Jackson High Series (Book 2 read in 2023) this is the second book in the series but can be read as a stand alone and this was my favorite in the series.
Grady is the "bad boy" of this story but I feel this is misrepresented as he is a super nice kid he is a athlete and plays football and lacrosse the other kids look up to him and he's a hard worker. He works late playing guitar at a club to earn some extra money. A problem he does have is he is a bit absent minded he regularly leaves his guitar in places he shouldn't which is what leads to it getting destroyed by our LFC Lacey when she accidently backs over it with her car in the school parking lot.
Lacey feels awful about breaking Grady's guitar and he is totally out of sorts due to being a musician and this was his prized possession.
Lacey and Grady then get more bad news... they will be stuck together working on a school advice column only Lacey is now stuck doing his work too after he lays a huge guilt trip on her over the whole broken guitar situation... so after doing double work for several weeks she has had enough and confronts Grady about this, serves him right for lying about a certain situation.
Grady has it tough at home his mom remarried a guy who is a big ole jerk and and he has a nasty step brother (evil step dad + step brother vibes). Lacey is trying to be the perfect all around student but feels like the odd man out at her home she's a twin but her sister is so laid back, confident and cool.
While getting to know each other better they realize that not everything is as it seems and maybe they don't dislike each other at all, in fact it could be the exact opposite.
Really cute quick read with some humor (like when we find that Lacey isn't amazing at "everything" when she joins the talent show). I did feel that the end was wrapped up a little too quickly and maybe not "as much" time for our couple to get to know each other better.
*young adult *age appropriate (high school) *opposites attract *bad boy/good girl
*Enemies (sort of but not really)--> more *LFC is a twin but complete opposite
*reverse Cinderella story
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