Woke Up Like This
A Novel
Published on 1. October 2023
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-6625-1168-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Amy Lea's Woke Up Like This reminded me that the exciting and complicated feelings of our teenage years never truly fade away. The book perfectly captures high school nostalgia . . . It's a feel-good story for the young and young at heart." -Mindy Kaling
For two high school seniors, it's seventeen going on thirty-overnight-in a magical romantic comedy about growing up too fast and living in the moment.
Planning the perfect prom is one last "to do" on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu's high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiance, Renner, by her side.
Either they've lost their minds or they've been drop-kicked into adulthood, forever trapped in the thirty-year-old bodies of their future selves. With each other as their only constant, Charlotte and Renner discover all that's changed in the time they've missed. Charlotte also learns there's more to Renner than irritating-jock charm, and that reaching the next milestone isn't as important as what happens in between.
Navigating a series of adventures and a confounding new normal, Charlotte and Renner will do whatever it takes to find a way back to seventeen. But when-and if-they do, what then?
For two high school seniors, it's seventeen going on thirty-overnight-in a magical romantic comedy about growing up too fast and living in the moment.
Planning the perfect prom is one last "to do" on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu's high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiance, Renner, by her side.
Either they've lost their minds or they've been drop-kicked into adulthood, forever trapped in the thirty-year-old bodies of their future selves. With each other as their only constant, Charlotte and Renner discover all that's changed in the time they've missed. Charlotte also learns there's more to Renner than irritating-jock charm, and that reaching the next milestone isn't as important as what happens in between.
Navigating a series of adventures and a confounding new normal, Charlotte and Renner will do whatever it takes to find a way back to seventeen. But when-and if-they do, what then?
Reviews / Votes
"Lea creates a story that is part 13 Going on 30, part To All the Boys I've Loved Before (both referenced in the pop-culture savvy text), and 100% swoony fun... A fun, nostalgic story that's perfect for anyone who wants to take a trip down Memory Lane." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Lea has a sure hand with the slow-burning enemies-to-lovers relationship between her leads, making their path toward each other both entertaining and endearing. Romance fans will eat this up." -Publishers Weekly
"A fun, easily sharable, widely appealing romance that will have a big audience..." -Booklist
"Amy Lea's Woke Up Like This reminded me that the exciting and complicated feelings of our teenage years never truly fade away. The book perfectly captures high school nostalgia...It's a feel-good story for the young and young at heart." -Mindy Kaling
"Woke Up Like This is witty, earnest, charming, and intensely seventeen. It perfectly captures the highs and lows of being on the brink of big life changes and the thrill of first love (and first hate)." -Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
"Woke Up Like This charmed me from page one and I never wanted it to end! Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenny Han, this book is guaranteed to suck you in and force you to read it in one sitting. Ten out of ten would recommend!" -Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Better Than the Movies
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
ISBN-13
978-1-6625-1168-4 (9781662511684)
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Amy Lea is a Canadian bureaucrat by day and contemporary romance author by night (and weekends). She writes laugh-out-loud adult and young adult romantic comedies featuring strong heroines, banter, mid-2000s pop culture references, and happily ever afters. When Amy is not writing, she can be found fangirling over other romance books on Instagram (@amyleabooks), eating potato chips with reckless abandon, and snuggling with her husband and goldendoodle.