Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg

Goodreads Description:
For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can’t be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and Levi even starts dating one of Macallan’s friends. They are platonic and happy that way. Eventually they realize they’re best friends — which wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t keep getting in each other’s way. Guys won’t ask Macallan out because they think she’s with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can’t help but wonder . . . are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated? From romantic comedy superstar Elizabeth Eulberg comes a fresh, fun examination of a question for the ages: Can guys and girls ever really be just friends? Or are they always one fight away from not speaking again — and one kiss away from true love?

I'm going to just state the obvious: This book was not aimed at 29 year old women. I think that my 15 year old self would have loved this book. It was cute. It had banter, which I love. It was set in the Midwest. It just wasn't for me NOW.

I have another one of Eulberg's books, Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, on my Kindle and after seeing how quick and easy her books are, I'm definitely going to be picking that one up when I need something cute and fluffy.

Some of my gripes are just me being a grouchy old woman now... Why don't character's COMMUNICATE? Just TALK TO EACH OTHER! I realize that does not make a good book but I just want to shake some of these kids. Also, as someone who has had MANY platonic male friends, I find it to be exhausting to always read the same scenario. One day I'm going to read a wonderfully accurate male/female friendship. I just know it.

So, with all that being said, I'd recommend this to the audience it's actually aimed at. I liked the main characters. I liked the side characters. It made me crave ice cream from Ireland... :)

*I received this ebook for review from Netgalley.*