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    The Make-Up Test
    The Make-Up Test
    The Make-Up Test
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Make-Up Test

    Written by Jenny L. Howe

    Narrated by Stacey Glemboski

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In this smart, swoony, rom-com debut, two college exes find themselves battling against each other—and their unresolved feelings—for a spot in a prestigious literature Ph.D. program.

    Allison Avery loves to win. After acing every academic challenge she’s come up against, she’s finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she’s admired for years. Sure, grad school isn’t easy—the classes are intense, her best friend is drifting away, and her students would rather pull all-nighters than discuss The Knight's Tale—but she’s got this. Until she discovers her ex-boyfriend has also been accepted. Colin Benjamin might be the only person who loves winning more than Allison does, and when they're both assigned to TA for the same professor, the game is on.

    What starts as a personal battle of wits (and lit) turns into all-out war when their professor announces a career-changing research trip opportunity—with one spot to fill. Competing with Colin is as natural as breathing, and after he shattered her heart two years ago, Allison refuses to let him come out on top. But when a family emergency and a late night road trip—plus a very sexy game of Scrabble—throw them together for a weekend, she starts to wonder if they could be stronger on the same team. And if they fall for each other all over again, Allison will have to choose between a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and what could be a twice-in-a-lifetime love.

    Charmingly bookish and unequivocally fat positive, The Make-Up Test embraces the truth that people can sometimes change and grow, even when you least expect it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpotify Audiobooks
    Release dateSep 13, 2022
    ISBN9781667071428
    The Make-Up Test
    Author

    Jenny L. Howe

    JENNY L. HOWE first started scribbling stories into black-and-white composition notebooks with neon pink pens when she was in junior high and never really stopped. In college, she decided to turn her love of books into a career by pursuing a Ph.D. in literature, where she spent the next few years studying bizarre and entertaining medieval romances. Now, as a professor, she teaches courses in college writing, literature, and children’s media. When she’s not writing and teaching, Jenny spends her time buried under puzzle pieces, cross-stitching her favorite characters, and taking too many pictures of her rescue dogs, Tucker, Dale, and Toast. She is the author of The Make-up Test and On the Plus Side.

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    • 2/5
      The female lead in this book is completely unlikeable. She needed to grow up. I DNF this book.
    • 4/5
      I'm giving this four stars because of how original the story was.....but my feelings are kind of all over the place about it.

      Both main characters were hard to like at times, and there were several plot points that just seemed highly unrealistic, or disjointed.

      I'd like to offer a theory, however, that helped me "understand" Colin, and how DENSE he was about how a few of his actions would make Allison feel. I'm not sure if this was the conscious intent of the author, but there were several aspects of his character that kept making me wonder if he was supposed to be slightly autistic. *shrug* Like I say, it helped me sympathize with his seeming cluelessness at times.

      I totally enjoyed the way Colin was not a conventionally attractive hero, and neither was Allison, I guess. For a first book outing, I consider this a good showing, and I will definitely read more from this author in the future.
    • 5/5
      This was such a great book, and I cannot wait for the next book of Howe's to come out!!!