This was overall cute. I did like how this felt like Disney vibes with a twist. They had like an adventure with the scavenger hunt.

YA isn't by go to genre but I've enjoyed the other books by Jenny L. Howe that I've read so I wanted to give this one a read!

One of my favorite things with Jenny's book is the representation she always has. She writes about real things people deal with like fat phobia or anxiety that many readers can relate to. It is always refreshing to feel seen by characters she writes.

I loved seeing Lia grow as a character and get her happy ending that she has always seen in movies and dreamed of!

Pick up this book and give it a read if you like YA or any of Jenny's other books!

Absolutely adorable read! I love how Jenny writes such vivid and relatable characters. Definitely will be a re-read!

Jenny Howe is one of my favourite authors but this book just didn't have the appeal for me. It isn't the books fault - more of I'm a old fart who can't seem to get into YA much anymore. I think this book would do great with the younger generation.

Love at Full Tilt was truly a beautiful YA book. A teenage girl after her senior year of high school goes on a trip before her two best friends are leaving for college to an amusement park in Orlando Florida. An amusement park reminiscent of Disney World. The main character is competing in a trivia/task based competition that could earn her a $50,000 cash prize that could change the course of her future offering her the dream job she wants and saving her from the dreary future of taking over her parents furniture story which has always been the plan, but never what she wanted, she just doesn't know how to say no. Leah has planned for the whole trip with her two best friends Tess and Izzy, the only thing she couldn't plan for was running into Mason a fellow competitor who is attractive, thinks Leah is equally amazing, and wants to partner up with Leah to make the competition a little easier until at least the last day. Can they work together to make it to the end of the competition, or will the fall for each other and decide that is the real prize?

Thank you to Delacorte Romance and NetGalley for the ARC of this novel. I have become a Disney adult so I could relate to Lia and her joy in Fableland and all of its associations. It was funny In that context to wonder if such a contest could work in the real world and all of the Disney-ness of this. The relationship between Lia and Mason did progress quicker than expected but it is a YA romance with a time limit so it had to go fast. Nothing struck me as the most perfect thing ever but it did keep me engaged and the ending felt earned. 4 stars.

Jenny Howe's YA debut smashes it out of the (theme) park!

This is an adorable story of first love that tackles difficult issues in a way that somehow never feels like too much.

What I liked:
- Lia's friendships
- Mason (Jenny has said just picture Channing Tatum in he's the man, and I definitely see it)
- The discourse on friends moving down different paths in life after high school
- The depiction of mental health/its impacts
- The imagery of the theme parks: I could absolutely picture myself in Fableland
- Fableland lore
- Fat rep felt accurate to growing up fat (because it's Jenny!)
- How everything wrapped up

What I disliked:
- Pacing was slow at times and the story felt a touch too long
- I wish we got to see the other contestants more but I also understand why we didn't

Overall: 3.75/5 ⭐️ - 0/5 🌶 (it's a YA romance, there's some kissing and that's it 😊)

Thank you to Delacorte Romance and Netgalley for the e-ARC. All opinions are my own.

This is a charming, cheerful & entertaining young adult book! The characters, Lia & Mason, are so adorable together & are a good representative of young adults.

Howe explores plus sized positive body image with Lia. She brings forward all the negative ways Lia is seen but also how Lia has learned to see herself positively. There are times when Howe shows how Lia still struggles but there is such a push for positivity that girls need. On the other hand, Mason is so sweet & caring. He does not say much but when he does it is thoughtful& straightforward. He is honest & trusting. He is an all around good character.

This is a great YA-Teen book!

Really liked this one! Appreciated the side stories and charachter development and that the story wasn't a perfect ending and more realistic

This book was a great YA romance about being a young adult and the uncertainty that comes with - not wanting to disappoint your parents, your friends moving on to things that you're not doing, but you're still so happy for them and feel left out; and what happens when your feelings grow so rapidly for the guy that you just met.

Lia loves Fableland and the stories the company produces. She loves them so much that she won a trip to a super fan scavenger hunt to win $50K. She goes with her best friends, Issy and Tess. While there, she meets Mason, and they fall hard for each other.

Jenny L. Howe knows how to write teen love. It’s this all-consuming feeling you wish you could control, but it's just too hard to control. The way she writes about Lia falling for Mason is so true to how it feels.
I really enjoyed the world-building in this book because she had to create the movies, the parks, the rides, and the lore that all goes with it. It was so fun. The inclusivity that she adds to this book is varied and was great to read.

I highly recommend this book.

I received this book as an e-ARC from NetGalley, and this review is all my own opinion.

I loved this book until about the 70% mark. It just fell flat and too long. The ending was great. I enjoyed the exposure of a young adult dealing with a parent whose going through a medical need.

This was such a fun summer read. Perfect for Disney fans, it takes place in a disneyesque theme park with a fun scavenger hunt plotline. I did enjoy the inclusivity included!

Lia Baker is watching her friends head off to college while she has to stay home to work a job she doesn't want and deal with his mother's overbearing anxiety. Everything could change if she wins the scavenger hunt held by Fableland.

This was a wonderful book. I was able to relate to some of Lia's challenges related to living and existing in a bigger body. It was a cute summer read. Highly recommend if you want to read a story where the plus-size FMC gets the MMC. Perfect summer read.

We can't forget about the cover!! It's everything!!

I absolutely DEVOURED this book. it was the perfect YA romance with the fun theme park setting, along with the contest aspect, it was the perfect blend of different things i needed right now! I adored all of our characters - and the diversity of queerness throughout the friend group! I also really appreciated how Lia talked about herself and experiencing the world in a fat body - there are things people just dont understand without experiencing it and she expressed all of that so perfectly in telling her story, especially in a setting like an amusement park where the world is just so fast paced and not built for people in bigger bodies.

Mason and Lia both had such beautiful personalities and i really loved watching them get to know each other - i'm not one for insta love usually, and while this all took place over a short period, it felt like they clicked and got to know each other SO deeply so quickly that it didnt feel all that insta lovey!

I will be shouting about this one for a long time, and for sure adding it to my shelves as a perfect summery reread in the future - i loved!

Thank you Netgalley and Delacorte Romance / Random House Children's for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review - all thoughts and opinions are my own!

“In this joyful celebration of fandoms, whirlwind romance, and plus-size girls, love is the ultimate roller coaster ride.”

This is the cute, summer romance that I didn’t know I needed. First off, the cover is fantastic. As someone who is plus size, and was definitely a plus size teen I love how the cover reflects a girl with confidence and a winning smile.

This story had every element that I love in a summer read. I loved the characters. They had such a depth to their personalities and their chemistry truly shined during the story. Plus…an amusement park setting? Sign me up. I may not be the biggest ride girly but I love the magicalness this kind of setting brings to the story.

I am such a sucker for YA romance and this book is no exception. Even the side characters were great. The way this book was written really made it feel like these were your average, everyday, REAL teens. The world was not perfect, sometimes there were arguments and miscommunications, but that’s what made it real.

Looking for a fun, cute, magical summer read? Pick this one up!

A very special Thank You to NetGalley, Delacorte Romance, and the author for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Recently graduated Lia enters a theme park scavenger hunt where the $50,000 prize could change the direction her life is headed. While her two best friends will be headed off to college, she will be stuck at home working for her parents in their furniture store, a future that has been decided for her since she was born. To make matters worse, her extreme helicopter parents (mostly her mom who suffers from anxiety disorder) are suffocating her with their constant demands for her to call or text to check in. Being away from them for a week while at the theme park sounds like heaven to Lia, but when she meets and falls in love with a boy and her friends stop taking the hunt seriously, the vacation she thought she'd have takes a new turn.
For some reason, this book sucked me in from the beginning and had all of the drama and dialog to keep me interested. It was a quick and easy read, the characters were lovable, and the made up theme park was so fun! Highly recommended for high school readers.

This is a very cute YA story! This does ready very lower/mid YA but that’s its intended audience. I loved the plus size representation and would have loved to have a book like this when I was growing up.

What do you do when you have parents that are overwhelmingly over protective? You make a plan to financially secure some breathing room. Opportunity presents itself when Amelia wins a spot in the 50th anniversary scavenger hunt at Fableland theme park. The winner receives 50 thousand dollars! With tons of convincing and promises to never leave the park, and to check in several times a day, Amelia and her friends Issy and Tess, who will be leaving for college, head to Orlando, for once last big hurrah before their lives reshape. What she didn't expect was to meet a handsome boy who doesn't care about her plus size body. Between her parents constantly calling and messaging her, and trying to work out her feelings for Mason, she cannot afford all these distractions from winning the big prize.

This was cute and I will always love when books have a plus size main character!

Thank you Netgalley for an e-arc of this book!

This book was so cute; I love it. I know a magical place inspires it. There were some points that I wanted to scream and yell. When you read it, you will understand. Also, I wanted to cry at some parts. I will read another book by Jenny. I also like it about a plus-size girl because some of us could relate.

i have to start with the cover because it caught my eyes as soon as i scrolled through an arc selection, loved the characters, representations and diversity of the writer’s universe.

i enjoyed the way book started and with the main characters bumping into each other. but i couldn’t grasp to why they started to work together. i’m not sure if it was really that beneficial for both of them. but, for the plot of the book… sure, works.

i loved how even though it’s an ya, the characters had more chemistry than some other romances, i loved to see lia open up and express herself, i also loved her bubbly personality and that young curiosity she brought with her to the trip.

wasn’t that much of a fan of mmc, but liked his initiative and interest in details. but other than that, he didn’t caught my attention as much,

overall, such a cute and interesting story that brings that young prospective on love, friendships and society.