After all, don’t all teams play better when they have a cheering section? While this book is quite typical for the genera, its written well and keeps the readers wanting to turn the page. Scottie has two main reasons for this offer, one to make Tally jealous, and two to make her basketball team play better. Scottie offers Irene the money she needs to repair the car if she pretends to be her girlfriend for 4 months.

This starts off an enemies to lovers’ adventure that keeps readers smiling throughout. The same head cheerleader who had Scottie’s car towed last year at a party for no reason.

After the demo game against her school rival, where Tally is now going, she runs her car in to the car of the Head Cheerleader Irene. It has become a complete mental block that is taking away from every aspect of her life. Scottie is on the basketball team but is not doing well. This Sapphic rom com retelling of the movie Can’t Buy Me Love, is so much fun. When the accident sends Irene’s car to the shop for weeks’ worth of repairs and the girls are forced to carpool, their rocky start only gets bumpier.īut when an opportunity arises for Scottie to get back at her toxic ex-and climb her school’s social ladder-she bribes Irene into an elaborate fake- dating scheme that threatens to reveal some very real feelings.įrom author Kelly Quindlen comes a new laugh-out-loud romp through the ups and downs of teen romance, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli. Irene is as mean as she is beautiful, so Scottie makes a point to keep her distance. High school nemeses fall in love in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy, a queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston.Īfter an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer. “A little sweet, a little sharp.” - Booklist, starred review

She drives me crazy kelly quindlen