He loves Rowan’s parents books – and is completely book nerdish about it. Neil, named valedictorian, is clearly, incredibly intelligent and adorably dorky. Rowan, whose parents are famous children’s book authors, wants to write romance novels – a hobby of hers that she is keeping quiet since readers and writers of romance novels aren’t respected. These characters are incredibly well thought out and complex. First of all, Neil texts Rowan every morning to wish her a “bad” day and his contact info is stored as “McNightmare” in Rowan’s phone. Their one night together searching out the clues leading them around Seattle leads them to realize, not only are they more alike than they thought – they could have been great friends, and that they actually have real feelings for each other. Taking place over the last 24 hours of high school, bitter archrivals Rowan Roth and Neil McNair set aside their differences to win Howl, the annual Assassin-style scavenger hunt game that all graduating seniors get to play – to say goodbye and to possibly win $5000. I was lucky enough to read this as an eARC (Thanks, Edelweiss) since it isn’t set to be published until July 2020, but I have already pre-ordered a copy for myself! It was that good! One of the best I’ve come across recently is Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon. Given all that’s going in the world today, I have been reading a lot of light-hearted romantic comedies.
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