All The Wrong Reasons

By George Berger
$1.44 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: April 12, 2012
Words: 10,036 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476166568

Short description

Have you ever read one of those high-school romances where nobody ever finds happiness because of an endless series of mistakes, misunderstandings, and angsty teen hijinks? So has Henry, an otherwise reasonable high-school senior who'd rather kill himself than get caught up in a romantic-comedy nightmare.

Extended description

Have you ever read one of those high-school romances where nobody ever finds happiness because of an endless series of mistakes, misunderstandings, and angsty teen hijinks? So has Henry, an otherwise reasonable high-school senior who'd rather kill himself than get caught up in a romantic-comedy nightmare. All he wants is a quiet, low-key, one-sided crush on a classmate, the sort of hopeless, bittersweet thing that builds character and inspires tortured poetry. Alas, despite his most strenuous efforts to the contrary, he finds himself embroiled in endless comedic tomfoolery. Will Cathy, the object of his slightly confused affections, develop feelings for him, after all? Will Henry even notice?

All the wrong Reasons is a 9,500-word clean romantic comedy that may contain one or more of the following: a big misunderstanding, awkward communication, idiosyncratic ideas of romance, as well as football, embarrassment, a satanist biologist, meddlesome siblings, police officers, a goat, and s.. (Read more) Have you ever read one of those high-school romances where nobody ever finds happiness because of an endless series of mistakes, misunderstandings, and angsty teen hijinks? So has Henry, an otherwise reasonable high-school senior who'd rather kill himself than get caught up in a romantic-comedy nightmare. All he wants is a quiet, low-key, one-sided crush on a classmate, the sort of hopeless, bittersweet thing that builds character and inspires tortured poetry. Alas, despite his most strenuous efforts to the contrary, he finds himself embroiled in endless comedic tomfoolery. Will Cathy, the object of his slightly confused affections, develop feelings for him, after all? Will Henry even notice?

All the wrong Reasons is a 9,500-word clean romantic comedy that may contain one or more of the following: a big misunderstanding, awkward communication, idiosyncratic ideas of romance, as well as football, embarrassment, a satanist biologist, meddlesome siblings, police officers, a goat, and sweetly adorkable teenagers in love.
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Tags

short fiction, humor, romantic comedy, short story, young adult, teenagers, high school, novella, novelette

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Review by: Dai Alanye on May 20, 2012 : (no rating)
A cute story with a different twist on teenage love. The particular teenagers involved seem to have rather advanced vocabularies, some of it on the salty side, although probably not any worse than real life in the 21st.
(reviewed long after purchase)

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