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Better Than the Movies #1.7
Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip
Bonus chapter about Wes and Liz road-tripping across the country!
57 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2022
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March 18, 2022This isn't a review - it's a thank you. To Ruby Rae Reads, for manually adding this to GR, and to every amazing reader who's connected with Wes and Liz, those silly little love lovers.
March 23, 2022
I'm gonna need 20 more books about lizwes im so serious like what. WE WANT THE COLLEGE SPINOFF!!
May 21, 2023
wes bennett is the only man ever !!!
November 4, 2023
in a world of boys, wes bennett is a gentleman.
June 9, 2023
➳ 𝟰.𝟱/𝟱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀
❞𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙪𝙭𝙗𝙖𝙪𝙢❞
❞𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙩❞🥹💕
Honestly at this point I'll read anything that have wes and liz in it lol. Wesliz have legit ruined me in the best fucking way. I can literally talk about them forever.
They honestly have whole of my heart and soul 😭🫶🏻
❞𝙇𝙞𝙯 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜.❞ ❤️🩹
Am i ever gonna shut up about them?? 𝗡𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘. im so excited about their next book and honestly can't wait till fall 2024 so lynn pls stop testing my patience and drop it already! 🥹
❞𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙪𝙭𝙗𝙖𝙪𝙢❞
❞𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙩❞🥹💕
Honestly at this point I'll read anything that have wes and liz in it lol. Wesliz have legit ruined me in the best fucking way. I can literally talk about them forever.
They honestly have whole of my heart and soul 😭🫶🏻
❞𝙇𝙞𝙯 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜.❞ ❤️🩹
Am i ever gonna shut up about them?? 𝗡𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘. im so excited about their next book and honestly can't wait till fall 2024 so lynn pls stop testing my patience and drop it already! 🥹
May 1, 2022
i will be alone forever
August 2, 2022
If a guy doesn't treat me like Wes treats Liz, I'm not interested.
March 9, 2022
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED UNTIL TODAY BUT I JUST DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN AND WANT TO READ THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!
Can you tell I adore Wes and Liz???
Seriously, they are so adorable I want to cry and my heart almost left my body I love them so much.
EVERY SINGLE PAGE WAS PERFECTION AND YOU NEED THIS ROMANCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!!!
K bye go read Better Than The Movies xoxoxoxo
Ugh I loved it!!!!!!
Also, indeed I manually added this to GR so that I could not only cry about it, but also gotta hit that reading challenge *wink wink*
Can you tell I adore Wes and Liz???
Seriously, they are so adorable I want to cry and my heart almost left my body I love them so much.
EVERY SINGLE PAGE WAS PERFECTION AND YOU NEED THIS ROMANCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!!!
K bye go read Better Than The Movies xoxoxoxo
Ugh I loved it!!!!!!
Also, indeed I manually added this to GR so that I could not only cry about it, but also gotta hit that reading challenge *wink wink*
March 24, 2024
•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 4,5 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
Wes e Liz vão juntos para a Califórnia, ambos vão para a universidade UCLA.
O pai de Liz e Helena seguem num carro, com as suas coisas.
A viagem juntos, em que tudo termina e começa algo novo.
A dificuldade de Liz deixar a mãe para trás...
E começar algo novo com Wes.
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Wes and Liz go to California together, they both go to UCLA.
Liz and Helena's father follow in a car, with their things.
The journey together, where everything ends and something new begins.
Liz's difficulty leaving her mother behind...
And start something new with Wes.
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April 30, 2022
"I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.
She was."
PEOPLE DIED
I’m people.
She was."
PEOPLE DIED
I’m people.
January 31, 2024
“I realized that liz was a fucking taylor swift song.”
- wes bennett 💌
- wes bennett 💌
August 1, 2022
"I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song."
This was everything I wanted and more. I want a guy to love Taylor Swift and become a Swiftie for me 🥲 *sigh* I wish I was in a rom-com
This was everything I wanted and more. I want a guy to love Taylor Swift and become a Swiftie for me 🥲 *sigh* I wish I was in a rom-com
June 5, 2023
..「 ★★★★ ꒱꒱
⁀➷ spice: 0/5
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╰┈➤ lizwes has ruined me in the best way possible! i will never shut up about them.
⁀➷ spice: 0/5
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"i love you, elizabeth buxbaum." i took a shaky breath and whispered back, "i love you more, wesley harold bennett."
╰┈➤ lizwes has ruined me in the best way possible! i will never shut up about them.
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July 19, 2024libby and wessy have my heart
“I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.
She was.
Vibey and romantic, but with the uncanny ability to reach inside of you and grab your heart with her absolute specificity. Liz Buxbaum wasn’t just a redhead; no, she was a girl whose hair was the color of the late September maple leaves that fluttered on the home base tree in her front yard.
And Liz Buxbaum didn’t just wear a sweater, for God’s sake. No, she wore an apple green cardigan that smelled like Chanel No.5 and the front seat of your car, where she’d left it for a week.
She said it reminded her of the way the rain sounded on the roof the first time you kissed her.
Taylor. Fucking. Swift.”
“Hey - what’re you doing, Tablecloth?”
I heard Wes’ yell from behind me – referring to my red gingham Draper James top”
“Something funny?”
“Not many guys would get their ass kicked by a cat for their girlfriend. You’re a mess, Wessy, and I love it so much.”
“He was too good to be true, only he wasn’t.
He was the real thing.”
“What song is playing right now, Buxbaum,” Wes asked when we finally walked out the doors and into the sunshine. He asked me that all the time, because I know that brain of yours is always pairing music and I want to be able to veto any shitty music you might assign to me.”
“Not smiling was impossible when Wes looked at me like that, like he wanted to kiss me and tousle my hair, all at the same time.”
“His mouth stopped my words. His big palms squeezed my shoulders – hard – as he lowered his head and kissed me like he was committing every fiber of his being to the task.”
“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.”
“my God, I loved her so fucking much”
“Wait. Buxbaum.”
“Yeah?”
“What song is playing right now?”
“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 fuck.”
“What song is playing right now, Buxbaum,”
“Every single kiss was perfection.
I could kiss her for centuries and never get tired of it.”
“I love you, Elizabeth Buxbaum.”
“I love you more, Wesley Harold Bennett.”
“What song is playing now, Buxbaum?”
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currently reading this on a mini road trip myself, the vibes are perfect ✨
“I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.
She was.
Vibey and romantic, but with the uncanny ability to reach inside of you and grab your heart with her absolute specificity. Liz Buxbaum wasn’t just a redhead; no, she was a girl whose hair was the color of the late September maple leaves that fluttered on the home base tree in her front yard.
And Liz Buxbaum didn’t just wear a sweater, for God’s sake. No, she wore an apple green cardigan that smelled like Chanel No.5 and the front seat of your car, where she’d left it for a week.
She said it reminded her of the way the rain sounded on the roof the first time you kissed her.
Taylor. Fucking. Swift.”
“Hey - what’re you doing, Tablecloth?”
I heard Wes’ yell from behind me – referring to my red gingham Draper James top”
“Something funny?”
“Not many guys would get their ass kicked by a cat for their girlfriend. You’re a mess, Wessy, and I love it so much.”
“He was too good to be true, only he wasn’t.
He was the real thing.”
“What song is playing right now, Buxbaum,” Wes asked when we finally walked out the doors and into the sunshine. He asked me that all the time, because I know that brain of yours is always pairing music and I want to be able to veto any shitty music you might assign to me.”
“Not smiling was impossible when Wes looked at me like that, like he wanted to kiss me and tousle my hair, all at the same time.”
“His mouth stopped my words. His big palms squeezed my shoulders – hard – as he lowered his head and kissed me like he was committing every fiber of his being to the task.”
“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.”
“my God, I loved her so fucking much”
“Wait. Buxbaum.”
“Yeah?”
“What song is playing right now?”
“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 fuck.”
“What song is playing right now, Buxbaum,”
“Every single kiss was perfection.
I could kiss her for centuries and never get tired of it.”
“I love you, Elizabeth Buxbaum.”
“I love you more, Wesley Harold Bennett.”
“What song is playing now, Buxbaum?”
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currently reading this on a mini road trip myself, the vibes are perfect ✨
February 23, 2024
I love wes so much it hurts 😭🤍
January 3, 2025
this was so cute!!!!!!!! but wes's dad can go die - OH WAIT 🤭 anyway, they're so goals in this. also helena is a baddie
July 19, 2022
“it lined me to think something so insane, 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.”
GAH WES AND LIZ!! they both are so precious and to see them together & happy made me happy. this was perfect!!
also helena is a real one.
GAH WES AND LIZ!! they both are so precious and to see them together & happy made me happy. this was perfect!!
also helena is a real one.
July 23, 2024
when all the bonus chapters are better than the actual book…
THIS WAS SO PERFECT??
THIS WAS SO PERFECT??
July 27, 2023
✰ 4.25 stars ✰
“He was too good to be true, only he wasn’t.
He was the real thing.”
Why is Wes Bennett so perfect, and where can I find someone just like him? 🥺 It was so sweet to revisit them again in Wes & Liz's College Road Trip - Wes and Liz are that couple that no matter what they're up to, they bring a smile to my face. 🥰🥰 I loved that it was in dual POV - limited as these glimpses were, Liz is still head over heels in love - admitting it, is just another step to show it. 🩷🩷
“Do you know how much I love you?”
Wes is just so sweet and charming and relaxed and confident, ugh - he really is too good to be true! 😭 It's in the little things that we get to see just how much he cares for her, just not too sure how to say it back. Because she is it for him - the girl who can turn him into a Taylor Swift fan - that moment, when he 'realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song'. They are the definition of 'enemies-to-lovers - it’s our trope', and they have my heart, simply for how well they embody it. 🥹🥹
“What song is playing right now, Buxbaum?”
As always, I LOVE the little movie quotes and song lyrics, Lynn Painter includes - it's such a brief short story of four parts, but she captured their next level of intimacy and fierce want. ❤️🔥❤️🔥 When Wes was one potent drug moving his sinful hands to the tunes when you move, I'm moved - I was a puddle of feels. 🫠🫠🫠 . Ms. Painter always successfully maintains that wonderful balance between playful yet flirty vibes, and that emotional tug towards the unforeseen future that lies ahead of them in their new step towards college. 🤌🏻🤌🏻
“He was too good to be true, only he wasn’t.
He was the real thing.”
Why is Wes Bennett so perfect, and where can I find someone just like him? 🥺 It was so sweet to revisit them again in Wes & Liz's College Road Trip - Wes and Liz are that couple that no matter what they're up to, they bring a smile to my face. 🥰🥰 I loved that it was in dual POV - limited as these glimpses were, Liz is still head over heels in love - admitting it, is just another step to show it. 🩷🩷
“Do you know how much I love you?”
Wes is just so sweet and charming and relaxed and confident, ugh - he really is too good to be true! 😭 It's in the little things that we get to see just how much he cares for her, just not too sure how to say it back. Because she is it for him - the girl who can turn him into a Taylor Swift fan - that moment, when he 'realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song'. They are the definition of 'enemies-to-lovers - it’s our trope', and they have my heart, simply for how well they embody it. 🥹🥹
“What song is playing right now, Buxbaum?”
As always, I LOVE the little movie quotes and song lyrics, Lynn Painter includes - it's such a brief short story of four parts, but she captured their next level of intimacy and fierce want. ❤️🔥❤️🔥 When Wes was one potent drug moving his sinful hands to the tunes when you move, I'm moved - I was a puddle of feels. 🫠🫠🫠 . Ms. Painter always successfully maintains that wonderful balance between playful yet flirty vibes, and that emotional tug towards the unforeseen future that lies ahead of them in their new step towards college. 🤌🏻🤌🏻
June 14, 2022
“i realized that liz was a fucking taylor swift song. she was.”
lizwes will always be so real to me like they’re my children🧸❤️🩹
lizwes will always be so real to me like they’re my children🧸❤️🩹
May 31, 2023
"i love you, elizabeth buxbaum"
"i love you more, wesley harold bennett"
my heart🥹🫶🏻
"i love you more, wesley harold bennett"
my heart🥹🫶🏻
September 25, 2023
my biggest need in life is for someone to call me a “fucking taylor swift song”
June 27, 2024
Wes is the best!
Hey, that rhymed. XD
Hey, that rhymed. XD
March 18, 2022
i'd die for wes and liz. i'd sell my soul for them. they're my children. my heart. my swiftie heart, it's theirs. nothing will ever be better. 6 stars.
March 16, 2022
wessy taylor stan confirmed <3<3<3
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July 19, 2023
“i love you, Elizabeth Buxbaum“
“i love you more Wesley Harold Bennett“
they’re so cute i can’t
“i love you more Wesley Harold Bennett“
they’re so cute i can’t
May 22, 2022
liz was a fucking taylor swift song 💗💖💘🧡💛💖💞💖💞💗💘❤️
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June 10, 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.)
[Highlights: Deep Inhale, Horrid Scream]
(Edit 18.09.23: I ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED THIS ONE!! It was so so so lovely. The banter, the sarcasm, the love! Just exquisite as usual, Lynn.)
I need to confess I only read a little bit of this and probably will never finish it because the PDF font is SO SMALL, LYNN CMON. But I did love what I read, and I didn’t want to wait because what if they take it off goodreads again?? So…enjoy my review that is actually based of BTTM itself and just a pinch of this novella.
There is something about Wes Bennet’s humour that is so smooth and charming and sly without the creepy undertone the average YA love triangle man gives me. I love him, I love his humour, I love Lizwes, I love this universe. And most of y’all, Lynn, I love you. 🫶
Wes can manage to be funny and flirty and sweet without that weird sex-based joking mechanism that I see in um…their name rhymes with Shameson Shawthorne. And when Wes’ humour does go a bit further it’s not to the point where Liz is uncomfortable or something. (I mean in BTTM she was, but that’s because she was in denial about liking him.) And honestly, I really like that. Too often there’s this teenage boy in a book who’s supposed to have exemplary humour and then it’s all “that’s what she said jokes”. (which are only funny when i say them‼️)
[Highlights: Deep Inhale, Horrid Scream]
(Edit 18.09.23: I ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED THIS ONE!! It was so so so lovely. The banter, the sarcasm, the love! Just exquisite as usual, Lynn.)
I need to confess I only read a little bit of this and probably will never finish it because the PDF font is SO SMALL, LYNN CMON. But I did love what I read, and I didn’t want to wait because what if they take it off goodreads again?? So…enjoy my review that is actually based of BTTM itself and just a pinch of this novella.
There is something about Wes Bennet’s humour that is so smooth and charming and sly without the creepy undertone the average YA love triangle man gives me. I love him, I love his humour, I love Lizwes, I love this universe. And most of y’all, Lynn, I love you. 🫶
Wes can manage to be funny and flirty and sweet without that weird sex-based joking mechanism that I see in um…their name rhymes with Shameson Shawthorne. And when Wes’ humour does go a bit further it’s not to the point where Liz is uncomfortable or something. (I mean in BTTM she was, but that’s because she was in denial about liking him.) And honestly, I really like that. Too often there’s this teenage boy in a book who’s supposed to have exemplary humour and then it’s all “that’s what she said jokes”. (which are only funny when i say them‼️)
July 10, 2023
It pained me to think something so insane, but that morning, as she’d subjected me to an endless T-Swift playlist, I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.
What is better than a story told from Wes and Liz’s perspective? We escort them on their road trip to college, where they rescue a cat from a cornland, do share-tattoos, express their deeper feelings, and reflect on the new chapter they’re about to start.
Sweet and, for me, very important for the series. The only thing I disliked was the length of the chapter. It keeps me wanting more of Liz and Wes. What is happening to me!? Never felt like this for a young adult series, and I regret profoundly starting it right now when part two comes next year! I can’t wait that long! Somebody call 911!
What is better than a story told from Wes and Liz’s perspective? We escort them on their road trip to college, where they rescue a cat from a cornland, do share-tattoos, express their deeper feelings, and reflect on the new chapter they’re about to start.
Sweet and, for me, very important for the series. The only thing I disliked was the length of the chapter. It keeps me wanting more of Liz and Wes. What is happening to me!? Never felt like this for a young adult series, and I regret profoundly starting it right now when part two comes next year! I can’t wait that long! Somebody call 911!
May 21, 2023
3.75 stars
if liz’s pov wasn’t in here, i’d like it more. anyways wes >>
if liz’s pov wasn’t in here, i’d like it more. anyways wes >>
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