when i was kid, on fridays i would go to my school's library and pick out what i called a 'weekend book'. these books were often realistic fiction, usually about 300 pages, had some sort of romance, and while sometimes sad, always made me feel insanely happy to have read. i would read it over the weekend and then turn it in the following monday, only to start the cycle again that friday. i haven't read a book in a while that gave me those vibes as a 'weekend book', but "she gets the girl" delivered that to me instantly. 

"she gets the girl", is about alex, a girl who wants to find a way to convince her (kinda?) ex girlfriend that she's more than a flirt and is serious about their relationship, and molly, a girl who is in love with a girl named cora but is too anxious to approach her. in order to prove that alex can be just friends with someone, alex helps molly get the girl, so that she can get her own girl. 

a very rom com premise that i love lol. this book was really well done, and alex and molly's relationship had a very natural growth as they grew closer (had me giggling and kicking my feet). it had 'weekend book' vibes where it was very fluffy and fulfilling story! and it for sure got me out my pseudo reading slump that i had been approaching. loved it, though again i wish we got to see more of how molly and alex manage a romantic relationship and not just a platonic bordering on romantic relationship. 

THOUGH I AM STILL CONFUSED AS TO HOW ALEX WAS WORKING AS A BARTENDER WHEN SHE WAS UNDER 21??? UNLESS PENNSYLVANIA IS JUST THE WILD WEST

(also the authors are married to each other and apparently this book is based on their story which i find so obscenely cute!)