Tilly has been roped into a scheme by her best friend, Teddy, to help him land the girl he currently has a crush on: Katherine Cooper-Bunting. Thus, Tilly helps Teddy prepare an audition for the local play. Sincer Katherine is an aspiring actor. Too bad Tilly doesn’t consider herself creative.

What TIlly also doesn’t bank on is developing feelings for Katherine Cooper-Bunting. And have those feelings reciprocated. To top it all off, Tilly also has to help out as her Grandfather, who has Alzheimers’s, moves into their house. 
 

Thanks to NetGalley and Farrar, Straus, and Giroux for an advanced copy of Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann to review! I am officially into reviewing 2024 books, which feels both weird and exciting. And it looks like there are some great books coming out this January you’ll want to keep your eyes on! 

This is a very character/dialogue driven story. Though I’m not an English teen, the tone and the pace of the dialogue did feel accurate to teens, and Brueggemann overall does a great job of capturing that teen feeling. There’s some love drama, some trying to figure out where your future is going, some trying to figure out family drama. It all works together pretty well.

At times, however, the story did feel a bit repetitive to me. I think that’s due in part to the miscommunication trope, which isn’t my favorite in rom-coms. Just talk to each other already! Especially when it came to Teddy and Tilly. I know grief partly factored into it, I just wish they had been able to work things out sooner.

Despite that, there are some well developed relationships throughout, and the characters were pretty well rounded. It’s a light, fun read which will be great to start out the year 2024 with!