{"id":31387,"date":"2024-07-25T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=31387"},"modified":"2024-07-25T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:10:29","slug":"review-exes-and-foes-by-amanda-woody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/25\/review-exes-and-foes-by-amanda-woody\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Exes and Foes by Amanda Woody"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31387\" data-postid=\"31387\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31387 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_jg50271 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_4mem271 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_1dd3271 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31388\" title=\"exes-and-foes-amanda-woody\" alt=\"exes-and-foes-amanda-woody\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ycii271 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">When two ex-best friends decide to hold a competition for the new girl&#8217;s heart, they don&#8217;t expect to fall for each other instead.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Emma has been a thorn in Caleb\u2019s side since middle school. Having tarnished their friendship in eighth grade, she\u2019s now little more to him than an unkempt, unruly, disastrous bisexual mess. Over the years, she\u2019s gotten in the way of every romantic relationship he\u2019s attempted to settle into, using little more than mischievous charisma to lure them into her clutches.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">To Emma, Caleb sets the record for World\u2019s Largest Stick in the Mud. Uptight,unbearably tidy, and a rule-follower, he\u2019s exactly the kind of boring person her mother wishes she was. When she discovers they\u2019re both after Juliet, the new girl, Emma proposes a competition to nudge him out of the way. Whoever can get Juliet to kiss them first wins, and the opposition must bow out with the promise of never talking to her again.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But plans go awry when Juliet seems mostly interested in hanging out with both of them together. Emma and Caleb just have to figure out whether winning Juliet\u2019s heart is worth the torment of constantly dealing with each other, andthe risk of reopening wounds from a past they thought they had left behind.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_bd8o271 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4fy2271  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jul 23, 2024<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Virgin Books for Young Readers<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><em><strong>It was a fabulous YA surprise that was more enjoyable than I expected.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This would be my first Woody novel, and normally I don\u2019t read YA. Some folks would call me a snob for how many YA I pass over. This book though has high school seniors, folks about to be considered adults and with everything both <strong>Caleb<\/strong> and <strong>Emma<\/strong> have gone through they\u2019ve experienced a lot of adult bs&#8230; but I digress. Let\u2019s rewind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have two people who were once friends and are now enemies, Caleb and Emma. Caleb is this geeky, lanky teddy bear. He\u2019s got a lot of issues, internal and external anxiety, fear of germs, Type-A, and has trouble finding folks to connect with. Emma is the polar opposite. She\u2019s brash, loud, unapologetic, the take-no-prisoners-give-no-F\u2019s kind of girl. She\u2019s also from an abusive home and tends to exude chaos in everything she does. Once upon a time, these two were forever besties until Emma ditched Caleb. Until the day they both step up to help the new girl in school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, these characters are rough in the sense they are so real and made my heart hurt. I remember the moods, the challenges, the overwhelming feelings where you\u2019re searching for belonging and can\u2019t find it. Woody puts all of that into this story, and it was like being right back in high school. Though on the flip side, I found myself screaming at these kids, wishing they would pull their heads out of their butts and talk to each other a bit more openly. A couple of times, I got so frustrated that I had to walk away from the book and come back later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What else makes it good? This mishmash of queer representation flows naturally in the story and shows how different folks are often not-so-different than we thought and that first impressions can be misleading. This has found family present and makes me so happy whenever I see it in a book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this was a surprising read for me in the middle of summer and I found myself getting all back in my feels like I was back in high school again. If you want to see queer representation, chaos muppet versus perfectionist, and a competition where everyone wins this is the book for you. 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg\" title=\"exes-and-foes-amanda-woody\" alt=\"exes-and-foes-amanda-woody\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/exes-and-foes-amanda-woody.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>When two ex-best friends decide to hold a competition for the new girl's heart, they don't expect to fall for each other instead.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><br \/>Emma has been a thorn in Caleb\u2019s side since middle school. Having tarnished their friendship in eighth grade, she\u2019s now little more to him than an unkempt, unruly, disastrous bisexual mess. Over the years, she\u2019s gotten in the way of every romantic relationship he\u2019s attempted to settle into, using little more than mischievous charisma to lure them into her clutches.<br \/><br \/>To Emma, Caleb sets the record for World\u2019s Largest Stick in the Mud. Uptight,unbearably tidy, and a rule-follower, he\u2019s exactly the kind of boring person her mother wishes she was. When she discovers they\u2019re both after Juliet, the new girl, Emma proposes a competition to nudge him out of the way. Whoever can get Juliet to kiss them first wins, and the opposition must bow out with the promise of never talking to her again.<br \/><br \/>But plans go awry when Juliet seems mostly interested in hanging out with both of them together. Emma and Caleb just have to figure out whether winning Juliet\u2019s heart is worth the torment of constantly dealing with each other, andthe risk of reopening wounds from a past they thought they had left behind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jul 23, 2024<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Virgin Books for Young Readers<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><em><strong>It was a fabulous YA surprise that was more enjoyable than I expected.<\/strong><\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This would be my first Woody novel, and normally I don\u2019t read YA. Some folks would call me a snob for how many YA I pass over. This book though has high school seniors, folks about to be considered adults and with everything both <strong>Caleb<\/strong> and <strong>Emma<\/strong> have gone through they\u2019ve experienced a lot of adult bs... but I digress. Let\u2019s rewind.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have two people who were once friends and are now enemies, Caleb and Emma. Caleb is this geeky, lanky teddy bear. He\u2019s got a lot of issues, internal and external anxiety, fear of germs, Type-A, and has trouble finding folks to connect with. Emma is the polar opposite. She\u2019s brash, loud, unapologetic, the take-no-prisoners-give-no-F\u2019s kind of girl. She\u2019s also from an abusive home and tends to exude chaos in everything she does. Once upon a time, these two were forever besties until Emma ditched Caleb. Until the day they both step up to help the new girl in school.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, these characters are rough in the sense they are so real and made my heart hurt. I remember the moods, the challenges, the overwhelming feelings where you\u2019re searching for belonging and can\u2019t find it. Woody puts all of that into this story, and it was like being right back in high school. Though on the flip side, I found myself screaming at these kids, wishing they would pull their heads out of their butts and talk to each other a bit more openly. A couple of times, I got so frustrated that I had to walk away from the book and come back later.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What else makes it good? This mishmash of queer representation flows naturally in the story and shows how different folks are often not-so-different than we thought and that first impressions can be misleading. This has found family present and makes me so happy whenever I see it in a book.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this was a surprising read for me in the middle of summer and I found myself getting all back in my feels like I was back in high school again. If you want to see queer representation, chaos muppet versus perfectionist, and a competition where everyone wins this is the book for you. For readers who enjoy Casey McQuiston.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cV866o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/4dh8Oe0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/exes-foes-amanda-woody\/1144264406?ean=9780593403150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/exes-foes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Amanda_Woody_Exes_Foes?id=CsXeEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31387"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31392,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31387\/revisions\/31392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}