Not Here to Stay Friends
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
4.3
Kaitlyn Hill
This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the summer in L.A. after five years apart—but when they both get involved with a teen reality dating show, their lives take an unexpected turn for the unreal.Sloane McKinney feels like a background character in her own life. But this summer will be different, because she’s spending it with her childhood best friend, Liam Daniels, in her dream city, Los Angeles. Sure, she’s surprised to find that Liam just happens to have had a Hot Guy glow-up since she last saw him, but so what? A little attraction won’t ruin her plans for their fun—and completely platonic—reunion.What might, however, is that Liam has been roped into working for his producer dad’s new teen reality dating show, Aspen Woods’s Future Leading Lady. Liam figures Sloane can still hang out with him on set while he fetches coffee for the film crew, or whatever it is that production assistants do. Except it turns out the show is one contestant short . . . and Sloane is the perfect last-minute addition.Once cameras are rolling, the whirlwind of dating teen heartthrob Aspen Woods feels way more real than Sloane expected, and Liam doesn’t exactly enjoy watching it all unfold. But it’s behind the scenes where the drama really picks up. . . . Because wanting to kiss your best friend? That’s a plot twist neither Sloane nor Liam ever saw coming.
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Author
Kaitlyn Hill
Pages
352
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Published Date
2023-04-04
ISBN
0593483707 9780593483701
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"Where was this book when I was a teen?! This is such an adorable YA read and I didn’t want to put it down! The plot was perfectly timed and it had such an excellent flow. There wasn’t one time when I felt it moved too fast or too slow. Sloane and Liam are such perfect characters and I loved that everything felt like it was about 17-year olds and it wasn’t aged up or down. Everything felt very age appropriate and the characters weren’t too mature or immature. I loved the teen-show to reality-show twist and I loved that I didn’t expect the ending! Very enjoyable, quick read that is so lighthearted and leaves you smiling! 5⭐️, 0.5🌶"
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Lauren
"LIAM IS MY POOKIE!! 🤩🤩🫶🫶💖💖💖 i don’t care what anyone says 😤 that man has my heart 🥹🥹🥹🫶🫶💖 this book is so AMAZING. im physically shook at how freaking GORGEOUS this book is. like it’s just so perfect 🥹🥹 i LOVE LOVE LOVED the plot #friendstolovers the chemistry 🥹🫶 I CANT. 10/10 DEF RECOMMEND 🤩💖"
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Jessie Fortune
"A happy-feel-good romance with just enough drama to keep you interested but not too much that it’s annoying.
Second time reading a Kaitlyn Hill book and I absolutely loved it! Read it in like 2 days it’s so good!!
Liam is basically a golden retriever and I couldn’t get enough of his POVs (definitely my favorite character)"
"Could not put the book down"
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Ava Husted
"it was a very slow romance. friends to lovers. if your looking for little flirting and then getting together at the end, this is definitely the book for you!!"
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Haylei Allen