I bought this book on a rim, since I'm not the biggest fan of romance books. Nevertheless, I thought that I'd give it a go, since it said that it wanted to call out all the romantic movie cliches really caught my attention! Well, I was disappointed in this book, because it ended up being one big cliche itself... ❇
‌Audrey (who's the main character in the book) is a normal 17 year old girl that has a rough time at home because of her parents' divorce and on top of that, her boyfriend dumped her for another girl. In the whole book, she can't stop telling us how emotionally unstable she is and how all the guys are dead to her and she can't even fanthom starting a new relationship. All that until she meets Harry, a fuckboy and a shameless flirt. ❇
The only moment in the book when I was cheering for Audrey was when she totally slammed Harry for flirting with her and asked him to stop, since she cannot handle it right now. I was like "you go girl!!", because finally a girl held her ground and didn't swoon when a pretty boy starts complimenting her! Well, my happiness lasted so long, because as soon as Harry's flirtations stopped, Audrey found herself falling for him! If that's not a frickin cliche, I don't know what is! ❇
A few pages later, we find Harry in Audrey's doorstep pleading for her love and she entertaines the idea that a guy like him can change just because he has an infatuation with her! Do you smell cliche again, or is it just me? So they got together and then they broke up, because he cheats on her! Oh, what a surprise! The ending, was also what I expected it to be, and because it went on a different route than most romantic books/movies it's not enough to save the whole book. ❇
My main problem with the book was not that it is predictable. Not at all. My problem with the book is that it made fun of movies like "The Notebook", or "Romeo and Juliet" claiming they don't possess the elements of a true love story and compared them to movies like "Before Sunrise" and "Cinema Paradiso", when the whole book had every element it claimed a true love story shouldn't have! It called off cliche romantic movies, saying they were unrealistic, when Harry and Audrey's relationship was totally predictable and like every other relationship we have already read about! I would have enjoyed the book so much more, if it was just the story of a broken girl that meets the wrong boy and the navigation of their romance through movies, not an homage to supposedly true love.