Lynn Painter

Wes & Liz's College Road Trip

Sophia

“Do you know,” I started, going up on my tiptoes to bring my mouth closer to his. “How much I love it when you push me around?”

His mouth turned up in a teasing grin and he put his big hands on my face. His eyes were bright as he looked down at me and said quietly, “I do, actually.”

“No.” Not smiling was impossible when Wes looked at me like that, like he wanted to kiss me and tousle my hair, all at the same time.

I don’t know what came over me, but I heard myself say the words , “Do you know how much I love you?”

Kimmy Hobden

Now I want to be called a Taylor Swift song 🥺

Gabriella Parker

It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.

Because Liz Buxbaum was supposed to be laughing and romantic - she’d been born in a daydream and been built on love stories, for God’s sake - so seeing her devastated was the worst.

“It’s pathetic how much you want me.”

I put my mouth next to her ear and said, “We’re gonna get arrested if you keep pawing me in public, Buxbaum.”

She gave my chest a little push and stepped back, her eyes squinting as she grinned up at me. “I was tending to your wounds.”

“You were rounding second base,” I said, messing with her hair, knowing it’d make her smack my hand.

She rolled her eyes and slapped at me - my God, I loved her so fucking much - before muttering, “Your pecs aren’t second base, dispshit.”

 - before muttering , “Your pecs aren’t second base, dispshit.”

Her being my girlfriend was still kind of surreal, in and of itself.

I mean, last week when we watched Titanic in her living room and she’d fallen asleep with her head on my chest, I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that Liz was sleeping on me on the couch that sat next to the piano that I used to listen to her play through the back windows.

 was a bit of a mind screw, getting the girl you’d always been preoccupied with.

I took a drink and watched as she adjusted the mirror, pulled out her lipstick, and re-applied.

“Do you realize we could’ve been doing this for years if you weren’t such a pain in the ass?”

Macy

A tiny part of me was still sad about the waning hours left in our wonder years, but the scuffle in the bathroom had showed me that I could weather all the changes that the future held.

Because as long as I had them in my life, I had everything.

i loved the bonus content that takes place right after the main story.

wes is a changed man!!! that feminist bro shirt is a slay😎😎 and HES A TAYLOR SWIFT FAN NOW

i loved the bonus content that takes place right after the main story.

liz and wes my loves 🫶

wes is a changed man!!! that feminist bro shirt is a slay😎😎 and HES A TAYLOR SWIFT FAN NOW

my girl liz is so strong i love her 🫶

(this took 48 minutes to finish)

Wes and Liz's College Road Trip

Keira 💫

Cherryreads

celene

crying rn,,,, i love wesliz saur much u don’t understand hcjdndj 😭

victoria

Jasmine

I love seeing Wes & Liz as an official couple<33 but I think I just wanted more from this extended novella. I really enjoyed so much of this and it's so great seeing them with Liz's family and just how well everyone fits together now, and Liz managing her greif while letting others like Helena in. Also, this served to remind me how much I want to see them in college.

I forgot how much I loved these two. Hold smokes literally fell in love all over again 🫶

Shanthu

Yami🌷

Completamente enamorada de estos dos y esta novela era todo lo que necesitaba, definitivamente fue todo lo que me falto en better than the movies

Y muchas gracias Lynn por darnos al fin el pov de Wes🤧

Basta de verdad que no puedo con lo lindo que fue todo, el viaje, los tatuajes pero mi parte favorita fue que se dijeran te amo💗

Fátima

cris 🫀

Que novela más linda, fue como fangirlear en cada párrafo. 

GRACIAS LYNN POR DARNOS PARTES NARRADAS POR WES. Y ahí fue cuando me di cuenta que lamentablemente conocemos tan poco de la vida de Wes, no teníamos idea de la relación que tenían sus padres y lo mal que iba, mucho menos toda la presión que pone su papá en él. Realmente me hubiera gustado conocerlo para por su pov en BTTM.

Cuando terminé BTTM me percaté que no se habían dicho “te amo” y casi me dio algo, pero gracias al cielo aquí se lo dicen y todo es muy tierno. Finalmente Liz tuvo el final que merecía con respecto a su madre, logra hacer las pases con ella.

Me encantó todo.

“It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song. She was. Vibey and romantic, but with the uncanny ability to reach inside of you and grab your heart with her absolute specificity.”

diana

my children i miss them so much ☹️☹️

Kate Galloway 

I will NEVER be able to get enough of Wes and Liz!!!!

adriana.

I will always freakin love these two 😭🥺🤍


ps: I have a canon au where these two stay together throughout college and liz gets preggo with a baby girl whom they name after liz’s mom 🥹🥹🥹 

ALSO LIKE THE BABY WILL HAVE LIZ’S RED HAIR AND WES WILL BE SO SMITTEN LIKE I JUST KNOW SHE’LL HAVE HIM WRAPPED AROUND HER FINGER 😭😭😭

imma just go now.


5 out of 5 stars



“It was weird. I'd always assumed if a person finally got with the person they'd been into forever, the reality would fall short. Surely that person couldn't be as amazing as the other had made them out to be in their head for so long, right?

Somehow, though, Liz was better.

It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she'd subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.

She was.” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

It was weird. I’d always assumed if a person finally got with the person they’d been into forever, the reality would fall short. Surely that person couldn’t be as amazing as the other had made them out to be in their head for so long, right? 

It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song. She was.

Vibey and romantic, but with the uncanny ability to reach inside of you and grab your heart with her absolute specificity. Liz Buxbaum wasn’t just a redhead; no, she was a girl whose hair was the color of the late September maple leaves that fluttered on the home base tree in her front yard. 

And Liz Buxbaum didn’t just wear a sweater, for God’s sake. No, she wore an apple green cardigan that smelled like Chanel No.5 and the front seat of your car, where she’d left it for a week. 

She said it reminded her of the way the rain sounded on the roof the first time you kissed her. 

Had anyone ever been that pathetic before? 

shar

It was weird. I’d always assumed if a person finally got with the person they’d been into forever, the reality would fall short. Surely that person couldn’t be as amazing as the other had made them out to be in their head for so long, right? 
Somehow, though, Liz was better. 

It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song. She was.
Vibey and romantic, but with the uncanny ability to reach inside of you and grab your heart with her absolute specificity. Liz Buxbaum wasn’t just a redhead; no, she was a girl whose hair was the color of the late September maple leaves that fluttered on the home base tree in her front yard. 

And Liz Buxbaum didn’t just wear a sweater, for God’s sake. No, she wore an apple green cardigan that smelled like Chanel No.5 and the front seat of your car, where she’d left it for a week. 

She said it reminded her of the way the rain sounded on the roof the first time you kissed her. 
Taylor. Fucking. Swift. 
Had anyone ever been that pathetic before? 
Probably not, but I blamed Liz.

need my man to call me a taylor swift song or i don't want it!

Yulianny D'giovanni 

I would most definitely give this a million stars if I can! I love this so much and I wish that this would become a whole series until Wes and Liz have their own family and even grandkids. 

Wes saying that Liz is a Taylor Swift song just melted me into pieces as a Swiftie. Also how she doesn’t like her crying because she’s just supposed to be filled with daydreams and love is just 

I was overjoyed when I found out that there were bonus scenes to “Better than the Movies” and I literally read all of this in one sitting. It was most definitely worth it and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it to everyone who’s loved “Better than the Movies”.

I would most definitely give this a million stars if I can! I love this so much and I wish that this would become a whole series until Wes and Liz have their own family and even grandkids. 

Wes saying that Liz is a Taylor Swift song just melted me into pieces as a Swiftie. Also how she doesn’t like her crying because she’s just supposed to be filled with daydreams and love is just chef’s kiss.

I was overjoyed when I found out that there were bonus scenes to “Better than the Movies” and I literally read all of this in one sitting. It was most definitely worth it and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it to everyone who’s loved “Better than the Movies”.