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The Going to the Movies Collection (Boxed Set): Better Than the Movies; Nothing Like the Movies

by Lynn Painter

A two-book romantic comedy collection about expectations and growing closer

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A two-book romantic comedy collection about expectations and growing closer

This boxed set brings together both novels in Lynn Painter’s young adult romance duology, following Liz Buxbaum’s changing ideas about love. In the first book, her effort to catch the attention of a longtime crush draws her into a plan with her prickly next-door neighbor, Wes. The second picks up after Liz leaves for college and describes a romance facing separation. Across the pair, prom-daydreams, childhood friction, and a relationship’s changing circumstances connect the story, while the collection’s two-book format lets readers follow the relationship across both installments.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in romantic comedy fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving childhood neighbors and shifting romantic expectations.
  • Shoppers seeking both Better Than the Movies and Nothing Like the Movies in one paperback boxed set.

Themes

Romantic expectationsNeighbors and childhood historyGrowing closerSeparation and reconciliation

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Book overview

The New York Times bestselling Better Than the Movies rom-com duology by Lynn Painter about the relationship between a hopeless romantic and the boy next door is now available in one collectible paperback boxed set!

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he's back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar--and maybe snag him as a prom date--even befriend Wes Bennet.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz's butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz's in.

But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she's shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love--and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

Then, Liz's whirlwind romance comes to a heartbreaking end when she goes off to college, and it's up to her sweetheart to win her back through the rom-com big gestures she loves.

This charming paperback boxed set includes:
Better Than the Movies
Nothing Like the Movies
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