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Better Than the Movies #1.2
The Party
This is The Party Scene in 'Better than the Movies' from Wes's POV.
21 pages, ebook
First published April 15, 2023
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September 30, 2023
find me a wes bennett and i’ll do your math homework (i hate math)
October 9, 2023
4.5/5 stars
this was so cute. so much better than the actual book. the way wes was so jealous AND such a simp at the same time?? not to mention the nicknames he called her and the way he described her. god i just love reading his pov every time bc it always HITS!! his love for liz is so pure and sweet i want to give him the biggest hug ever. there aren’t enough words to describe how much i love him. where can i find someone like him??!
God, is there anything better than messing with Liz?
Her eyes met mine, her lips turned up, and she started laughing.
With me, like we were partners in crime.
God, she was so pretty.
Her green eyes were soft, her mouth in a tiny smile, and I wondered what it felt like to have Liz Buxbaum look at you like that.
Like she thought you could walk on water.
this was so cute. so much better than the actual book. the way wes was so jealous AND such a simp at the same time?? not to mention the nicknames he called her and the way he described her. god i just love reading his pov every time bc it always HITS!! his love for liz is so pure and sweet i want to give him the biggest hug ever. there aren’t enough words to describe how much i love him. where can i find someone like him??!
February 11, 2024
Wes’ pov was 100% what I needed. The way he spoke and felt about Liz omg my man is such a simp for her I love it lol
Bttm would’ve been all the stars for me had his POV been in it as these 21 pages fueled me. wessy >> can he get any more cuter?!
”Instead, her eyes met mine, her lips turned up, and she started laughing. With me, like we were partners in crime. God, she was so pretty. I wasn't sure if it was the sound of her laugh or the memory of her face when Ash had been yelling, but once I started laughing, I couldn't stop. And neither could she.”
“And even as she insulted me, I couldn't stop myself from springing into action when those green eyes weren't happy. Fucking simp, I was.”
“I could read her face and guess her reactions, but she always had some little detail tucked away that usually shocked the hell out of me. I loved that about her.
"Oh. I thought I heard you were a thing," Michael said, and Liz got that don't-make-me-sick look on her face again. Yes, my girl was a real ego-check.
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Bttm would’ve been all the stars for me had his POV been in it as these 21 pages fueled me. wessy >> can he get any more cuter?!
”Instead, her eyes met mine, her lips turned up, and she started laughing. With me, like we were partners in crime. God, she was so pretty. I wasn't sure if it was the sound of her laugh or the memory of her face when Ash had been yelling, but once I started laughing, I couldn't stop. And neither could she.”
“And even as she insulted me, I couldn't stop myself from springing into action when those green eyes weren't happy. Fucking simp, I was.”
“I could read her face and guess her reactions, but she always had some little detail tucked away that usually shocked the hell out of me. I loved that about her.
"Oh. I thought I heard you were a thing," Michael said, and Liz got that don't-make-me-sick look on her face again. Yes, my girl was a real ego-check.
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September 26, 2023
wes bennett 🦋💘🦋💘
wow the book would have been way better from his pov this was so fucking cute
wow the book would have been way better from his pov this was so fucking cute
December 24, 2025
I need the ✨entire✨ better than the movies book written in Wes's pov because Im obsessed, also I really hope the sequel is a dual pov cause that would be perfect
Re-reading this cause i need to lock in and finish my reading goal
Re-reading this cause i need to lock in and finish my reading goal
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November 16, 2023➵ 3 stars
“God, she was so pretty.”
“Fucking simp, I was.”
“The sight of her in my clothes - she was wearing my clothes what the hell was going on in the universe - made something inside of me burn. It was a Neanderthalic reaction that I wasn’t necessarily proud of, but at that moment I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.”
just my wesliz partner riaa and me continuing to melt over them 🫠🫠🦋
“God, she was so pretty.”
“Fucking simp, I was.”
“The sight of her in my clothes - she was wearing my clothes what the hell was going on in the universe - made something inside of me burn. It was a Neanderthalic reaction that I wasn’t necessarily proud of, but at that moment I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.”
just my wesliz partner riaa and me continuing to melt over them 🫠🫠🦋
June 27, 2024
3/5
and to think that their book could have been written from Wes' point of view and that I could read him calling her "honey" and "my girl" in his mind
and to think that their book could have been written from Wes' point of view and that I could read him calling her "honey" and "my girl" in his mind
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March 22, 2025
|| 4.0 stars ||
Oh my goddd, the jealousy and pining here is making me go absolutely feral in the best way possible. This boy is just completely whipped and utterly in love.
I didn’t know how much I needed Wes’ POV of this scene until I got it, and it’s made me convinced I would have literally died if the original book had been in dual POV. I just love his inner monologue and adoring thoughts about Liz so much!
’Better Than the Movies’ duology:
1. Better Than the Movies - 4.0 stars
2. Nothing Like the Movies - 2.5 stars
Short stories:
1.1. Liz’s Proposal - 4.0 stars
1.2. The Party - 4.0 stars
1.3. Basketball Night - 4.0 stars
1.4. Wes Bennett’s Vivid Dream - 3.0 stars
1.5. Better than the Prom - 2.5 stars
Oh my goddd, the jealousy and pining here is making me go absolutely feral in the best way possible. This boy is just completely whipped and utterly in love.
I didn’t know how much I needed Wes’ POV of this scene until I got it, and it’s made me convinced I would have literally died if the original book had been in dual POV. I just love his inner monologue and adoring thoughts about Liz so much!
’Better Than the Movies’ duology:
1. Better Than the Movies - 4.0 stars
2. Nothing Like the Movies - 2.5 stars
Short stories:
1.1. Liz’s Proposal - 4.0 stars
1.2. The Party - 4.0 stars
1.3. Basketball Night - 4.0 stars
1.4. Wes Bennett’s Vivid Dream - 3.0 stars
1.5. Better than the Prom - 2.5 stars
July 28, 2023
..「 ★★★ ꒱꒱
⁀➷ spice: 0/5
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╰┈➤ there are not enough words in this world to describe how in love i am with wes bennett! the way he talks about liz?! the nicknames?! and he literally admitted to being a simp for her?!
⁀➷ spice: 0/5
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“instead, her eyes met mine, her lips turned up, and she started laughing. with me, like we were partners in crime. god, she was so pretty.”
╰┈➤ there are not enough words in this world to describe how in love i am with wes bennett! the way he talks about liz?! the nicknames?! and he literally admitted to being a simp for her?!
September 3, 2025
PSA: Wes was anything but fudging chill😋
I read this and their collage road trip (I CRIED) to emerge from my semi-hiatus swamp😎. We probably don’t need to reminisce about how ballistic I get over this couple😁. That party scene was already one of my favourite scenes before this😭. Anddd partners in crime🥹 risking it all, rabies for love🫶 (road trip). Wes considered his behaviour “Pathetic Dipshittery” but I don’t care… I want that dynamic🥰👍. Their adorable journey to saying I love you, Wes using cutesy pet names like HONEY, their classic giving each other shiza banter💃, the forking tattoos, and the surprise😭😭. Goodbye. But first😏 random quotes out of context to make you weak😍 (and hopefully help you if you’ve been slumping)
Party:
“God, she was so pretty.”
“F***ing simp, I was.”
“I cleared my throat and wondered when I’d become so pathetic that a mere thank you made me emo.”
“I f***ing loved her curls holy shit”
“I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.”
“I was dizzy. Someone needed to open a window or something because I was having trouble getting air.”
“When I glanced at Michael, I clenched my jaw and wanted to push him.
Into a wall.”
Road trip:
"My favorite thing. I could seriously talk to Wes 24/7 and never get
sick of it.”
“It’s pathetic how much you want me.”
“It’s pathetic how much you love me.”
“Did I feel huge things for Lizzie, so all-encompassing that it scared the ever-loving shit out of me? God, yes. Was it love? A thousand percent yes.
Did I know what to do with that? Hell, no.” …
“I’d just have to find a way not to screw it up. Because Liz Buxbaum f***ing loved me.”
“You could wear a clown costume and I’d still be turned on.”
“But you’re afraid of clowns.”
“This is what I’m saying. You need to go.”
“Is that song about a girl obsessed with her neighbor?”
“Don’t you get it? Little Lizzie is my kryptonite. When you show me that weirdy side that you try so hard to repress, I am smitten and weak as f***.”
“Swear to God, sometimes it felt like I knew her as well as I knew myself. It was weird. I’d always assumed if a person finally got with the person they’d been into
forever, the reality would fall short. Surely that person couldn’t be as amazing as the other had made them out to be in their head for so long, right?
Somehow, though, Liz was better.
It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a f***ing Taylor Swift song.
She was.”
“Good girl.”
5 stars of course😌🌟
I read this and their collage road trip (I CRIED) to emerge from my semi-hiatus swamp😎. We probably don’t need to reminisce about how ballistic I get over this couple😁. That party scene was already one of my favourite scenes before this😭. Anddd partners in crime🥹 risking it all, rabies for love🫶 (road trip). Wes considered his behaviour “Pathetic Dipshittery” but I don’t care… I want that dynamic🥰👍. Their adorable journey to saying I love you, Wes using cutesy pet names like HONEY, their classic giving each other shiza banter💃, the forking tattoos, and the surprise😭😭. Goodbye. But first😏 random quotes out of context to make you weak😍 (and hopefully help you if you’ve been slumping)
Party:
“God, she was so pretty.”
“F***ing simp, I was.”
“I cleared my throat and wondered when I’d become so pathetic that a mere thank you made me emo.”
“I f***ing loved her curls holy shit”
“I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.”
“I was dizzy. Someone needed to open a window or something because I was having trouble getting air.”
“When I glanced at Michael, I clenched my jaw and wanted to push him.
Into a wall.”
Road trip:
"My favorite thing. I could seriously talk to Wes 24/7 and never get
sick of it.”
“It’s pathetic how much you want me.”
“It’s pathetic how much you love me.”
“Did I feel huge things for Lizzie, so all-encompassing that it scared the ever-loving shit out of me? God, yes. Was it love? A thousand percent yes.
Did I know what to do with that? Hell, no.” …
“I’d just have to find a way not to screw it up. Because Liz Buxbaum f***ing loved me.”
“You could wear a clown costume and I’d still be turned on.”
“But you’re afraid of clowns.”
“This is what I’m saying. You need to go.”
“Is that song about a girl obsessed with her neighbor?”
“Don’t you get it? Little Lizzie is my kryptonite. When you show me that weirdy side that you try so hard to repress, I am smitten and weak as f***.”
“Swear to God, sometimes it felt like I knew her as well as I knew myself. It was weird. I’d always assumed if a person finally got with the person they’d been into
forever, the reality would fall short. Surely that person couldn’t be as amazing as the other had made them out to be in their head for so long, right?
Somehow, though, Liz was better.
It pained me to think something so inane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a f***ing Taylor Swift song.
She was.”
“Good girl.”
5 stars of course😌🌟
November 16, 2023
my day was going like shit but reading this w my sweetest bestie siffs made my whole fucking day! ty bbygirrl, ilysm <3333
im blushing, kicking my feet and giggling like crazyyyyy
↪ And as much as I was enjoying the spectacle of Little Liz crashing and burning, I didn’t
like the unease in her eyes. I didn’t like that she looked trapped.
↪ Yes, my girl was a real ego-check
↪ The sight of her in my clothes – she was wearing my clothes what the hell was going on
in the universe – made something inside of me burn. It was a Neanderthalic reaction that I wasn’t
necessarily proud of, but at that moment I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her
feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.
↪ I was dizzy – it was fucking dizzy in there, wasn’t it? Someone needed to open a window
or something because I was having trouble getting air. How did she have a tattoo? Liz has a hip
tattoo. Liz had a hip tattoo and I had no idea how I would ever convince my brain to move on
and think about anything else.
↪ “You ready?” I gritted my teeth, hating that Michael was still eyeballing her body. If he’d
been blind to her for the whole of our lives, then he didn’t deserve to suddenly wake up and
gawk at her skin like she was on display just for him, right?
↪ My knuckles were forever tattooed with the soft skin of Liz’s stomach
im blushing, kicking my feet and giggling like crazyyyyy
↪ And as much as I was enjoying the spectacle of Little Liz crashing and burning, I didn’t
like the unease in her eyes. I didn’t like that she looked trapped.
↪ Yes, my girl was a real ego-check
↪ The sight of her in my clothes – she was wearing my clothes what the hell was going on
in the universe – made something inside of me burn. It was a Neanderthalic reaction that I wasn’t
necessarily proud of, but at that moment I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her
feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.
↪ I was dizzy – it was fucking dizzy in there, wasn’t it? Someone needed to open a window
or something because I was having trouble getting air. How did she have a tattoo? Liz has a hip
tattoo. Liz had a hip tattoo and I had no idea how I would ever convince my brain to move on
and think about anything else.
↪ “You ready?” I gritted my teeth, hating that Michael was still eyeballing her body. If he’d
been blind to her for the whole of our lives, then he didn’t deserve to suddenly wake up and
gawk at her skin like she was on display just for him, right?
↪ My knuckles were forever tattooed with the soft skin of Liz’s stomach
February 2, 2024
Wes IS the standard
February 4, 2024
i can’t remember when i read this but it was so cute seeing wes’s pov
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December 31, 2023"Yes, my girl was a real ego-check."
HE CALLED HER. HIS. GIRL. 🦋😓😭💗🥲✨😩
HE CALLED HER. HIS. GIRL. 🦋😓😭💗🥲✨😩
August 14, 2024
HE. IS. SO. WHIPPED. I love it. 🫶🏻
December 24, 2023
he's soo obsessed with her 🤧
August 29, 2023
“instead her eyes met mine, her lips turned up, and she started laughing. with me, like we were partners in crime. god, she was so pretty.”
anything wesliz related gets a five out of five stars for me and i’m not even close to being sorry. wes is absolutely obsessed with liz buxbaum and it is the most adorable thing i could ever think of. he’s perfect, she’s perfect, they’re perfect. chef’s kiss, ten out of ten, five out of five stars. i CANNOT wait for nothing like the movies. love you lynn <3
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July 19, 2024I love how wes calls liz “my girl” and “honey” in his mind even before they were friends 🥹
“God, she was so pretty.”
“Her green eyes were soft, her mouth in a tiny smile, and I wondered what it felt like to have Liz Buxbaum look at you like that.
Like she thought you could walk on water.”
“And even as she insulted me, I couldn’t stop myself from springing into action when those green eyes weren’t happy.
Fucking simp, I was.”
The sight of her in my clothes - she was wearing my clothes what the hell was going on in the universe - made something inside of me burn. It was a Neanderthalic reaction that I wasn't necessarily proud of, but at that moment I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.”
“I could still feel the warmth of her skin on my fingers. I flexed my hand as we exited the house, but the movement did nothing to erase the imprint of her on my flesh.
My knuckles were forever tattooed with the soft skin of Liz’s stomach.
And I was totally fine with that.”
“God, she was so pretty.”
“Her green eyes were soft, her mouth in a tiny smile, and I wondered what it felt like to have Liz Buxbaum look at you like that.
Like she thought you could walk on water.”
“And even as she insulted me, I couldn’t stop myself from springing into action when those green eyes weren’t happy.
Fucking simp, I was.”
The sight of her in my clothes - she was wearing my clothes what the hell was going on in the universe - made something inside of me burn. It was a Neanderthalic reaction that I wasn't necessarily proud of, but at that moment I wanted to drop every piece of clothing I owned at her feet and beg her to wear them for the rest of her life.”
“I could still feel the warmth of her skin on my fingers. I flexed my hand as we exited the house, but the movement did nothing to erase the imprint of her on my flesh.
My knuckles were forever tattooed with the soft skin of Liz’s stomach.
And I was totally fine with that.”
March 24, 2024
•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 4 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
Wes's point of view of the party he took Liz to get her close to Michael and how he felt about it.
April 21, 2023
✰ 4 stars ✰
“God, is there anything better than messing with Liz?”
At this rate, I think, Lynn Painter should just bless us with the entirety of Better Than The Movies through Wes' POV, and not just the party scene. 😊 It's always such a delight reading Wes' thoughts when it comes to Liz and her antics. How he's so flustered over everything about her, how as he best puts it he's
“Fucking simp, I was.”
😄😄 Just getting these little glimpses into how entirely gone Wes was for Liz, even before she realized it herself, just goes to show how perfect they really are meant for each other. ❤️🔥 Wes is such an adorable and smitten fool in love for her and my heart does a little dance, every time we see him get so possessive and jealous over her, haha! He's so ridiculously cute in love with Liz, he really does fail in hiding it! How dizzy he went when he saw her daisy tattoo on her hip 🌼🌼! This boy is gone gone gone! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
“My knuckles were forever tattooed with the soft skin of Liz’s stomach.
And I was totally fine with that.”
So so excited to see them return - ah, January can't come soon enough! 😭😭
“God, is there anything better than messing with Liz?”
At this rate, I think, Lynn Painter should just bless us with the entirety of Better Than The Movies through Wes' POV, and not just the party scene. 😊 It's always such a delight reading Wes' thoughts when it comes to Liz and her antics. How he's so flustered over everything about her, how as he best puts it he's
“Fucking simp, I was.”
😄😄 Just getting these little glimpses into how entirely gone Wes was for Liz, even before she realized it herself, just goes to show how perfect they really are meant for each other. ❤️🔥 Wes is such an adorable and smitten fool in love for her and my heart does a little dance, every time we see him get so possessive and jealous over her, haha! He's so ridiculously cute in love with Liz, he really does fail in hiding it! How dizzy he went when he saw her daisy tattoo on her hip 🌼🌼! This boy is gone gone gone! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
“My knuckles were forever tattooed with the soft skin of Liz’s stomach.
And I was totally fine with that.”
So so excited to see them return - ah, January can't come soon enough! 😭😭
April 15, 2024
if i could i could've rated it 6 stars ☹️
started: 1st of april
finished: 1st of april
rating: 6 stars
୨୧ okay so this is gonna be like a one paragraph review cause obv it's like a 0.5 so duh . but tysm @Diya for talking w me ab it and we should def see each other again and fangirl over wes !! also thank u a bunch for showing me this and giving me my first 6 star read 💞
୨୧ DUDE IK WHAT I SAID IN MY BTTM REVIEW BUT I TAKE IT BACK. he's indeed NOT a basic book bf (see guys u shouldn't attack me) he's perfect he's fr our mans BUT GUYS I WANT MY IRL WES BENNET PLS SEND ME HIM.
୨୧ quotes
"God, is there anything better than messing with Liz?"
u can mess with me wes trust me
"Yes, my girl was a real ego-check".
LET ME BE UR GIRL OH MY GOODNESS
"Fucking simp, I was"
me repeating those words to him rn
love, jemymah <33
started: 1st of april
finished: 1st of april
rating: 6 stars
୨୧ okay so this is gonna be like a one paragraph review cause obv it's like a 0.5 so duh . but tysm @Diya for talking w me ab it and we should def see each other again and fangirl over wes !! also thank u a bunch for showing me this and giving me my first 6 star read 💞
୨୧ DUDE IK WHAT I SAID IN MY BTTM REVIEW BUT I TAKE IT BACK. he's indeed NOT a basic book bf (see guys u shouldn't attack me) he's perfect he's fr our mans BUT GUYS I WANT MY IRL WES BENNET PLS SEND ME HIM.
୨୧ quotes
"God, is there anything better than messing with Liz?"
u can mess with me wes trust me
"Yes, my girl was a real ego-check".
LET ME BE UR GIRL OH MY GOODNESS
"Fucking simp, I was"
me repeating those words to him rn
love, jemymah <33
July 21, 2023
Ok, but this was sooo cute. I loved Better than the Movies and I cannot state how excited I was to read this! Normally, I hate romance novels from the guy's perspective because often I feel like it's really cringe, awkward and most of the time not written properly (maybe it's because I'm reading Icebreaker right not which is practically fanfiction). But, WES oh my god you are adorable this was cute and amazing and I love how you adore Liz. You and Liz will forever live in my heart, I can't wait for the sequel! <3
December 15, 2023
(Edit 15.12.23: Hi. So I’ve since found out about Lynn Painter’s Zionist views and won’t be reading anything by her for quite a while. Any of my reviews on her books from before I found out do not represent my feelings about her views as a person.)
SHUT. UP. (affectionate)
SHUT. UP. (affectionate)
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May 13, 2025I'm addicted
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April 9, 2025
5 ⭐️
WES BENNETT THE MAN YOU ARE 😭🤭💋💋 the boy obsessed trope belongs to him 🥹😭 “yes, MY GIRL was a read ego check” MY GIRLLL 😩🫠
WES BENNETT THE MAN YOU ARE 😭🤭💋💋 the boy obsessed trope belongs to him 🥹😭 “yes, MY GIRL was a read ego check” MY GIRLLL 😩🫠
May 3, 2023
4/5⭐️
Love love loooooove seeing all these scenes in Wes’s POV!!! Makes me even more excited for the next book considering that we’re going to get even more of his POV!
It was just so freaking cute and the way he thinks about Liz melts my damn heart! I just love them so so much and they’re definitely my favourite YA couple of all time!!
Overall, it was short and nothing new but still so amazing and makes me fall in love with Wes even more than I already am!
Love love loooooove seeing all these scenes in Wes’s POV!!! Makes me even more excited for the next book considering that we’re going to get even more of his POV!
It was just so freaking cute and the way he thinks about Liz melts my damn heart! I just love them so so much and they’re definitely my favourite YA couple of all time!!
Overall, it was short and nothing new but still so amazing and makes me fall in love with Wes even more than I already am!
April 17, 2023
I love Wes so much🤍🫶🏼🥰🦋🩵🩷
He LITERALLY admitted that he was a simp for her, we love a guy who’s aware and not afraid to admit it
🤍🌸🫶🏼
He LITERALLY admitted that he was a simp for her, we love a guy who’s aware and not afraid to admit it
🤍🌸🫶🏼
October 31, 2025
I LOVE YOU WESS.
April 22, 2023
Enter your review, they say.
But how can you describe 21 pages of pure serotonin ???
But how can you describe 21 pages of pure serotonin ???
April 18, 2023
wes >>> everyone else to ever exist
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