Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream

Better Than the Movies #1.4

by Lynn Painter

Wes has a dream about Liz coming to him in her prom dress, telling him he is the one she wants. But then he wakes up.

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

6 pages, ebook

First published September 1, 2023

Reviews

[eden ⊹]

oh he is so in love it is PHYSICALLY painful

[jolie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could write an entire book of poetry about the daisies on her delicate skin

I needed to kiss liz like i needed to breathe oxygen

i love wes so much u don’t understand 😭😭 he’s so delulu but who isn’t? also the way he talks ab liz omll why don’t men like him exist

[Celia {Hiatus until August} · Rating 4 out of 5]

•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 3,5 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•

Wes's dream about Liz, and how he really feels about her...



I rate this a bit lower because I couldn't relate in the book when this happens.

[Imme [trying to crawl out of hiatus] van Gorp · Rating 3 out of 5]

|| 3.0 stars ||

Nawhh, how come Wes is even the most adorable simp to walk the earth in his dreams? That's honestly almost a little too cute for me to handle.
Honestly though, I love a hero pining for his girl so much, but it also made me a little sad to think about Wes feeling rejected for so long. He really deserves all that love too! And although I'm really happy that Liz eventually realizes that as well, it’s still a little depressing to think about how long Wes waited. I mean, his long-suffering pining is cute and swoony, for sure, but it's also a little sad.


’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

[aleksandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

I need someone to dream about me the way Wes dreams about Liz

"Dear God, that tattoo.
I could write an entire book of poetry about the daisies on her delicate skin"

[angelpompom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rlly rlly cute🫠😍

[Amina · Rating 3 out of 5]

✰ 3 stars ✰

“Dear God, that tattoo.

I could write an entire book of poetry about the daisies on her delicate skin.”


A very short read of Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream where he's hopelessly devoted to Liz, and helpless against captivating charm - in other words, himself. 🥰🥰

Proving once again that even in his dreams, he can't escape or deny how he truly feels. 🫶🏻🫶🏻

“I rolled over and pulled the sheet up to my shoulders.

It’s not over.”

Truer words were never spoken. 😊

[siff ♡]

➵ 3 stars

“Dear God that tattoo. I could write an entire poetry about the daisies on her delicate skin.”

“I needed to kiss Liz like I needed to breathe oxygen.”

just riaa and me getting our daily wesliz content 💅🏼

[r ꨄ︎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

(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.)

[now playing: dress by taylor swift]

Woah, Bennett.

[arpita · Rating 4 out of 5]

wes bennet you’re so in love, dumbass

[kaylin ౨ৎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

“only bought this dress so you could take it off”
- taylor swift

[elly ♡ ︎]

how to read this??? and all the other bttm novellas???

[bianca ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

falling back to sleep so you can continue a dream is so real 🤣

[María Camila · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I bought it,” she said, stepping closer and lowering her voice, “Because I was hoping it
would inspire a certain someone to ask me to prom. Do you think it’ll work?”
Did I think it’d work? I’d sign over everything I owned just to look at her in that dress for
another five minutes, so yeah - I was probably too biased to answer that question
“So…?”
“So…?” I repeated, feeling like I was missing something.
“So ask me, Bennett,” she said, near enough for me to see the tiny gold flecks in her
emerald eyes. “I only wore this dress so you could take me to prom.”

Alexa, play Dress by Taylor Swift

[mia ౨ৎ [semi ia] · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 ⭐️
our little wessy is so desperately in love 😭😭
“i needed to kiss liz like i needed to breathe oxygen”

[liz ౨ৎ]

he’s so whipped

“Yeah, uh, it looks really nice,” I muttered, not wanting to say anything that would tip her off to the fact that she could wear an inflatable T-Rex costume and I’d still find her to be the most attractive human on the planet.”

“I’d sign over everything I owned just to look at her in that dress for another five minutes, so yeah - I was probably too biased to answer that question.”

“I looked down at her and she smiled, her ruby red lips sliding wide in a Liz Buxbaum classic that made me feel everything.
Victorious.
Sublime.
Like I’d won every-fucking-thing.”

“Dear God, that tattoo.
I could write an entire book of poetry about the daisies on her delicate skin.”

“I needed to kiss Liz like I needed to breathe oxygen.”

[allison ★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

wes is so real for that because same

[ari [gin’s vrsn 🩵] [semi ia] · Rating 5 out of 5]

i reread.

i am unwell.

i need this man.

[er · Rating 5 out of 5]

another one, thank you

these bonus scenes just keep coming, and I love them all

[angeline (taylor's version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

he is such a simp, i love him

[riaa♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

just me and lovely siffs in for our daily wesliz dose, yayyys <3 need them like oxygen

I looked down at her and she smiled, her ruby red lips sliding wide in a Liz Buxbaum classic that made me feel everything.
Victorious.
Sublime.
Like I’d won every-fucking-thing.

I could write an entire book of poetry about the daisies on her delicate skin

I needed to kiss Liz like I needed to breathe oxygen

[nat &#x1d717;&#x1d71a; · Rating 5 out of 5]

MY BABYYYYY

[Clara &#x1065a; free &#x1f1f5;&#x1f1f8; (studying) · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Yeah, uh, it looks really nice," I muttered, not wanting to say anything that would tip her off to the fact that she could wear an inflatable T-Rex costume and I'd still find her to be the
most attractive human on the planet. 🥲🥰😩
I love you Wes Bennet 💞💕💗🩵
“I knew sleep was a stupid reason to be tardy, to potentially end up with detention, but I
didn't care. That dream had been so real that I could still smell the vanilla of her skin and feel the
warmth of her soft body underneath mine.
It couldn't be over. Not yet.
The odds weren't in my favor that it would ever happen for real, so I was damn-sure
going to try my hardest to get back in the dream and have a few more minutes with Liz.”🥺🥺🥺

[lila ୧]

dress-taylor swift

[kaden⋆.&#x1065a; ̊⋆˙⟡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

wes bennett ,the cutie that you are 💕. miss lynn needs to give me the book in his pov asap !!

[noe ✧( semi-hiatus)✧ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5🌟

“𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙤.”
“𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣.”

wes dreaming with liz is just 😩🦋 he's sooo in love omg!😭

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trying to fall back asleep so the dream would resume… he’s such a simp and I love him for it.
This whole bonus chapters from Wes’ POV thing is only proving my point when I said I would have enjoyed the book even more if it had been dual POV.

[lulu · Rating 3 out of 5]

down so bad he’s dreaming about her telling him to ask her to prom 🫠

[Sylvie {Semi-Hiatus} · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

I forgot how giddy Wes and Liz make me feel.

[alyymaas · Rating 4 out of 5]

wow this mini was so long omg it took forever for me to read (iykyk) 😭😭😭 ANYWAY they freaky hehehe