Frenemies with Benefits

Let me start with what I loved, this book is cute, funny, and emotional, and is just a fun read, I found myself laughing so many times, on top of that have I mentioned how cute it is???

Jess is one of those girls that is practical, she knows what the world is and where she fits into it, she's not someone that believes life ends happily ever after but she does believe that with practice there's nothing she can't do.

Benjamin seems to be the typical sports king of their high school, he's the quarterback, the ladies man, and the Mayor's son, no pressure in any of that at all.

Jess and Ben keep getting thrown together because of their friend group of six they're the only singles, well when Ben isn't with someone that is,  and the two of them are just plain explosive together.

When Jess finds out her brother is coming home for the summer and bringing his best friend Andrew home with him Jess nearly loses her mind.  You see Jess has the biggest of the big crushes on Andrew and just knows that if she can spend some time with him he'll fall in love with her and she might just get a chance at being truly happy.

There's only one little catch to her plan, she's "inexperienced" and thinks her lack of experience will keep her dreams from coming true, so what does she do??? She makes a deal with Ben, of course, to finally go all the way and be ready to start dating the college man of her dreams.

Through crazy dates and realizing everything isn't always as it seems Jess realizes that she's perfect just the way she is and that Ben is so much more than he seems, can we say cello-playing prodigy?

Jess also realizes that no matter how scared it may make her she can be the one to stand up and say something, she can be the one to talk to people she doesn't know, and she can be the one that realizes when she's made a huge mistake and then fix it.

I will say the only (and I mean only) thing that kept me from giving this one five stars is that in my opinion, this isn't a young adult book, it's more new adult, there are a lot of topics/experiences that are touched on (no pun intended) that don't fall into the YA genre for me, let's be honest here, that cover is adorable, I can see someone picking this up for a 12/13-year-old based off the blurb and the cover and it's really detailed (I'll never look at ice cream cones the same way again)  for the lower end of the y/a age range.

Overall I loved this book though, it's fun and funny, thought-provoking, and way spicier than I thought it was going to be while showing that even when things aren't perfect life isn't hopeless when you have good friends, a strong support system, and belief in yourself. .

Thank you to Entangled and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this ebook, I have voluntarily read and reviewed it and all thoughts and opinions are my own.