Name: Here's to Us
Rating: 3.913636363636364 (110 reviews)
ISBN: 9781398505209

Adam Silvera

Becky Albertalli

In the follow-up to their charming New York Times bestseller, What If It's Us, best friends Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda) and Adam Silvera (They Both Die At The End) reunite to give Arthur and Ben another shot at true love. From the creator of 13 Reasons Why, What If It's Us is soon to be a feature film!

Here's to Us

Ben survived freshman year of college, but he’s feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan’s been acting weird for weeks. Ben’s only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who’s been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses. Mario’s big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger—and the choices he makes now could be the key to reshaping his future. So why can’t he stop thinking about a certain boy from his past? Arthur is back in New York City for the first time in two years, ready to take the theater world by a storm as the world’s best . . . intern to the assistant of an off-off-Broadway director. Of course, it sucks to be spending the summer apart from his sweet, reliable boyfriend, Mikey, but he knows their relationship is strong enough to weather the distance. Which is why it’s no big deal when his ex-boyfriend Ben stumbles back into the picture. And it’s definitely fine that Ben’s blissfully happy with some mystery boy. First loves are special, but it’s way too late for what-ifs. Right? Even as the boys try to shake off the past, they keep running into each other in the present. Is this the universe trying to tell them there’s a do-over in their future?

Riel Reyes

** spoiler alert **
           I sobbed while playing Try Again by Jaehyun in the last few chapters, and then Chasing Pavements played while I was reading the part where Ben went to Arthur to confess that he also loves him up to the part where they went home to get down AAAAAAA crazy 😭🫶

I think that we are so used to seeing stories of teenagers being so mature in life that when we read teenagers being teenagers it’s weird.

Ani Velasquez

I enjoyed it more than the first book.

I think that we are so used to seeing stories of teenagers being so mature in life that when we read teenagers being teenagers it’s weird.

Very satisfied with the ending. 

I was blown away by this book. Which I will admit I am surprised at since I felt the first book was good, but not great. However this book was just beautiful to read. I found myself relating to the 'what ifs' and the 'maybes'. Normally first love tropes tend to bore me, but this wasn't a simple first loves who get married. This was first loves, who find there way back together in the most sincere way I've probably ever read. The end was truly a masterpiece, it stopped at the right moment and wasn't out of place at all!

Jasmin Ricklin

less pop culture references but somehow they 

my undergrad university??? like, what are the odds, honestly.

ash (smokedshelves)

less pop culture references but somehow they name my undergrad university??? like, what are the odds, honestly.

Megan Lowe

Delaney Woods 

actual rating probably a 3.5. i listened to this on audio because i had read the first one but i didn’t remember any of it. this book was cute and i loved the epilogue. i really didn’t like what happened with arthur and mikey but i loved dylan, he was so funny

Steph L 

This book was so cute!!! I loved the characters and the story so much.

Princess Twasam 

This was a really good conclusion to Arthur and Ben’s story. The first book left me a bit heartbroken but this book really showcased normal relationships when sometimes they just don’t work out. Dylan was still Dylan which was amazing and there was a plot twist that I was not expecting at all. 

tilly ✨

i was ready for a three star rating but then that fucking epilogue my god
the harry potter shit was erased and they even toned down the hamilton shit BUT it was replaced by six, MORE evan hansen, and a character who never made a physical appearance in any scene and whom we were nevertheless supposed to care about because he was just so close to arthur but whose pronouns we only found out in the epilogue (who the fuck is musa??)
they took the “you don’t do shit with their backgrounds other than drop them for brownie points” on board and fleshed out the characters more, but they were still just as cringey (also just for the main characters, the rest is still just brownie points). there was still a complete lack of plot and i’m SO tired of miscommunication and love triangles (or squares) as plot devices, especially when things are so glaringly obvious
speaking of which, wow who knew the dylan and samantha thing was coming woah definitely not me when the hints were all over the book because guess what i’m not as oblivious as ben “i can’t believe this is happening” alejo and arthur “i never saw it coming” seuss
i’m tired
they improved but then they didn’t
also i was literally bitching today about how annoyed i am when lecturers promote their phd dissertations in class and it felt exactly the same way when arthur told ben to “stop reading that YA book where everyone dies at the end” we get it adam silvera is a new york times bestseller!!! but he also supports nfts so idgaf!!! 
anyway it was bad folks i didn’t like it

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