If you loved Better than the Movies and are looking for something similar, or if you just love rom-coms, these books are perfect for you. Now that Michael is back, she wants more than anything to be noticed by him. But, in order to catch his attention, she must enlist the help of her annoying next-door neighbor, Wes Bennet.
Liz and Wes have been pranking each other their whole lives. The two start scheming to get Liz and Michael together in time for prom, but Liz ends up growing closer to Wes instead.
It turns out that her chance at a rom-com kind of love might have been right in front of her the whole time. Better than the Movies was my introduction to Lynn Painter. Marketed as a rom-com about rom-coms, each chapter starts with a quote from a classic romantic comedy.
Painter lives up to the romances of the past by creating a nostalgic story filled with swoon-worthy moments between Wes and Liz. Stuck in a time loop, she has to repeatedly watch as her boyfriend cheats on her and her life goes up in smoke. She also keeps running into Nick, getting to know him as the days repeat. When you specialize in rom-coms, I feel like it can be easy to write books that all seem the same, but The Do-Over has the unique element of the time loop.
While Emilie has to relive the worst day of her life, she ends up finding love with Nick. The only downside is that Nick forgets their moments together every time the loop resets, which creates the most interesting dynamic between the two. Somehow, their relationship still feels like it moves forward. She learns so much about herself and blossoms as a person.
