She Gets the Girl

Written by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Narrated by Natalie Naudus and Valentina Ortiz

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this New York Times bestselling hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from the coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick.

Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mom. She knows she’s in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just…hasn’t actually talked to her yet.

Alex and Molly don’t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus. But when Alex, fresh off a bad (but hopefully not permanent) breakup, discovers Molly’s hidden crush as their paths cross the night before classes start, they realize they might have a common interest after all. Because maybe if Alex volunteers to help Molly learn how to get her dream girl to fall for her, she can prove to her ex that she’s not a selfish flirt. That she’s ready for an actual commitment. And while Alex is the last person Molly would ever think she could trust, she can’t deny Alex knows what she’s doing with girls, unlike her.

As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they’re the ones falling…for each other.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Apr 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781797136202

Rachael Lippincott

Rachael Lippincott is the coauthor of All This Time, #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart, She Gets the Girl, and Make My Wish Come True and the author of The Lucky List and Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh. She holds a BA in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, she currently resides in Pennsylvania with her wife, daughter, and dog, Hank.

Reviews for She Gets the Girl

[emily · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

3.5 stars.

This was mostly a really sweet story. Well written and well acted by both narrators. I enjoyed the characters (though I found Alex a little aggravating, and that stunt at the party in the beginning really left me with a slight grudge, ngl). I guess… as much as I DID enjoy watching Molly and Alex become actual friends, and fall for each other, and as much as I knew that’s where this was gonna go… I found some part of me actually wishing the trope would be flipped a bit and they would end up becoming friends and helping each other get the girls they initially wanted? (I mean, clearly when it all shakes out, Natalie sucks a little, so in reality of the actual story we got, no that you, Alex deserves better, but, you know, if she hadn’t been). I felt really bad for Cora in this all though, she seemed super sweet and kinda got lead on.

All that said, I did enjoy Molly and Alex’s dynamic once it got kicking. I found both their relationships with their respective mothers really lovely to see and think it’s a solid YA book, I enjoyed it, just didn’t end up loving it.

[Airun 357 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Omg I loved it ;-; ahhh my heart :"""U do at first it's pretty slow but then the build up is hella cute, around the second half of the book the characters starts to notice feeling and all, so it's worth the wait. And the final was hella romantic and passionate, it made me feel so hooked and excited in those types of moments only few books make me feel. Completely recommend!!!!

[Sara Lilla Pete · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Finally a good sapphic romance with my favorite trope, friends to lovers.

[Воробьёва Александра · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It such a warm bittersweet story I red it once already but forgot the name and decided to reread it once I found it. I've been remembering the story and the characters for quite a while. I had a great time ⏲️

[Bri · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

cute and really nice to start reading young adult romance

[Angela Renzi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It has been awhile since a book drew me in so completely. The characters are loveable and I found myself drawn info their stories and plights. It is a book that has you rooting for the underdog and cheering for all of their victories. To say I loved this book is an understatement.

[Erin Osadjan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

this was an entertaining light hearted read. i’d definitely recommend it.

[Emily Sweeney Basque · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A light “makeover” type storyline about college age girls finding themselves first month of freshman year. Zero steam and one kiss, but there are some heavy alcoholism related triggers that surprised me since the rest of the book was so formulaic.

[Victoria Frota · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A little too "teenagery" for me but its good, a little easy romance

[Bruna santos · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

é tãoooooooooo fofo - é como assistir uma comédia romantica a tarde q só vai te deixar feliz. recomendo dms...

[Sandra Vázquez · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

La historia es un poco trillada pero tiene partes interesantes como la historia de la mamá de Molly y la vida de Alex. Mi única crítica es la voz de la persona que interpreta a Alex. Siento que su voz no iba con el personaje además que por momentos no entendía lo que decía, cuando la que interpreta a Molly su dicción es muy buena.

[Vickie Courville · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

You know the end in the first few chapters. It was ok.

[Jamie Spicer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I absolutely loved this adorable Sapphic romance. This friends to lovers romance is totally cute. Alex and Molly are sweet as hell. Good clean love story. Absolutely worth the read.

[Kate · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is such a heartwarming story! The audiobook is also good!! Love the narrators!

[Azarie Llf · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

What a surprisingly cute story. It was enjoyable to listen.

[Ekene Ogbue · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Such a good Sapphic romcom that gives the all the feels,especially the AWWW ones

[Yasmin Ferreira · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very sweet book, I finished it so fast cause I couldn’t put the book down
Loved it!!!

[Karla Petrova · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

And this is how you write an amazing book. This was everything I dreamed of and I didn’t know I needed. Wonderful chemistry between the characters, heavy topics handled beautifully and overall great writing style. What more could you want?

[Jude · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

College is supposed to be Molly’s opportunity to reinvent herself after years of feeling transparent and socially awkward. With friends and confidence, maybe Molly will gather the courage to talk to Cora and turn her forever crush into… something? Alex too is hoping for a new life, away from the responsibility of caring for and worrying about her alcoholic mother. And prove to her girlfriend that she isn’t the selfish flirt she seems to be. Helping clueless Molly get her girl could be the way to winning her own girl back.

Okay, so I was just coming to terms with the idea that I might be gay when I got to university. Not the first three years in Paris, but when I moved to Glasgow. And while I did have friends in Paris, both from high school and uni, Glasgow was supposed to allow a different me to come out, in more ways than one. Why am I writing this, you ask? Because listening to Molly trying to make herself go to her first college party despite her anxiety sounds extremely familiar and I’m sure it does to others as well. And that’s the thing about this story, I think loads of people will relate to at least part of what the characters go through. Whether we’ve gone to college or not, we’ve all been teens trying to become (or reinvent ourselves as) adults.

As usual, Natalie Naudus kills her narration, Molly’s point of view. Unfortunately, Valentina Ortiz’s voice didn’t fit the impression I had of Alex and it kept jarring me out of the story. I don’t know if I was distracted by the narration or if it’s the way the story is written but I never felt completely invested. Or maybe it’s because I still had all the feels from 6 Times We Almost Kissed in me and this story, despite the characters facing their own challenges, felt a bit bland in comparison.

That said, both MCs are layered, annoying one moment, endearing the next. The secondary characters – Molly’s mom and brother, Alex’s food truck boss – are interesting in their own right. My favourite parts were probably the girls’ relationships with their mothers, one overinvolved in her daughter’s life, the other absent except when she needs money. Molly’s mother’s struggle with being Korean and adopted by a white conservative family was also a high point.

For a while, I was hoping this would be a story of friendship. I knew it was a romance but I really liked Molly and Alex as friends. I liked the dynamic, and romance between them wasn’t necessary, I would have been happy with each of them getting her own girl. The girls the MCs were going after, however, aren’t as cool as they think, and the way the authors (who are married to each other by the way) handled the last third of the book made it easier for me to change my mind.

Lots of people found this book super cute and even if I didn’t love it as much as they did, I had a good time listening to it. 3.5⭐️

[Ann Mae Savare · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was a cute and heart warming enemies to lovers story.

[Ben Delatorre · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So cute! What a great book. I love it and I love the women narrating it!