Lynn Painter

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student. For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: strong-willed girl-next-door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off to UCLA to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck. Wes was left dealing with the fallout, which ultimately meant losing Liz in the process. Flash forward months and months later and Wes and Liz find themselves in college, together. In a healthier place now, Wes knows he broke Liz’s heart when he ended things, but he is determined to make her fall back in love with him. Wes knows Liz better than anyone, and he has a foolproof plan to win her back with the rom-com worthy big gestures she loves. Only…Liz will have none of it. Wes has to scheme like a rom-com hero to figure out how to see her. Even worse, Liz has a new friend…a guy friend. Still, Wes won’t give up, adapting his clever plans and going hard to get Liz’s attention and win back her affection. But after his best efforts get him nowhere, Wes is left wondering if their relationship is really over for good.

Nothing Like the Movies

one of the few, if not the only, english romance book that i did not cringe over.

lala

i was like, "no, i can't read this. ignorance is bliss" and then proceed on reading it. "bttm doesn't need a sequel." OH YES IT DOES. 

for starters, i HATE second chances trope because idw them to break up. like why do they have to? so i was hesitant at first if i should read nltm or not, but i still did lol. 

you definitely need to read bttm first to get a clear gasp of everything, but i have to say (i hate to say this) that i guess, i liked nltm more than the first book. 

i love the college life, the character development, the angst, the grief—everything for that matter. i was so SCARED of starting this novel, i was so wrong for that tbh. i did not cry about their break-up, i did not cry because they have fallen apart, but i did spend consecutive nights crying my heart out of how painful it is to me to read the story of wes and liz. their experiences had me sobbing so hard :'(( i can't get mad or annoyed at their decisions because ik it hurts so bad. ik that if i were in their shoes, i'd probably do the same thing or i'd probably resort to something worse. 

nltm had me spiraling w all my emotions scattered around the place. it hurts so bad that i love it; i love it because it hurts so bad. 

the wes and liz that i loved during bttm is still there. idc what anyone says, i felt like this sequel is a need. if you think you're going to cry because they broke up, think again. [ and read it, so you'll know ] 

i want the hardcopy so bad, and i'll probably get one soon. until then, i'll probably miss them both so much. 

this is also getting me to watch more romcoms LOL, and i will. : pp

kshi

i was like, "no, i can't read this. ignorance is bliss" and then proceed on reading it. "bttm doesn't need a sequel." OH YES IT DOES. 

for starters, i HATE second chances trope because idw them to break up. like why do they have to? so i was hesitant at first if i should read nltm or not, but i still did lol. 

you definitely need to read bttm first to get a clear gasp of everything, but i have to say (i hate to say this) that i guess, i liked nltm more than the first book. 

i love the college life, the character development, the angst, the grief—everything for that matter. i was so SCARED of starting this novel, i was so wrong for that tbh. i did not cry about their break-up, i did not cry because they have fallen apart, but i did spend consecutive nights crying my heart out of how painful it is to me to read the story of wes and liz. their experiences had me sobbing so hard :'(( i can't get mad or annoyed at their decisions because ik it hurts so bad. ik that if i were in their shoes, i'd probably do the same thing or i'd probably resort to something worse. 

nltm had me spiraling w all my emotions scattered around the place. it hurts so bad that i love it; i love it because it hurts so bad. 

the wes and liz that i loved during bttm is still there. idc what anyone says, i felt like this sequel is a need. if you think you're going to cry because they broke up, think again. [ and read it, so you'll know ] 

i want the hardcopy so bad, and i'll probably get one soon. until then, i'll probably miss them both so much. 

this is also getting me to watch more romcoms LOL, and i will. : pp

I’m going to put this book away and pretend it doesn’t exist 

irina

amazing, my only kinda like “complaint” about it was the fact that we weren’t clued much in on Liz’s new found hate for romanticism  because like yeah after that break up i totally get it but the reason she was like that was because of her mother, like i wish we went into that since it was such an integral part of better than the movies. Like yeah she’s unromantic now but how does that and not being able to not talk to her mom’s grave affect her? how does she keep that part of her mom with her??? like i wish that was elaborated on during her points even if it isn’t necessarily a book about her.

melanie

No words; so incredibly beautiful. I love love. 

Zoë Mauldin

idc what anyone else says, this book was GREAT. i will say liz was pissing me off majority of the book bc she was acting like a scorned woman while wes just wanted a smooch. i love these characters so much i hold them very near and dear to my heart so having a whole book about them again felt like home 🫶🏼

julie reads

Idc what people say this book was great. Unnecessary maybe but never the less it was still good. 

Josie h

3.9 i like the book but it just took wayy too long for them to get together, she finally confessed she loved him at 96% of book when he got badly injured, like cmon on, we don’t see them as a real couple in the first book and we barely do in this book, i just want to see them happy together for more than a chapter and i can’t really even remember what happens in the first half of the book, i feel like it really started when they went to their home town and finally spoke to each other, wes had it little too hard but i also understand why lib wasn’t going to fall back immediately because he did it to himself bc why did he tell her he cheated like damn, i like the friends and clark was probably best character, ok the end 

Nothing Like the Movies

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