Audrey is over romance. Since her parents’ relationship imploded her mother’s been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But that doesn’t mean things are easy. Because real love isn’t like the movies…
The greatest love story ever told doesn’t feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It features pain and confusion and hope and wonder and a ban on cheesy clichés. Oh, and zombies… YA star Holly Bourne tackles real love in this hugely funny and poignant novel. (taken from goodreads.com)
I was very nervous to read this book. I knew from the first five pages of this book that it was going to destroy me, and boy was I correct.
This book is a feminist take down of the manic pixie girl trope and I LOVED IT.
Audrey’s home life is messy, her dad has moved out and her brother is away at Uni. She’s drifted from her friends and feels like she can’t be herself with anyone. She starts working at the local fancy cinema and before she knows it things are changing and she’s relying on others more than before.
Audrey is messy, and she doesn’t try to be anything else. She knows she’s going through some tough stuff and doesn’t let anyone tell her she’s perfect and shiny.
This book is honest. Its open and honest about being a young women, about falling in love and about having your life turned upside down. I cried finishing this book.
Harry is charming and knows he is. He knows he can do whatever he wants and people will still love him. I was rooting for him to be different, for everyone to be wrong about him, but no.
Her friends are fierce and strong women who want to be by her side the whole time. And then we have Rosie, who thrives on tearing down other women.
Her father is a horrible man and her step-mom is not so nice either.
This book was amazing and I loved the way nothing was sugarcoated. Audrey’s voice is strong and she grows throughout the novel. Its about Audrey falling in love for the first time, having her heartbroken many times and learning to trust the people who want to be there for her.
I HIGHLY recommend this book!! SO AMAZING!!