ARC Review: Love in the Friend Zone (Grad Night #1) by Molly E. Lee
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Series: Grad Night #1
Author: Molly E. Lee
Published August 14th 2017 by Entangled Publishing, LLC (Crush)
Goodreads Synopsis
The only thing worse than not being able to tell your best friend you’re head over heels in love with him? Having to smile and nod when he enlists your help to ensnare the girl of his dreams.
Braylen didn’t even want to go to Lennon Pryor’s epic graduation-night party, but when Fynn begs her to be his “wingwoman,” she can’t deny him. Talking up her BFF—how he’s magic behind a camera, with a killer sense of humor and eyelashes that frame the most gorgeous blue eyes in the history of forever—is easy. Supporting his efforts to woo someone so completely wrong for him? Not so much.
Fynn knows that grad night is his last shot before leaving for college to find true love. And thanks to Bray, he gets his chance with the beautiful Katy Evans. But over the course of the coolest party of their high school careers, he starts to see that perhaps what he really wants has been in front of him all along. Bray’s been his best friend since kindergarten, though, and he’d rather have her in his life as a friend than not at all.
Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains one epic party, complete with every high-schoolers-gone-bad shenanigan, and two best friends whose sexual chemistry is off the charts…if only they’d succumb to it.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
This book was the first I read in 2018, and it was such a fun and nice read to kickstart my year. After finishing high school, Braylen is dragged along to the big graduation party, by best friend Fynn, even though she's not feeling it. Fynn begs Braylen to go along to be his 'wing-woman', and she can't deny him anything. The only issue, she's been falling for him over the years, and the thought of helping him get with his crush, the beautiful Katy, is actually painful, but she'll do it for him. Fynn starts the night off with the sole intention of getting Katy to fall for him, but as the night progresses - as the book only really takes place in one night - he realises that all of the things that he loves about Braylen aren't just the things that make them friends, but could also be what he's always wanted, and she could actually be his dream girl.
I do love me a good friends-to-lovers trope. Sometimes it can be down badly, but I liked this one, even if it was a little far fetched and fast. Braylen and Fynn sort of pretend to be together in order to get Katy's attention, and by doing so, they realise it's actually just better to be together, and not pretend. It was dead quick, but I sort of allowed it because of how long they'd been friends for - it wasn't like they had just met. Yep, I wouldn't say this book was one for the ages, but it's definitely one I enjoyed, and I think most lovers of YA Contemporaries would feel the same.
Dates Read:
January 1, 2018Rating
4 Stars
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