Wes e Liz na estrada

Better Than the Movies #1.7

by Lynn Painter, Alessandra Esteche (Translator)

Sucesso no TikTok, Melhor do que nos filmes ganha capítulos extras inéditos com muito romance e Taylor Swift.

Depois de viver uma história de amor digna das comédias românticas em Melhor do que nos filmes , Elizabeth Buxbaum e Wesley Bennett estão a caminho da Universidade da Califórnia. Mas Liz não tem pressa, porque botar o pé na estrada com Wes e rir de suas piadas é mais divertido do que qualquer outra coisa no mundo.

À medida que cruzam o país e veem lindas paisagens pela janela do carro, Wes e Liz vão criar uma trilha sonora, resgatar um gato abandonado na estrada, se envolver em confusão, dar muitos beijos e talvez até encontrar coragem para dizer aquelas três palavras mágicas.

Mas os dois sabem que, quando chegarem ao destino, nada será como antes. Ao deixar a cidade natal e a adolescência para trás, eles também estão abrindo as portas para novas possibilidades, e o futuro pode ser surpreendente.

Um inesquecível presente para os fãs, Wes e Liz na estrada tem cinco capítulos extras inéditos com referências a músicas de Taylor Swift e muitos momentos apaixonantes. Pela primeira vez, Lynn Painter traz o ponto de vista de Wes e revela o que aconteceu após os eventos de Melhor do que nos filmes .

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Novella, Short Stories, Ebooks, Contemporary Romance

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2022

Reviews

[Lynn Painter]

This 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.

[eden ⊹ · Rating 4 out of 5]

wes bennett is the only man ever !!!

[andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm gonna need 20 more books about lizwes im so serious like what. WE WANT THE COLLEGE SPINOFF!!

[agapi ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

in a world of boys, wes bennett is a gentleman.

[shanayaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

➳ 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! 🥹

[anya · Rating 5 out of 5]

i will be alone forever

[Helena (helenareadsxx) · Rating 5 out of 5]

If a guy doesn't treat me like Wes treats Liz, I'm not interested.

[Celia {Hiatus until August} · Rating 5 out of 5]

•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 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.

[Ruby Rae Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

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*

[m]

"I realized that Liz was a fucking Taylor Swift song.
She was."


PEOPLE DIED


I’m people.

[kaylin ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I realized that liz was a fucking taylor swift song.”
- wes bennett 💌

[Avery · Rating 5 out of 5]

"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

[liz ౨ৎ]

libby 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 ✨

[ren ୨ৎ ·˚ · Rating 4 out of 5]

..「 ★★★★ ꒱꒱
⁀➷ 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.

[Hoda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love wes so much it hurts 😭🤍

[alyymaas · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[rin ⋆˚✿˖° · Rating 5 out of 5]

“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.

[allison ★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

when all the bonus chapters are better than the actual book…

THIS WAS SO PERFECT??

[Amina · Rating 4 out of 5]

✰ 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. 🤌🏻🤌🏻

[nika · Rating 5 out of 5]

“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🧸❤️‍🩹

[alysh · Rating 5 out of 5]

"i love you, elizabeth buxbaum"
"i love you more, wesley harold bennett"

my heart🥹🫶🏻

[hansika 🫶 · Rating 5 out of 5]

my biggest need in life is for someone to call me a “fucking taylor swift song”

[Sylvie {Semi-Hiatus} · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wes is the best!

Hey, that rhymed. XD

[ceci · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[dee ౨ৎ [ia] · Rating 3 out of 5]

“i love you, Elizabeth Buxbaum“
“i love you more Wesley Harold Bennett“

they’re so cute i can’t

[amany · Rating 5 out of 5]

wessy taylor stan confirmed <3<3<3

[aya ‧₊˚✧ · Rating 5 out of 5]

liz was a fucking taylor swift song 💗💖💘🧡💛💖💞💖💞💗💘❤️

[majo☽ · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[jolie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars

if liz’s pov wasn’t in here, i’d like it more. anyways wes >>

[moniqueॱ◌̥*⃝̣ ⋆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5★

This would have to be, the bestest short story I’ve EVER read!!! I love Wes and Liz so much!! I need the sequel right this instant!!!