How Not to Fall in Love, Jacqueline Firkins
How Not to Fall in Love, Jacqueline Firkins
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How Not to Fall in Love

Author: Jacqueline Firkins

Narrator: Brittany Wilkerson

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 12/21/2021


Synopsis

A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartful romance that’s perfect for fans of Tweet Cute and The Upside of Falling.Harper works in her mom’s wedding shop, altering dresses for petulant and picky brides who are more focused on hemlines than love. After years of watching squabbles break out over wedding plans, Harper thinks romance is a marketing tool. Nothing more.Her best friend Theo is her opposite. One date and he’s already dreaming of happily-ever-afters. He also plays the accordion, makes chain mail for Ren Festers, hangs out in a windmill-shaped tree house, cries over rom-coms, and takes his word-of-the-day calendar very seriously.When Theo’s shocked to find himself nursing his umpteenth heartbreak, Harper offers to teach him how not to fall in love. Theo agrees to the lessons, as long as Harper proves she can date without falling in love. As the lessons progress and Theo takes them to heart, Harper has a harder time upholding her end of the bargain. She’s also checking out her window to see if Theo’s home from his latest date yet. She's even watching rom-coms.If she confesses her feelings, she’ll undermine everything she’s taught him. Or was he the one teaching her?

About Jacqueline Firkins

Jacqueline Firkins is a writer, costume designer, and lover of beautiful things. She's on the full-time faculty in the Department of Theatre & Film at the University of British Columbia where she teaches character design, world building, and period costume construction courses. When not obsessing about where to put the buttons or the commas, she can be found running by the ocean, eating excessive amounts of gluten, listening to earnest love songs, and pretending her dog understands every word she says.


Reviews

Goodreads review by aly

I didn't expect to find myself liking a best friend to lover because: of course they have to go through with everyone to later realize that their hearts belong to each other. It was sweet, painful and frenzied all the same. Not bad for my most unfavourable trope. RTC......more

You pretty much know how things will turn out within the first 2 pages but it was still a sweet journey getting there. Lots of the YA romance tropes were hit in this novel but it is what you would expect in a cookie-cutter light and fluffy teen love story. Not too much more to say, but go in with the......more

Goodreads review by Divya

*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review* As soon as I requested and received this arc, I looked at the title and the cover and immediately expected a cheesy rom-com that would make me smile, but wouldn’t be all that memorabl......more

Goodreads review by Kartik

Update after my reread: Admittedly I am less enamored with this on the second time around. My absolute least favorite trope is miscommunication and it was a pretty big problem that I had difficulty overlooking this time. I also think my reduced admiration has more to do with my changing tastes than......more