that we got a mysterious academia setting for this novel as compared to the author's last book which was set at a summer beach house! We got so many Taylor Swift references, and I enjoyed every one!

There is truly something for everyone in this book! I loved the cover, I loved the story line and I couldn't put it down!

I loved this fun little YA. It was jam-packed with Taylor Swift references. Like, an alarming number of TS references. Not that I'm complaining. It made the reading experience so fun! I enjoyed the boarding school setting, and the storyline was unique. Overall, it was a great book that I would recommend!

After reading and loving The Summer of Broken Rules, I knew I had to lick this one up! However, I definitely didn’t love it as much as I thought I would.
The past and present timelines got a little confusing, and the dialogue was cringey as times in this novel.
The one thing I did love was of course the Taylor Swift references which are great little Easter egg in K.L Walthers novels and the cute summer romcom vibes I loved too. So overall an average read

Walther has such a gift of bringing you within the story and making you not only understand each character but imports you there so vividly too. I couldn't pull away from this book. So loved and enjoyed it.