I'm a sucker for a romantic comedy, so I enjoyed this even though it was predictable and a little melodramatic. The main source of melodrama was Jake's renunciation of his older brother Finn. It felt to me like Jake was overreacting to pretty understandable/forgivable behavior on Finn's part. And then overreacting to completely understandable/forgivable behavior on Mia's part. But romances need drama.

I was going to give it three stars, then just thinking about the ending made me smile so I'll bump it up to four. This is a good escape into a fun story with diverse characters. ( )

Actual Rating: 3.75 stars

A light hearted YA romance - sweet and cute but short on substance. ( )

Serviceable, predictable, but cute all at the same time. Some of the inevitable time-wasting with Ben was frustrating, but I thought this was a nice, light-hearted story with cheesy banter. ( )

this was.... sorta bad ( )

This was a very well done take on a much used trope. Mia and Jake's moms are best friends and since they live across the street from each other, their dreams of the two kids getting together grew from childhood. Now in high school, after years of car rides, dim sum Sundays and other shared family events the two can hardly bear each other. When Mia finally catches the eye of handsome Ben, she decides to band together with Jake to fool their moms into thinking their years long hopes have been realized, only to stage a big break up to dissuade them from future matchmaking. The book has it all, there are some deeper family issues explored, as well as a fun 'double' date scene that hit home for the pair. ( )