The MakeUp Test, Jenny L. Howe
The MakeUp Test, Jenny L. Howe
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The Make-Up Test

Author: Jenny L. Howe

Narrator: Stacey Glemboski

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2022


Synopsis

In this smart, swoony, rom-com debut, two college exes find themselves battling against each other—and their unresolved feelings—for a spot in a prestigious literature Ph.D. program.

Allison Avery loves to win. After acing every academic challenge she’s come up against, she’s finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she’s admired for years. Sure, grad school isn’t easy—the classes are intense, her best friend is drifting away, and her students would rather pull all-nighters than discuss The Knight's Tale—but she’s got this. Until she discovers her ex-boyfriend has also been accepted. Colin Benjamin might be the only person who loves winning more than Allison does, and when they're both assigned to TA for the same professor, the game is on.

What starts as a personal battle of wits (and lit) turns into all-out war when their professor announces a career-changing research trip opportunity—with one spot to fill. Competing with Colin is as natural as breathing, and after he shattered her heart two years ago, Allison refuses to let him come out on top. But when a family emergency and a late night road trip—plus a very sexy game of Scrabble—throw them together for a weekend, she starts to wonder if they could be stronger on the same team. And if they fall for each other all over again, Allison will have to choose between a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and what could be a twice-in-a-lifetime love.

Charmingly bookish and unequivocally fat positive, The Make-Up Test embraces the truth that people can sometimes change and grow, even when you least expect it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Oh my sweet lord! I’m melted, swooned, euphoric after reading this sweetest, quirkiest, smartest, most heartfelt romance! I’m over the moon! This is FREAKING AMAZING! I literally devoured it! My favorite tropes enemies to lovers and rivals to lovers blended in fantastic references from medieval lite......more

Goodreads review by Ali

AMAZING!! this book is the grad school romance of my dreams. it's a perfect mix of coming of age, first love and second chance romance! Not to mention: LOVERS TO ENEMIES TO RIVALS TO LOVERS!! IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING!!! i looooved it and I recommend it SO SO SO HARD!!!!......more

**Many thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Jenny L. Howe for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 9.13!** CALLING ALL EMILY HENRY FANS! If you also enjoy all things literature, a second-chance romance, representation of all sorts, and have an affinity for corgis, you are the PERFECT CANDI......more

3⭐ Genre ~ contemporary romance Publication date ~ September 13, 2022 Page Count ~ 332 Audio length ~ 11 hours 30 minutes Narrator ~ Stacey Glemboski POV ~ single 3rd Featuring ~ debut, grad school, characters in their 20's, scattered flashbacks, enemies to lovers, second chance, fade to black, miscommuni......more

Goodreads review by Meaghan

When the publisher offered me this ARC, I had extremely high hopes. I’ve spent a decent bit of time in the English literature side of academia, and while I’m now studying a different field, I do still very much miss it. And on top of that, we’ve got an academic rivalry going on! In the end though, w......more