2 starsI mean, it was okay I guess? I just strongly disliked didn't really care for the MC, Tessa. She was really self-absorbed and whiny, unfortunately. But, hey, it was a good debut and I'm looking forward to the sequel about Lenore next year. *now prepare yourself for some passive-aggressive ranting*Let's start with Tessa. As said before, very whiny, selfish, etc., etc. The whole of this book was based on her sniveling for a certain, already taken someone to fall in love with her whilst s...

Reading this book as just like watching a teen rom-com from the 80s and I just ate that right up. Tessa loves to write romance, and when her family moves, she gets into a prestigious arts school where she is going to be a part of their writing program. Tessa has never actually shared her writing with anyone but her best friend, but she's excited to write and have this new experience. But the first day, she freezes up and finds herself not being able to write. Anything. The solution her best frie...

This book was definitely cute! But I have never witnessed such a self sabotaging main character like,Tessa, OMG! I found her accepting all the problematic nature of dream boy, Nico, and the villainization of Poppy, even though she was the one trying to steal her boyfriend, to be so annoying. Haven’t we moved past the days of having the main girl hate the “perfect” popular girl who has the “perfect” popular boyfriend? And I get the whole point was to see Tessa’s growth in the end, but I felt we d...

like Jane the Virgin??? black girl magic ?? wake me up when this is out

I had an amazing time listening to the audiobook, and I want this book to be translated immediately. It gave me all the To All the Boys vibes, with a main character who wants to be a romance author, and a boy who's an amazing baker, baking stuff that I could practically smell, it sounded so good.I loved how much this book let its main character be messy. She has flaws, she fucks up, she struggles to make the right decisions, and it was so good to see her get that space to grow and learn what she...

June 10, 2020: The cutest cover has just been revealed and I'm so excited to meet Tessa! Mainly because books about readers is THE theme and also because 'creating your own real life love story' sounds fun and I need pointers so I don't stay single forever so yeah, EXCITED.

I loved Happily Ever Afters. The story is cute and talks about important issues. Tessa grew up around very few black people. Tessa is in multiple situations with racial problems. Bryant discusses how Tessa feels and why she handles the situations the way she does. After moving, she is now around black people and feels like she fits in. Tessa’s brother Miles has disabilities and she discusses how people don’t usually treat him right. Tessa’s parents are always looking out for Miles which sometime...

i have so much love for YA books where the characters act and think and f*ck up and learn and grow like real, actual teenagers, and this book is a perfect example of that. plus, a writer main character and a baker love interest, with an art school setting and a realistic and lovable cast of side characters! i enjoyed this so much.

cw // hp & jk rowling referencesi just.... stopped liking this after one of the love interests (yes, there is a love triangle) said he wanted to be like jk rowling. plus i wouldn't like anyone who tries to take away someone's boyfriend for herself!!

This was hard. Tessa Johnson gets lost in writing romance. At any moment she can envision that perfect scene and put it into words. When she gets accepted into an art school, it’s suddenly all gone. She can’t seem to write because now there’s just so much pressure. Maybe it’s because there is romance lacking in her life, and she needs romance in her life so she can have some inspiration to write again. Tessa, for most of this book, is pining for a guy who ain't shit. The whole time I kept asking...

Ahh I started out thinking I was going to give this 5 stars and I feel betrayed!Tessa goes to a school for the arts (for creative writing) but doesn’t expect to actually have to workshop or share her writing and gets major writers block..which she is trying to cure by having her own happily ever after with someone else’s boyfriend. As someone who has done writing workshops I get the anxiety, but jeez. She also has a lovely support system, complete with cinnamon roll/Hawaiian shirt Sam. Tessa is

Dear Netflix, I am sincerely begging you to adapt this book into a movie because it is just pure goodness, and I loved listening to the audiobook. Filled with adorable moments of romance and friendship, Happily Ever Afters had me squealing and swooning at every page.If you’re a fan of loveable rom-coms like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, or any Disney Channel Original Movie, this is the perfect book for you. Through Tessa, we explore finding first love, reco...

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I really wanted to love this almost how desperately Tessa wanted to love someone. Some parts of this book I enjoyed while others I was unimpressed or let down by. Let's get into this. Happily Ever Afters had amazing representation which includes: a bi-racial main character, anxiety rep, a disabled character, Black side characters, and a Filipino best friend. I personally can't judge if (most of) the representation is accurate, but I will say that I personally feel like one of the characters was...

i was so excited about this "jane the virgin"- like romcom and there were definitely things i loved: the amazing writing style and tessa's desire to become an author because i can relate a lot to that. but unfortunately, there were so many things that i didn't like: 1) for the most part, making another girl the villain of the story2) tessa constantly neglecting all of her friends, which makes her very unlikeable3) tessa not caring that the boy she wants to convince to be her boyfriend has a girl...

Tessa has never been the hero of her own story, even though she's written plenty of heroes and happily ever afters in her writing. But she's about to start a new school at a prestigious academy dedicated to cultivating fine minds and she's really nervous. Because she's never shared her writing with anyone besides her best friend before and now she's going to have to read aloud to a classroom of gifted students. And worse, her words are gone. Vanished. Blimp.Her best friend devises a scheme to ge...

find this review & others on my blog, here ! rep : ✍🏽biracial black mc with anxiety✍🏽fat li✍🏽side black character with cerebral palsy✍🏽filipina-american side character✍🏽black side character✍🏽mlm side charactersi’m going to start with the cons so that i can end this review on a relatively more positive note : firstly, i just could not appreciate the fact that tessa was openly and seriously considering stealing another girl’s boyfriend. i also could not believe that her friends were also ope

Happily Ever Afters is a YA contemporary romance.The narrator is 16 year old Tessa (1st person POV). She has recently moved with her family to Long Beach, California.She is a writer and is starting at a special school for the arts. She has a 19 year old brother with disabilities (this is a big part of the story). And a best friend named Caroline (who is also a big part of the story).The book has a bit of a love triangle as there are two possible love interests for Tessa.When I started this book

“You need to learn the subtle art of not giving a f*ck.” Happily Ever Afters was not a book for me.I can see why it’s compared to To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. These books do have many similarities – that’s probably the reason why I didn't like it and stopped caring for the last third of the story.It started off pretty good. The first few chapters addressed many important topics making the reader more aware of under-representation of black people in the main cast of books, movies, and t