Archie Corrigan is an angry teen, pigeon-holed by a stereotype. Landon Summers is a Hollywood heartthrob, whose role doesn’t end when the cameras stop filming. When the two guys meet at Camp Crystal Cove, they have literally nothing in common. Despite their differences, Archie can’t help but be enthralled by Landon’s confidence, and Landon has never met anyone so completely immune to his charms. … immune to his charms.
Their unexpected friendship has them both revealing parts of themselves they’ve tried to keep hidden, but accepting the truth isn’t always easy.
Archie and Landon have to decide.
Stick to the safety of the pretend lives they’ve built up?
… Or give in to That Feeling When they’re finally happy?
All books in the #lovehim series are stand alones. The series number is recommended reading order.
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I absolutely devoured this book!
Truthfully, it’s been on my watch list for a while now, but I always convinced myself to get other priorities first. What was I thinking?
Luckily, book 3 in the #lovehim series came up for review so I couldn’t resist convincing myself that I just had to read the first 2, before I started. And I’m so glad I did.
I’m not usually a fan of 1st person, present tense, but it really worked for this book. Along with the gorgeous presentation, Archie’s natural snark, and the most adorkable teen romance you’ve ever seen, there wasn’t anything I didn’t love about this book. Nothing.
There was a sweet and tender start to the romance, after much snark and teen angst, and it completely sucked me into the teen, camp, romance feel of the novel. The slow realisation of self, the subtle chemistry, the self-discovery. It was all so beautifully done. The awkwardness of teenagers was so brilliantly written that it took me straight back to being in high school.
Landon was a complicated mess; Archie was sweet and lost; Landon’s mother was incredible. Owen and Brittany, Kelly and Meredith, were incredible supporting cast. I loved the struggles over self – being aboriginal, being gay, being confused, being famous – and the logical fear that what they had might only last as long as the camp did.
I cried. I loved it. It was perfect. Adorkable. Sweet. Ridiculously beautiful. And exactly what I needed.
That Feeling When…is an adorkable story of young love, blushing romance, self discovery, and growing up, wrapped in a summer camp, teen angst, and the absolutely awful hormones of teen life. I can’t wait to read more.
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Favourite Quote
“And there he goes, holding my stare for that beat longer than he probably means to before letting loose this adorable, little smile. I’m putty. Just a gloopy, gooey mess. This guy is a menace.”
Compelling, thought-provoking and immensely enjoyable!!
I was hooked from the first page and just couldn’t put this book down!
This is a great coming of age story, with two young men finding love and friendship where they least expect it. The book focuses on Archie and Landon, but their interactions and friendships with the secondary characters are very important too, giving the book a similar feel to that found in the wonderful “Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda”.
The blackmail plot and its fallout give the story some added tension, upping the stakes for the MC’s.
Archie has a bit of a chip on his shoulder when he arrives at the camp, and his snarky internal dialogue makes for very entertaining reading. We sense his unhappiness, but the reasons for it remain unclear for a while. Archie closes himself off from everyone, even his twin sister, maybe unconsciously afraid of truly being know by anyone, even himself.
Landon/Yarran is extremely lovable!! Very much the handsome boy next door, hardworking, humble and so very decent! His mum raised him right! Landon’s just so sweet!!
I loved his connection to his family and how he clings to his mum and the principles she instilled in him, even in the face of a decidedly grumpy Archie.
The Australian accent was brilliant! I simply couldn’t get enough of the Oi’s, mates, barbie and the bloody this or that!
I really loved that we got an Aboriginal character “in the lead” in this book, especially one with a very successful career.
The author leaves us bread crumbs to follow throughout the story, only giving us more insight into Archie and Landon in the most subtle and piecemeal way.
This challenges the reader and helps us join Archie on his road of self-discovery.
I loved the conclusion of the book!
It ends in a very romantic, optimistic fashion. Utterly delightful!
Cute. Sweet. Enduring. Head-spinning. I could use all of these words and more to describe That Feeling When. I really liked the book, but if you are looking for something full of steam, this isn’t it. I like reading something that’s kind of low key sometimes and this was it. It was sweet and romantic, and at the same time, there were parts that had you shaking your head and rolling your eyes.
Landon and Archie have some things to figure out. Will they do that together or apart? More than once, I wanted to slap Archie alongside the head. He was irritating and couldn’t seem to see what was right there in front of him. I get that though, however, there were several times that I found him annoying. Landon was the complete opposite for me and I loved him. The story was good, but lost me a few times. I’m going to give this book a 3.5 and recommend that you one click this book today!
I enjoyed this story of Archie and Landon. Archie is from a wealthy family, and his father wants him to give up his dream of dancing. Landon is a poor kid turned tv and movie star. They butt heads a lot through the book, and that is usually Archie’s fault. It’s great seeing his prickly attitude change over the course of the book, though that happens very very slowly. I love Landon for his patience with Archie, and for the way he loves his family. It seems a little strange to have a movie’s cast and crew sharing space with older teens at summer camp, but it works here. I look forward to seeing what the next story in the series will involve.
This is a sweet and entertaining story about 2 boys who are finding themselves. Archie is a dancer, who is the son of a very privileged man, but is desperately struggling with his sexual orientation. Landon is a young actor, who comes from a very loving family, and is very comfortable in being bisexual. This is a well written story and the moral of the story is accepting yourself as you are, and not others expectations. I was intrigued and hooked throughout, and look forward to reading more of this authors’ work!
This sweet novel is perfect for when you wanna escape into a love story. The book really captures all the feelings of falling head over heels and makes every moment Landon and Archie spend together feel special and intense, whether they’re rock-climbing, breaking an entering, or scuba diving.
This story was a very much coming of age story.
Landon is an actor and he’s a confident in his sexually, knowing he’s bi, his family and friends know but to the rest of the world he is told to play straight to get more roles. Landon comes across very calm and in control and has confidence but he has many insecurities inside.
Archie is a dancer (I love it when boys are dancers I really don’t think they are represented enough in books, that boys can enjoy dancing too. Anyway off that tangent.) He is straight and gets annoyed that people think he’s gay because he dances. He’s very introverted and has a lot of self-doubt and he doesn’t connect with many people not even with his twin which is surprising. I struggled to like Archie at times his self-brooding all the time was kind of annoying, although he does grow in this book which is good.
Whilst I enjoyed Archie and Landon’s story I couldn’t help but feel there was something missing in the romance between them. I feel like we never really see or feel their connection or chemistry we are just told about it. Like we should be able to feel it and I just didn’t.
I did love the storyline though, I did think it was a little cliche, I still liked it though. I love cliche stuff! The story was certainly a rollercoaster ride and I enjoyed reading their story.