Just Like the Movies
Ebook
Overview
Pretty, popular Marijke Monti and over-achieving nerd-girl Lily Spencer have little in common-except that neither feels successful when it comes to love. Marijke can’t get her boyfriend to say “I love you” and Lily can’t get a boyfriend at all. When the girls end up at a late night showing of Titanic, sniffling along with the sinking ship, they realize that their love lives could-and should-be better. Which sparks an idea: Why can’t life be like a movie? Why can’t they create perfect romantic situations? Now they have a budding friendship and a plan-to act out grand gestures and get the guys of their dreams. It seems like fun at first, but reality turns out to be much more complicated, and they didn’t take into account that finding true love usually requires finding yourself first.
Why can’t life be like the movies?? This fresh, fun, looking-for-love story takes its cues from the silver screen
Unique, commercial premise with depth: The movie project provides a great entry point for teens, but the relationships between family and friends make this more than just a throw away romance
Funny, sweet contemporary romance: We’ve been hearing requests for more contemporary romance and this hits all the right notes with lovable characters, cute love interests, and heartfelt writing that will resonate with teens
Good follow-up to Taste Test: This fun, funny, romantic story will only broaden Kelly’s audience, by taking it out of reality T.V. and digging deeper in to the emotional ups and downs of normal teen life
Great Author to build: Kelly is smart, savvy, and as a high school English teacher, is very in tune with her audience.
These characters are just plain likable. They’re complex and interesting, and earned sympathy goes a long way toward making the book such an enjoyable read... Big on charm, Fiore’s sophomore novel is a solid entry in the genre it clearly loves.
A lot of fun, and Fiore (Taste Test) also works in some girl-power advice about not letting a boy become one’s whole life.
Fiore’s latest novel is sweet enough to make readers want to revisit Lloyd Dobler’s iconic romance in the seminal teen film, Say Anything, and plan their own grand gestures of love.
This novel will appeal most to girls looking for a sweet and uncomplicated teen romance. It will find a ready audience in most school and public libraries.
Fiore engagingly promotes female self-respect and personal growth... Cute boys and plentiful kisses will appeal, and teen readers, particularly of the female variety, will likely relate to the belief that with just the right orchestration and execution of an interaction, undeniable mutual love will reveal itself.
Has enough spice to keep readers feasting all the way through. . . . contestants may lose, but readers won’t.
The perfect recipe for love!
- Title: Just Like the Movies
- Author: Kelly Fiore
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781619633551, 9781619633544, 161963354X, 1619633558
- Resource ID: LLS:9781619633551
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:32:10Z
Kelly Fiore is the author of Taste Test. When she's not writing, you can find her in the kitchen, trying new recipes and rocking out to Def Leppard. A former high school English teacher, Kelly lives in Maryland with her husband and son.
www.kellyfiorewrites.com
@kellyannfiore