Ask again later liz czukas epub

It was a kiss. I'm your sister. Aside from the atrocity of Heart's jerk face brother, Ask Again later was a compelling read with plenty of charm and amusement. I cannot recommend this highly enough. View all 7 comments. Jun 19, Christina A Reader of Fictions rated it it was amazing Shelves: i-will-go-down-with-this-ship , favorites-contemps , arc , on-my-shelves , the-adorbs , owned-print-copy , yabc-reviews , favorites-humor.

Actual Rating: 4. And banter. And ships. And adorableness. If you do not like those things, you should probably turn around because you would hate this book.

Ask Again Later is the sort of fluffy, slow burning, bantery goodness of which I will never tire. Read the full review at A Reader of Fictions. View all 9 comments. Shelves: predictable , arc , light-and-cute , holy-shit-that-ending , oh-the-fluff , swoony-book-boys , covergasm.

Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of Ask Again Later! Open to US residents only. Indeed, that adorable cover's a plus. I should get a physical copy for my collection once it's out, huh? The story revolves around Heart--whose name I actually like--a girl who planned to go to prom with a group of friends.

But then, to her surprise, two very different guys ask her to prom for two very different reasons! I loved the premise no matter how unlikely it is to happen, at least from what I think and how cute it was. It was a great opportunity to show the world that even the crappiest days can turn into the happiest ones you'll find out why when you read it. Heart herself was a pretty clumsy girl, in a cutesy-funny way, even if sometimes I wanted to smack her across the head for being dense.

She considered both sides of the coin literally and really wanted to choose which date she thinks will benefit her more. Okay, well, she basically wanted to pick whoever she thought needed her more, which was considerate of her. What was stupid was that she didn't even consider going with her friends anymore!

But all's well that ends well. My favorite thing about the novel was that the side characters were also given importance and weren't boring at all! Heart's friends really supported our heroine most of them, anyway and were very protective of her. Despite her ditching them, they were there by her side throughout all the prom disasters which was a lot. Chase was my favorite --he was super adorable and was really close with Heart, even giving her nicknames using other internal organs, such as "Pancreas" or "Lung.

Fine, I'll just say a few things about them. Ryan was really cute and I loved his friendly, chillax relationship with Heart. Troy was a depressed ass , mostly. I didn't like him at all and wanted to throw him out the window. With a fun, easy to get writing style, hilarious main characters and a funky supporting cast , Ask Again Later 's a contemporary that'll stay stuck with me for a while. I would recommend it to fans of Miranda Kenneally's Hundred Oaks series. The way that the story went from this point onwards I was a bit confused about at first, but I soon came to realise was cleverly done.

I have to say I immensely enjoyed these alternative chapters, it was clear from the very beginning who Heart should have gone with to prom, but still it was fun watching the night unravel before us. There were a great set of characters that were each brilliant in bringing something different to this story. Normally when there are such a huge number of secondary characters, it can be hard to recall who everyone is, but for me this was not the case at all.

I had many laugh out loud moments with these characters although at times there was one character view spoiler [ Phil hide spoiler ] who I wanted to knock some sense into at times. I did at times really feel for Heart in this perspective, as she was roped in on making Troy feel better and was guilt trapped into attending prom with Troy in the first place and then every time she did want to enjoy prom with her friends, her brother Phil would go and put a dampener on things.

Although there were many wonderful characters in this book two stood out the most for me; Heart and Schroeder how awesome is this nickname, not only did his nickname have me sighing, but he was just such an amazing character.

Poor Heart was clueless to what was going on, but I loved the build up from both perspectives to the ending that we were given. Whenever you need a quick fun pick me up, which will cause many snort laughing moments and consequent death glares from people sitting next to you on your journey to work, I highly recommend giving Ask Again Later a go, it definitely surpassed all my expectations.

View all 4 comments. Feb 15, Elaine rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adult , brain-candy , romance , favourites , cover-lust , contemporary , kindle , book-boyfriends , author-crush , made-me-lol. View all 8 comments. Mar 04, Louisa rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adult , read , so-much-cute , swoon-worthy-book-boyfriends , awesome-heroines , favourites. This gif should more or less encapsulate the cuteness of this book: YES.

Sometimes you read a YA contemporary The protagonist's name is Heart LaCoeur. She can't choose between a just-dumped jock and a gay boy, both of whom ask her to prom after she's already made No-Drama Prom-a plans, for her date. In come the alternate story lines This gif should more or less encapsulate the cuteness of this book: YES. In come the alternate story lines aka. I honestly think this way of storytelling both adds and detracts from the actual plot, but whatever.

How adorable is that? So if you need something light to tide you over between heavy books, or you just want a cavity from uber-sweetness, try this out! View all 6 comments. Mar 05, Faye, la Patata rated it it was ok. I hoped I'd like it but I didn't : Predictable, trying hard, has annoying characters, and with the parallel style thing that just didn't work on me. I'm sorry. View 1 comment. Jul 14, Danielle Love at First Page rated it really liked it Shelves: favorites-young-adult , own-kindle-book , genre-young-adult , read-in , so-otp-it-hurts , contemporary , laugh-out-loud , brain-candy.

I was grinning like a fool so much I was worried it would become a permanent facial expression. The narration, the group dynamics, the antics, and the blunders all combine to make one hilarious, heartwarming, and super fun debut by Liz Czukas. It should also be noted that the author told me on Twitter she hates love triangles, too, which immediately put her on my will-always-read list.

So basically this felt like one huge win for me. The plot starts out straightforward enough: Heart LaCoeur, a junior in high school and our narrator, has plans to go to prom with her theater friends as a group. Just two weeks before prom, and the unthinkable happens: Heart gets asked by not one, but two guys to the dance. Heart is torn not only by the fact that she never wanted to go with a date, but also because now she has to hurt the feelings of one of the two boys.

To help her decide, she puts it into the hands of fate and flips a coin: heads for Troy and tails for Ryan. The book then starts to alternate chapters between what would happen if the coin lands on heads or if it lands on tails. The writing and plotting are really spectacular. I thought this setup was brilliant and oh so romantic: no matter which way the coin fell, things would work out all the same and just fine for our dear Heart s.

She is an absolute riot: down-to-earth, sarcastic, and an excellent commentator on everything going on around her. She is such an easy character to love, as are her supporting cast of theater friends. Their dynamic of easygoing banter and fierce loyalty is one of the best aspects of the book; they are a tight-knit group with years of history and inside jokes among them. Between the two dates, her more successful one is with Ryan, who makes a confession early on in the book.

He turned out to be one of my favorite characters, giving Heart the push she needs at the end to figure out her romantic dilemma. Toward the end of the night, the two realities become more and more tangled, until they meet in the middle and become one. The driving force behind this is the romance and bringing our two lovebirds together. His name is Chase, but she calls him Schroeder due to the fact that he plays the piano and looks like the character from Peanuts.

Adorable, right? He calls her names like Lung and Kidney to tease her about her name. Even more adorable, right? Heart and Chase make such a cute pair, with their flirtatious dialogue and slow-burn transition from friends to more. The last few pages of the book are pretty much the best kissing scenes ever. This review can also be found at Love at First Page. Jun 18, Gillian rated it really liked it Shelves: rep , favorites , premise-is-perfection , romance-to-root-for , arcs-i-own , cuter-than-puppies , bookish-boyfriends , feelsy-feels , contemporary , lolz.

Fluff reading at its best. Oh, this book was JUST what the doctor ordered. Ask Again Later had all that an more, because I didn't merely giggle--I chokelaughed. And it wasn't just adorable--it was painfully, cuter-than-puppies adorable. I want to 4. I want to hug this book. This book is a little like Pivot Point minus most of the paranormal elements and the part where Kasie West decides to crush your ship soul same thing.

Heart is a poorly named and brilliant realized teenage girl desperate to avoid any kind of prom date drama. She does what any reasonable high school girl would do, and agrees to go with her group of friends. Until two, stupid not-romantic-options boys with their stupid life-ruining ways decide to ask her to prom, and Heart decides to flip a coin and let fate take the reins. Also she can't make a decision to save her life, which is a trait I can relate to. Also romance is scary and should be avoided when your only romantic options are teenage boys.

Heart, girl, I feel you. From then on we get a kind of Sliding Doors divergent narrative. Heads she picks one date, tails she picks another, and we get to see the repercussions of both flips play out. The narrative is split between the two prom nights, and obviously both lead to dancing and kissing and wardrobe malfunctions and being locked in the trunk of a car. Normal teenage stuff. So how does the shipping in this completely love triangle free book play out? Heart: Banter banter snark snark.

Adorable love interest: Snark snark banter banter. Adorable love interest, pining deeply: I banter to hide my overwhelming boy feelings. Heart: I banter because banter also what's that about feelings? Me: Now kisssss. Heart: Banter banter banter-- Me: No, seriously, kiss. There are puns, funny adorable nicknames, a ship, awesome friends, a No Drama Prom-a Crew, family jeopardy, and all sorts of prom-related disasters that I, who had a rather disastrous prom night herself, can fully relate to.

Plus Heart, our narrator, is just hysterical. Christina pointed out in her review that your enjoyment of this book may be dependant on your enjoyment of Heart's voice and personality, and she's right. It never occured to me that people could dislike her, since I loved her so totally, but I can see how her brand of humor might not be the same as other people's. But it was most certainly mine. This is what dreams are made of, you guys. PSA to my future currently non-existent husband: you'd better make some puns on my last name if you want to put a ring on this.

So, yeah. Have fun suffering the slow burn! The love interest made my heart melt and also my Heart melt. See what I did there? I'm almost as funny as Schroeder. The story also resolves itself in both an adorable way AND an interesting, not-so-clear-cut way. This is the sort of book I'll certainly be rereading when my spirits need a little lifting, and I can't wait to buy a hard copy when it releases next week! Feb 06, h. Shelves: young-adult , contemporary , reviewed , best-romance , impressions , to-reread , tolino.

Well-written, funny, and charming, it sweeps you off your feet, and puts a smile on your face all the way through—occasionally accompanied by jumping up and down and squealing around in excitement. This book had me chuckling more than once, and grinning so much I could actually feel my cheeks afterwards.

The romance is, though predictable, cute and more than swoon-worthy, but by no means cheesy, and you can't help but root for Heart and view spoiler [Chase hide spoiler ].

My final verdict: read it, loved it, want need more books like these. Shelves: read , young-adult , contemporary , favorites. Truthfully, when I first saw this book, I looked at that cover and wasn't instantly dazzled. I'm a cover-crazz kinda gal and if a cover doesn't get my attention off the bat, then I usually don't bother with it.

Clever banter, awesome zingers, sweet friendships and an ad Truthfully, when I first saw this book, I looked at that cover and wasn't instantly dazzled. Clever banter, awesome zingers, sweet friendships and an adorable romance. Truly, a fun-filled escape. Ask Again Later , is the kind of story that makes your heart happy and puts one of those stupid plastered smiles on your face the entire time your reading. The writing is effortless, smooth and quite smart.

What a brilliant and refreshing concept idea to have a girl who doesn't date be put on the spot for two good-intention prom invites. Heart doesn't know what to do and decides to leave it up to fate, or in this case, a Chuck E.

Cheese token. But fate is a mischievous beast and our tender Heart will be in for one helluva night filled with hilarious disasters, epically entertaining comedy and finally some insightful discoveries. Watching Heart have to endure everything and anything that came her way was such a hoot and I thoroughly enjoyed watching her go through the 'what could happen' for both of her respective prom offers.

One was obviously the better choice while the other was the prom from hell, which was both parts sad and hilarious. But no matter how Heart's night is going with both Tyler and his group and Ryan with the No Drama Prom-a Crew, it's where Heart ends up that makes it so incredibly worth it. My favourite thing about this book is all of the amazingly awesome characters. They were all so funny and just fun to be with.

Being inside Heart's head was a complete joy. She's sassy and sweet and all kinds of scared. She's the kind of character who doesn't like confrontations, gets manipulated easily by her brother and has commitment issues, but despite some of her flaws I like that she felt real and easy to connect with. But what I thought was so cool about her the most was that no matter what the night threw at her which was a lot she took it all surprisingly well and made the most of a bad situation.

I liked that she just went with it, head up and just dealt with it. Kudos for Heart. I also really loved all of Heart's friends, they are all a perfect mix of good times, tough love and endless support. While the romance in this is both sweet and frustrating. Despite what's implied there isn't a love triangle in this one, but I really did love both guys.

Ryan is a sweetie-pie and I love how much of a friend he turned out to be when Heart needed it the most. Most of the time he's charming and funny and I adored their banter and the use of witty nicknames, but then we have moody-Schroeder who quite frankly was a pain in the ass. Honesty people, it works. While I really did love all of these characters, the only one I had an issue was with Phil. Phil was such. Or well, at least he was in one version of the night, on the flip side I guess he was okay, but I can't help wishing he was written differently.

I really loved that ending. It felt like a warm fuzzy blanket after being stuck out in the cold for hours. Prefect and adorable. Basically, I had a lot of fun with this book. It's funny and warm and sweet and cute as hell and the perfect book when your in need for something light and wonderful. A feel good, fun-filled read. Can't wait till Czukas next book, but this time there wont be any hesitation! View all 3 comments. Mar 01, Kimi rated it it was ok.

Prom is coming up and Heart has already made plans with her No Prom-A Drama friends when two boys, Ryan, the theater geek and Troy, the jock who is her brother's best friend, ask her out to prom.

Now Heart is torn between the two, and to solve her dilemma, flips a coin. Then the novel unfolds showing both scenarios, told in alternating chapters. Ask Again Later is a choose your own story type of book, a writing style which is not so original or clever but with a great premise and when executed well could turn out to be a fun and interesting read.

Sadly, Ask Again Later is not that kind. Remember when I posted the other day that Ask Again Later is one of my debut favorites? I take it back! I must have been half asleep when I wrote that because I really didn't like this book. Learn more here. You've reached the maximum number of titles you can currently recommend for purchase.

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