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Bookishly Ever After: Ever After Book One
Bookishly Ever After: Ever After Book One
Bookishly Ever After: Ever After Book One
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Bookishly Ever After: Ever After Book One

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In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins’ life would be a book. Preferably one filled with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn’t even qualify for a quiet contemporary. 

Everything changes when Phoebe learns that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her. So, Phoebe turns to the heroines in her favorite books for inspiration, but becoming as awesome as her book characters isn’t as easy as it sounds. When another girl nets Dev for herself right out from under Phoebe’s nose, she’s crushed. 

And, to up the suckage, she gets assigned as his co-counselor at a sixth grade camp and has to spend an entire week tied to the hip with the one guy on the planet she wanted to avoid. Can she make it through the potential danger of romantic bonfires and nature walks, or will her counseling career end in emotional disaster? Can she ever go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing? 

Find out if Dev makes Phoebe forget all her book boyfriends in this first book of the Ever After Series.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 1, 2016
ISBN9781633920590
Bookishly Ever After: Ever After Book One
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Isabel Bandeira

Growing up, Isabel Bandeira split her time between summers surrounded by cathedrals, castles, and ancient tombs in Portugal and the rest of the year hanging around the lakes and trees of Southern New Jersey, which only fed her fairy-tale and nature obsessions. In her day job, she’s a Mechanical Engineer and tones down her love of all things glittery while designing medical devices, but it all comes out in her writing. The rest of the time, you’ll find her reading, at the dance studio, or working on her jumps and spins at the ice rink. Isabel is the author of the four-book Ever After series, including Bookishly Ever After, Dramatically Ever After, and the soon to be released Practically Ever After. Isabel lives in South Jersey with her little black cat, too much yarn, and a closetful of vintage hats. She is represented by Carrie Howland of Empire Literary.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I was really excited when I read the synopsis for this book and it sounded so cool! Unfortunately I didn't like it very much. I kept waiting for something really great to happen but it never did. It was pretty boring throughout the whole book. The author adds excerpts from the books the main character is reading which I felt was just unnecessary, I even stopped reading them a little over half way into the book and was fine. I think maybe this book would be good for young teens, they might be able to relate to it better.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book was adorable, I could totally relate to Phoebe and her incurable bibliohilia, although I was never into archery or knitting. Phoebe is sixteen and is a socially awkward knitting bookworm. She practically lives in her books but that doesn't stop her from having good friends that sometimes try to save her from herself. When she finds out that one of her guy friends Dev (yay for diversity! who doesn't love Indian boys!), may have a crush on her she turns to her books to try and work through it. How would her favorite heroines act, what would they wear, should she like him back? To the annoyance of her friends she is reluctant to take their advice and she makes the whole situation harder for herself by trying to live vicariously through her books. Should she trust her heart, her friends, or her fictional heroines? Totally nerdastic and adorable. This is for all the bookworms.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    “I read the books and they weren’t that ridiculous. Hollywood messes up everything.”Phoebe is a “late bloomer” when it comes to guys. She’s completely satisfied swooning over her book-boyfriends and leaving the real guys to her friend, Em. She’s an archer because of a book heroine, loves to knit, and quotes books in real life conversation. (*Ahem*)When Em notices a mutual friend, Dev, might have feelings for Phoebe she makes it her personal goal to get Phoebe’s head out of the books and into the real world. Of course, that’s much harder than she thought. Phoebe, not having any real life experiences of her own, consults her favorite book heroines on how to act in situations. Her flirting falls flat, her sexy smirks look more like a grimace, and the cheesy romance lines that work so well on paper don’t work so well out loud. It also doesn’t help that poor Dev is a bit confused at Phoebe’s behavior.There’s huge moments where I just wanted to hide my head in embarrassment for Phoebe, mostly because I’ve been in her position before. You know, the awkward falling-over-yourself moments in front of your crush. Or when you just KNOW you said something completely cheesy or awkward. Augh. Keep it together, girl! A few very cute moments includes the camp where Phoebe and Dev volunteer to work as councilors. A giggly little sixth grade girl read the same books as Phoebe and she has a chance to have an enthusiastic chat about the books, and the rest of the girls all giggle and swoon over Dev. It’s so cute seeing the main character’s interactions with the kids! I also have to add a big A+ for Phoebe and her friends watching K-dramas (Korean dramas)! That did get a few fangirl squeals. Overall, Bookishly Ever After is a good read for the geeky YA readers. If you find yourself quoting a book in real life, you might be nodding along with Phoebe and find an instant book-friend for life.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    What as sweet little book. I enjoyed reading it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved the story line. I mean heck who of us doesn't have a book boyfriend or 4? I know I do! Phoebe and Em are great friends and i love that Em doesn't give up on finding her a RL boyfriend! And even though Phoebe is really too stuck in her books and knitting, I find her relate-able. The back and forth between Phoebe and Dev reminded me of exactly like all the great YA books I have read, and I love that we can all fall for the"Book boyfriend" in this book!.

    (*Digital Copy Received for my honest review*)

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