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What I Like About You Kindle Edition

by Marisa Kanter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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“Heartwarming, endearing, and sure to leave you swooning… This story is as sweet as the cupcakes you’ll be craving by the end!” —Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can…but in the real world, its more complicated. In this debut novel that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson, Marisa Kanter hilariously and poignantly explores what happens when internet friends turn into IRL crushes.

Is it still a love triangle if there are only two people in it?

There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash.

He’s an incredibly talented graphic novelist. He loves books almost as much as she does. And she never has to deal with the awkwardness of seeing him in real life. They can talk about anything…

Except who she really is.

Because online, Halle isn’t Halle—she’s Kels, the enigmatically cool creator of One True Pastry, a YA book blog that pairs epic custom cupcakes with covers and reviews. Kels has everything Halle doesn’t: friends, a growing platform, tons of confidence, and Nash.

That is, until Halle arrives to spend senior year in Gramps’s small town and finds herself face-to-face with real, human, not-behind-a-screen Nash. Nash, who is somehow everywhere she goes—in her classes, at the bakery, even at synagogue.

Nash who has no idea she’s actually Kels.

If Halle tells him who she is, it will ruin the non-awkward magic of their digital friendship. Not telling him though, means it can never be anything more. Because while she starts to fall for Nash as Halle…he’s in love with Kels.

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"Heartwarming, endearing, and sure to leave you swooning, What I Like About You shines with authentic characters you will absolutely fall in love with. This story is as sweet as the cupcakes you’ll be craving by the end!" (Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart )

"With a charming, modern teen voice and a cast of characters I refuse to believe aren't real people, this debut explores the connections we make online and IRL. A love letter to storytelling, fandom, and all kinds of friendships, I'm still hugging What I Like About You tightly to my chest." (Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone )

"This book is like a cupcake - delicious and to be devoured in one sitting." (Laura Silverman, author of Girl Out of Water and You Asked for Perfect )

"We fell in love at first DM with this delightfully readable debut. Equal parts clever contemporary romance and celebration of the joys of reading and connecting with people regardless of distance or medium, What I Like About You is what we love about YA." (Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of If I’m Being Honest )

About the Author

Marisa Kanter is a young adult author, amateur baker, and reality television enthusiast. She is the author of What I Like About You, As If on Cue, and Finally Fitz. Born and raised in the suburbs of Boston, her obsession with books led her to New York City, where she worked in the publishing industry to help books find their perfect readers. She currently lives in Los Angeles, writing love stories by day and crocheting her wardrobe by night. Follow her at MarisaKanter.com.

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Chapter One
One True Pastry—three years ago

Debuts You Should Be Reading / Cupcakes You Should Be Eating

FIREFLIES AND YOU by Alanna LaForest

Okay, here we are. #50. The post I’ve been teasing on Instagram all week.

I can’t believe I just typed #50. Fifty reviews. Fifty recipes. Do you have any idea how many cupcakes that is? I can’t even tell you, because my brother always starts eating them all before I have the chance to count. Thankfully. If you were worried about food waste, rest assured, these cupcakes never go to waste.

Today’s recipe is lemon cupcakes with lavender frosting, topped off with gold glitter. Inspired by my new favorite book you probably haven’t read. Which is absurd! So I thought, How can I get this book on YA Twitter’s radar? I can write a glowing review (see below!)—but I know way more people are engaged with my #CupcakeCoverReveals on Instagram.

So I turned thirty-six cupcakes into a book cover cake.

Fifty cupcakes recipes later, and I have finally taken #CupcakeCoverReveal literally. You’re welcome.

These cupcakes taste like spring and are the perfect pick-me-up to get through this endless winter. Which, evidently enough, is how I feel about FIREFLIES AND YOU. If you asked me how many times I’ve read this book, I’d say two.

I’d be lying. The answer is three. I’ve read this book three times and I am the definition of book hungover!

So, what’s the book about, Kels?

FIREFLIES AND YOU is the YA contemporary book of my dreams—one where the romance elements are squee-worthy as anything, but nothing compared to the core of the story—a friendship so complicated, so codependent, you never know whose side you’re supposed to be on.

Every year, Annalee waits for the fireflies. Summer is for swimming, working two part-time jobs to save up for college, kissing Jonah Beckett, and fireflies. It’s a phenomenon that marks her small town outside of Baton Rouge. No one can explain why the fireflies keep coming back. And when they do, so does Maisy Daniels, Annalee’s best friend, and everything is perfect.

Except this summer, Annalee and Maisy are broken and barely even speaking. Annalee’s POV is in chronological order and Maisy’s is reverse chronological, both intricately woven together leading up to the night they fell apart. It’s wild, but so worth the ride, figuring out what happened.

With that, I will say no more about plot because spoilers!

But in terms of feels, the thing I loved most about this book was the moments of levity. It sounds heavy, reading a book about a friendship breakup—hoping Annalee and Maisy will figure it out and find their way back to each other. Parts of it are. But it’s also a lot of laughter, a ton of atmosphere, and the best depiction of summers in the too-hot South I’ve ever read (speaking as someone who’s lived there!).

Anyways, how this book only has 24 ratings on Goodreads is a tragedy—I will be plugging and blasting and screaming about FIREFLIES AND YOU on social media until the end of time!

PLZ READ IT SO ALANNA CAN WRITE MORE AMAZING BOOKS.

With Love (& Cupcakes),

Kels

And, as always, tag me in your cupcake posts!! I LOVE seeing your beautiful bookish creations. [Showing Comments 1-20 of 1,782]

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07THBSK9D
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (April 7, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3220 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 415 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #622,429 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #21 in Teen & Young Adult Books & Libraries Fiction eBooks
- #586 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Friendship
- #1,564 in Teen & Young Adult Friendship Fiction

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Marisa Kanter is a young adult author, amateur baker, and reality television enthusiast. She is the author of What I Like About You, As If on Cue, and Finally Fitz. Born and raised in the suburbs of Boston, her obsession with books led her to New York City, where she worked in the publishing industry to help books find their perfect readers. She currently lives in Los Angeles, writing love stories by day and crocheting her wardrobe by night. Follow her at MarisaKanter.com.

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Jacq

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Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020

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I bought the kindle edition of "What I Like About You" because I needed a good, long read that would completely engross me in the story. What I got was so much more.
I cried at some parts (those who have read it will know which to which ones I am referring), I laughed (out loud) at some parts. This book was everything I wanted and needed. I'm not exaggerating when I say that this is now one of my favorite reads- which is kind of shocking, because I haven't been enjoying the YA genre as much lately. If you need an emotional release or are in the midst of a massive book hangover, I cannot recommend you read this book enough.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023

One of the things that made me pick up this book is that it was a debut novel, and it’s interesting to see a new author’s writings. And I loved the synopsis about a book blogger struggling between her two separate identities: online and IRL (in real life). Plus, I think the idea of a cupcakes-paired-with-book-reviews blog is a great idea.

There are a million things that Halle likes about her online best friend, Nash. He’s a talented graphic novelist, loves books almost as much as she does, and she never has to deal with the awkwardness of seeing him in real life. But she can’t tell him who she really is. Because online, she’s Kels, creator of One True Pastry a YA book blog that pairs custom cupcakes with covers and reviews. Kels has everything Halle doesn’t: friends, a growing platform, tons of confidence, and Nash. That is until Halle arrives to spend a senior year in Gramps’s small town and finds herself face-to-face with real, human, not-behind-a-screen Nash. He’s somehow everywhere she goes. He doesn’t know she’s Kels. If she tells him, it’ll ruin their digital friendship. Not telling him though, means it can never be anything more. Because while she starts falling for Nash, he’s in love with Kels.

I enjoyed reading about Halle’s struggle with keeping her real life and Kels separate, even though there were times when she could’ve brought it up. But I understand why she was reluctant to. She was afraid of what could happen to her budding relationship with Nash if he knew she was Kels.

I don’t really think there’s much about the book I didn’t like if anything at all. Even the Jewish religion worked perfectly in the book. I just wish there was a prequel story about how Halle created Kels.

Fans of romcom and struggling with two separate identities and of IRL versus online life, you’d love this book.

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A. Singrey

Favorite book of 2020 so far!

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2020

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Anyone who's ever had a bookstagram should read this super cute story of a girl who's in love with her online best friend, but when she meets him IRL, she's too scared to tell him who she is. Marisa Kanter has perfectly nailed the awkwardness of teen romance and figuring out who you are, both IRL and online.

As the creator of One True Pastry, Kels bakes cupcakes to go with book covers. She makes online friends, including a talented comic book artist, Nash.

But Kels is really Halle, and when she happens to move to Nash's town and meet him in the library, it seems like fate. Except Halle is worried that she wouldn't be cool enough to match up to the picture in Nash's head. As their friendship grows and sparks begin to fly, Halle almost tells him the truth several times, but can't quite bring herself to do it. It's a perfectly awkward situation where Halle finds herself in a love triangle where she's competing with herself.

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Such mixed feelings...

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020

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I have such mixed feelings. The book includes conversations on how young adult books are meant for teens not adults and as an adult who dabbles in YA, this sort of rubbed me the wrong way but I also understood the sentiment to a certain extent. In fact, this book might be the perfect example of when YA is truly meant for a younger demographic than myself - I struggled with the desire to DNF it because I could not connect with Halle (the main character) and really wanted to yell at/shake her for the majority of the book. In the end, I’m glad I pushed through; the explorations of grief and anxiety, the importance of healthy ambition and pursuit of goals, the value of friendships and the WORK that goes into developing and maintaining good relationships, as well as an examination of the (some times) difference between our real selves and our digital selves is so very relevant and with the rollercoaster ride Halle put me through.

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