Betting on You
Reviews
౨ৎ | ‘i spent most of my time feeling like everyone in my life didn’t get me, yet there was glasses, seeing right through me.
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“until your moldova special made me never want to kiss anyone else ever again.”
— ★ 4.5/5
the only reason this is a four point five star is because it took me two hours to read 78 pages the beginning was just slow and kind of boring.
i had mixed feelings on charlie for like 90% of the book. the last 80 pages redeemed him SLIGHTLY still dislike him though.
i love bailey and shes so me i swear. (like hello she runs a book social media?!).
i loved their banter, and their friendship, and i would have loved their relationship if charlie wasnt a dick. but i love bailey so much. lynn painter can write a girl that is so me coded that’s for damn sure!
also fuck theo i hated his dumb ass from the start :)
eu teria amado esse livro se eu fosse uma menina de 14 anos (não me impediu de ter devorado ele rs)
giggling kicking my feet the entire time these too are the loves of my life omg also the cat
obsessedddddd with bailey and charlie!! a real friends to lover, loved the banter between them and i liked we got charlie’s POV even though they were a lot shorter than bailey’s. but yeah fun giggling and kicking your feet book
4.25/5⭐️
This was such a good coming of age YA romance. You really grew with the characters as it went on and you see them mature in page. It was also so cute and while it was a little heavy it balanced out so well. I really enjoyed it and honestly obsessed with Glasses and Mr. Nothing.
2,5 ⭐️ never thought i wouldn't like a lynn’s book but yeah here i am the first 50% was painful, i don’t wanna read a romance book where the main characters are attached to their exes (?) also charlie saying “coworkers” every time she said “friends” really pissed me off
Morphine could never. But this book... this book had me physically shouting and laughing and punching the air all while trying to go about my day. I loved the quirks Bailey and Charlie both had, and BOIIII, i wish I could catch myself a Charlie.
sooo i preordered this book and indigo accidentally shipped it 3 weeks before its release date??? which ironically fell on my birthday. so i’ll take it lynn painter manages to hit the mark with all of her YA books - there is something so special about teenage love, how naive the characters are, the silly mistakes they make when they can’t understand their feelings, and how when they fall in love it’s so wholehearted and with their entire being (and that is what teenage relationships feel like!!). and when it’s well written it’s just so fun to get lost in and feel all the feelings about a universe where you find the love of your life at 17. i don’t want to say more bc i technically shouldn’t even have my hands on this book but i binged it in one night and couldn’t wait to log it in goodreads 🫶🏽
Just such a feel good romance book
I NEED A CHARLIE
i also loved the way the struggles with divorced parents were shown, and how bailey feels kind of guilty that she doesn't like her parents being divorced.
i need him, i am afraid
I initially gave this book 4.5, but after letting it marinate, I revised my rating to 3.5-4 🌟 -I love Bailey and Charlie’s dynamic, relationship build-up, and character development. -imo the closure between Bailey and her mom (and her mom’s boyfriend/her stepfather) was unsatisfying. I don’t think her mom truly listened to her or tried to clear things up much. It felt like her mom just expected Bailey to adapt and move on. I wanted them to have a nicer, more meaningful conversation. -I enjoy the fake dating trope, but the fake kissing part felt meh.
Such a cute romance, this is for the gen Z. The amount of references to modern media had me shook. I don't know what I would do if a guy was into romcoms and listened to Conan Gray and Gracie Abrams.
super cute, loved all of the tay references
4.5 ⭐️ Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. - This was just such an enjoyable read! In my personal opinion it gives Better Than The Movies a run for its money. Bailey and Charlie are such interesting characters and are so fun to read about. AND THE CHEMISTRY. Good lord. No words. The conflict, while being perhaps a little unrealistic, was still so fun and you can understand where each character is coming from in their response. Would definitely recommend a read, this is one you won’t want to miss!
** spoiler alert ** i had high hopes for this because i really loved “better than the movies,” which is by the same author, but i am Very Disappointed 😭 i understand that all the main characters in this book are high schoolers and they are supposed to act like one, but they are so damn annoying to me. BAILEY is such a freaking spoiled brat. i couldn’t stand how unkind she was towards scott, her mother’s boyfriend, when all he ever did was try to get close and be nice to her. NEKESA flirts with another man at work when she’s in a whole relationship, chooses that man over bailey multiple times, and then has the audacity to get mad at bailey for not calling her out after her boyfriend finds out she kissed another man, like… girl… didn’t bailey try to warn you about hanging out with that man and you kept insisting it was fine and that you were “just friends”? aaron does not deserve someone like that imo. And CHARLIE… charlie, charlie, charlie. i really thought he would be the redemption of this book, but he proved to be a red flag when he decided to just ghost bailey after emotionally taking advantage of her when she was in her most vulnerable state. he was such a 🍆 for that, and i wished bailey didn’t forgive him that quickly. bro obviously has some deep-rooted issues that he needs to resolve because if he would ghost people every time he’s scared to face his emotions then… 🤷🏻♀️ ultimately, my feelings about this book are like this all throughout 📈📉📈📉📈 make of that what you will…
este libro es 3.5 solo nomas por las bromitas de the office de vez en cuando y por validar a las que nos gustan los prietos
This book was so perfect, I’m actually bawling my eyes out right now. The friendship and chemistry between Charlie and Bailey was sooooo good, I constantly had a smile on my face whilst reading this. This was a slow-burn, however when the realisation hit that they both loved each other, it made the waiting worth it. I think this might be my new favourite book (it changes quite a lot).
OMGGGG THE BANTER BETWEEN CHARLIE AND BAILEY OMGGGG I’M FRICKING LEVITATING AAAAAAAA
stinkin cute ya book
karma is the guy in moldova coming straight home to me.
divorce kids unite!
Highlights
I wanted my life to be normal again, not some surreal version that had me alone on a ten-hour flight, sitting next to a cynical teen divorce expert, when I should be at home in my childhood bedroom.
same, minus the divorce part
“I love you, Glasses,” he said, his voice rich with feeling as his dark eyes locked on mine.
“I love you, too, Mr. Nothing.”
😭🩷😭🩷😭🩷😭🩷😭🩷😭🩷😭🩷😭🩷
“It took losing her for me to realize that loving her wasn’t even a risk.”
MY GOD.
“When you’re in the room, every single cell in my body—every nerve, every muscle, every breath—is lost in you.”
oh my god. oh. my. god.
“I might possibly have feelings for you that are more than coworkerly.”
KICK MY FEET RIPPING MY HAIR OUT ROLLING ON THE FLOOR TANGINA YES YES YES
“But most of all, I hated that it was making me so fucking jealous.”
OHOHOHOHO
“She was all I could think about, all the time, and sometimes it felt like I’d do anything—anything—just to make sure she was happy.”
😩😩😩
“Somewhere between Omaha and Colorado I’d fallen truly, madly, fucking ridiculously hard for Bailey Mitchell.”
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“We fell into the trap and became “friends” for a hot minute, but somewhere along the way—of course, you dumbass—I became obsessed with the way she blinked fast when she was surprised, the breathy sound of her laugh when she was sleepy, and the way she somehow knew when something was going to upset me, even before I did.”
JUST GET TGT PLEASE
“You are fucking gorgeous when you’re kiss drunk, Mitchell, did you know that?”
LOOORRRDDD
“He kissed me like he’d been holding back for years and was finally giving in.”
RAAAAHHH
“I like feeling your hands on me while I kiss you.”
GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY
“Because regardless of how he meant it, I wanted him to mean it.”
NADALE MO
I smiled in the darkness. Good night, Lover.
STOOOOPPPP
I spent most of my time feeling like everyone in my life didn’t get me, yet there was Glasses, seeing right through me.
☹️☹️
“I wasn’t sure how she knew me so well, how she’d somehow always seen me.”
UEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUYEYE
“But Glasses—the minute I see your move, it’s like the gauntlet has been thrown and I can’t stop until you’re smiling at me.”
STAFET
“It was a little jarring, how well he knew me.
And ugh. I liked it.”
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“Did it, now?” I said, fighting the urge to lean closer. But, fuck. I wanted to lean closer.”
HUEY !! 🤭
“ ‘All Too Well.’ The ten-minute version.”
LMAO
“You’re kind of a pathetic people pleaser.”
i wouldn’t marry me either, a pathological people pleaser 😔
“Just as my phone rang.
It was Charlie.”
I AM SMILING TOO MUCH FROM THIS
“She was twenty things that annoyed me, all rolled into one, but there was something oddly relaxing about being around her.”
IHHHH 😞🫵🏻
“For me it’s soda. He drinks gallons of regular Coke, but then I can’t—”
“You can’t make your halfsies,” he interrupted, his mouth turning up in a small smile.
A startled laugh escaped me. I was shocked that he would immediately remember the soda and get it. “Bingo.”
Also—wow—was that a genuine smile?
KINIKILIG AKO INANGYAN