Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, December 27th, 2022

Format: ebook

Pages: 336

Rating: 3/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors–and each other.

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption–yet, she’s still not cool enough for the popular kids’ table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that’s how Celine sees it.)

These days, there’s nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she’s surprised to find Brad right beside her.

Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?

My Review:

Thank you Penguin Teen Canada for the copy of this book.
–
Read if you like: enemies to lovers.
–
First, I want to say that this was ultimately cute and I appreciated the OCD representation. Celine and Bradley used to be friends, but now they are enemies. But when they both go on an expedition for a scholarship, they begin to question their old friendship and relationship.
–
While this was cute, I thought the progression from friends to enemies to friends to lovers was a bit too much. Celine and Bradley were legit mean to each other. I understand the whole enemies to lovers trope and I usually love it, but this one just didn’t work for me personally! I do think some readers of this trope will really love it though!