His family's small bookstore chain is flourishing, Her family's bookstore is closing at the end of August. Both stores are on the same block. I don't recall how this book ended up on my library hold list, but since I was notified that my hold was available, it's clear at some point I heard about this book and added it to my holds!
I started reading it and for the first few pages, I was not particularly intrigued. I gave it a few more pages and I found myself getting more and more drawn into Madeline's world. This YA romance is an enemies-to-lovers tale and is a retelling of the movie You've Got Mail (starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks). The main characters are just out of high school and so this book is about endings and beginnings, worries and hopes for what the future will bring.
Madeline has body-esteem issues, and in other books I would have been turned off. However in this book, she is only 17 so it's more understandable. Plus and most importantly, you see her working on reframing her negative thoughts, and this to me seemed very authentic. The writing style and Madeline's interior dialogue were just the right amounts of funny, self-deprecating, and sweet.
4 stars for a delightful summer before college tale!
