Marieke (mariekes_mesmerizing_books)'s Reviews > How You Get the Girl

When I had read a few pages of How You Get the Girl, I told a friend it felt like coming home, and they agreed. Anita Kelly’s writing is just so warm and inviting and intimate, and I love, love it so much!

While reading those first pages, I was smiling so, so hard, and a fussy feeling settled itself in my chest, and I immediately knew this would be another amazing five stars. Sh*t, Anita, how are you able to let me feel so much? Time and again, your stories instantly demand a piece of my heart, and that same heart has just been growing bigger and bigger because of you! It almost explodes with love for OMG boob-stained Julie—yes, boob-stained, I’m not kidding—and elephant-loving Elle.
 
I chuckled and sometimes laughed out loud and just wanted to hide in a cave to keep on reading so there would only be me, myself, and I. And, of course, probably somewhere on the ace spectrum, a little bit or a lot lesbian or whatever Julie (I feel you, but you don’t need a label, Julie, just the right person), and Elle, once such a joyful girl turned into an uptight woman (you can find that lightness back, Elle!).

Real life also needed time, and therefore, it took me a couple of days to finish this fantastic, amazing, stunning, beautiful story, but the power it radiated pulled at me so hard, so incredibly hard. Gasp … Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.
 
Okay, Anita, I know I’m rambling and fangirling far too much, but WOW, just WOW. I called Something Wild & Wonderful the perfect romance, but it’s much more. You’re just one of the best and maybe the best romance author in the world!
 
Please preorder this book, everyone, and read it when it comes out in February! It’s so, so good!
 
Thank you so much for the ARC, Forever Publishing, and NetGalley. It was an honor to read this story early!