The love interest in this book is not my type. But it was hard, you guys, watching her spend her entire time in the most beautiful city in the world being SO STRESSED OUT, and making assumption after wrong assumption, until… epiphany! Julia totally WAS me growing up! Thankfully, we both learned a lot, and I was able to proudly present her with a charm upon her return to Newton. It would seem like Julia and I would be soul mates, what with our love of London, Shakespeare, and organizing things. Jason agrees to help her with the finer points of looove, in exchange for her doing his homework, but as he drags her all over London, Julia begins to wonder if it’s worth it. But that’s before she starts getting flirty texts from Chris, a boy she apparently met at the party she can’t remember.

On their very first night in London, he drags Julia to a house party, where she gets rip-roaring drunk, loses her pocket Shakespeare, and is pretty sure she generally made a fool of herself. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out, and now she’s been partnered with the class clown, Jason, who is ridiculous and flirty and disrespectful, and couldn’t care less about THE RULES.

When Julia signed up for her school’s trip to London, she was sure her best friend would be able to go along. Also, don’t those models look like grownups? But it’s also… kind of pretty? Mostly, it screams that it is a girly book of the highest order. Bonus Factors: Newton North, Wagamamas, London

Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill