Woke Up Like This: A Novel

Amy Leas Woke Up Like This reminded me that the exciting and complicated feelings of our teenage years never truly fade away. The book perfectly captures high school nostalgia . . . Its a feel-good story for the young and young at heart. Mindy Kaling For two high school seniors, its seventeen going on thirtyovernightin a magical romantic comedy about growing up too fast and living in the moment. Planning the perfect prom is one last to do on ultra-organized Charlotte Wus high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiancé, Renner, by her side. Either theyve lost their minds or theyve been drop-kicked into adulthood, forever trapped in the thirty-year-old bodies of their future selves. With each other as their only constant, Charlotte and Renner discover all thats changed in the time theyve missed. Charlotte also learns theres more to Renner than irritating-jock charm, and that reaching the next milestone isnt as important as what happens in between. Navigating a series of adventures and a confounding new normal, Charlotte and Renner will do whatever it takes to find a way back to seventeen. But whenand ifthey do, what then? See more