Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A Book Review Starring "What Happy Looks Like" by Jennifer E. Smith

The short version:
Maine teen Ellie has been emailing with Californian Graham for three months after he mistypes a friend's email and finds her instead. Little does she know that the movie production coming to her quaint seaside town has been arranged by this hot, budding movie star so he can finally meet the girl he's fallen for via email.

The long version:
Jennifer E. Smith is really good at doing what she does. This is the second of her three two-person, character-focused romance-dramas and every time she manages to create a lovely little book you can't put down. It flows, it's sweet and thoughtful, it draws you in. True, the boys are a little to left of YA boy fantasy, but not so much so that they're caricatures of real life.

She doesn't delve into the explicit or overtly sexual and still manages to come across as realistic and highly entertaining. Clearly she knows her stuff.

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