Happily Ever Afters

De: Elise Bryant

Narrado por: Jordan Cobb

Jane the
Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect
for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers
of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt
like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely seen herself reflected in
the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she’s a true leading lady
is in her own writing—in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline,
her best friend and #1 devoted reader.

When Tessa is accepted into the creative
writing program of a prestigious art school, she’s excited to finally let her
stories shine. But when she goes to her first workshop, the words are
just...gone. Fortunately, Caroline has a solution: Tessa just needs to find
some inspiration in a real-life love story of her own. And she’s ready with a
list of romance novel-inspired steps to a happily ever after. Nico, the
brooding artist who looks like he walked out of one of Tessa’s stories, is cast
as the perfect Prince Charming.

But as Tessa checks each item off Caroline’s
list, she gets further and further away from herself. She risks losing everything
she cares about—including the surprising bond she develops with sweet Sam, who
lives across the street. She’s well on her way to having her own real-life love
story, but is it the one she wants, after all?

wonderful read!

I loved this book! Elise bryant is such a wonderful story teller and I cannot wait to read her next book!

Fun read with great characters

Engaging, witty, great characters and love the journey of Tessa - the challenges, realizations and working through anxiety

The book I didn’t I needed!

I was Tessa in HS! Elise Bryant brings so much joy and layers of reality to an experience we all have but perhaps never speak about. Also! Representation Matters! And...lastly I didn’t know how much I missed Long Beach until I read this book.

Must read

It first the main character was not my cup of tea with her mind step but I ended up understanding her in the end. Very sweet inspiring story

The longest disappointment

I had so many high hopes for this novel. a story of a mixed race author of both fanfiction and romance novels. a girl transferring to one of those schools for the arts that I would have died to go to. a love triangle.

however Tessa is mostly just whiney, her anxiety comes off as contrived and the fact that she keeps dancing around the same issues over and over is just exhausting.

maybe if the book had been less than 10 hours (audio) and 380 pages (physical) then the story wouldn't have suffered from the pacing issues that it did.

while I disliked Tessa and nearly everything she did, I got through this story for Sam and caroline. I wish that there was a true resolution for their sake, and mine because now I will never know how it ends up. I am NOT reading the second book.