I picked this up on a whim when I was craving for something fun and I really had no high expectations before getting into it but this turned out to be a super fun read. “ And not after, when we’re clinging to each other like the world just fell apart and is slowly clicking back together, piece by piece, breath by breath . . . heartbeat by beautiful heartbeat.” The choice is both simpler and more complicated than she realizes, because Porter Roth is hiding a secret of his own: Porter is Alex…Approximately.

But life is whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers that tricky fine line between hate, love, and whatever it is she’s starting to feel for Porter.Īnd as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter. Or that she’s being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth-a.k.a. Or that she’s landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum.

Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush.įaced with doubts (what if he’s a creep in real life-or worse?), Bailey doesn’t tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. The one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams-she just doesn’t know it yet.Ĭlassic movie fan Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online as Alex. GENRE: Young-Adult , Contemporary, Romance.

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