Here’s the good news-the book exists, and it is as great as it sounds, if not better. I mean, a YA enemies-to-lovers romance that takes place at a Shakespearean summer camp? I had an inner feeling that it would fall short somewhere, because I had a hard time imagining a book that could be that good. The synopsis for this book sounded too good to be true. Preorder this book, add it to your list, and do all the things because you won’t want to miss it. The banter was perfection and the Shakespeare battle? Couldn’t get enough. It was enemies-to-lovers, but also some miscommunication with a side of missed signals.

I loved how much Bea grew and how amazing her friends were.

The anxiety representation was fantastic. The found family and friendships formed throughout this book made my heart so happy. I love when romance books have more to their story and this one definitely did. Throw in a Shakespeare theatre camp and it was perfection. The setting! If you love Emma Lord and camp books, this is for you. I stayed up until 1:40 reading and then got up early to finish it. I cannot even tell you how much I loved it.

But before the final curtain falls, will Beatrice realize there’s more to life than what she can find in the pages of a book? With her future on the line, this girl genius stumbles through illicit parties, double dog dares, and more than her fair share of Shakespeare. When she's adopted by a group of eclectic theater kids, and immediately makes an enemy of the popular-and annoyingly gorgeous-British son of the camp’s founders, Beatrice quickly learns that relationships are trickier than calculus. Unfortunately, hearts and hormones don't follow any equations. If Beatrice wants to live out her Oxford dream, she has to survive six weeks in the role of “normal teenager” first. The compromise: the Connecticut Shakespearean Summer Academy and a detailed list of teenage milestones to check off. Before her parents will send her halfway across the world, she has to prove she won’t spend the next four years hiding in the library. But while math has always made sense to Beatrice, making friends is a problem she hasn’t been able to solve. She always thought the hardest part would be getting in, not convincing her parents to let her go. Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn has always dreamed of discovering new mathematical challenges at Oxford University. In Serena Kaylor's sparkling debut, a homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life-and love-can’t be lived by the (text)book. “Like the best of the Bard himself, Long Story Short combines dazzling repartee with iconic, nuanced characters and the kind of charged, perfectly paced romance fit for the world stage.a sparkling Shakespearean homage and a wonderful debut.” -Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of Always Never Yours

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