Review: All the Right Reasons!

Review: All the Right Reasons by Bethany Mangle!

The Bachelor meets Gilmore Girls in this laugh-out-loud young adult romance about a girl who joins her mother on a reality dating show for single parents—only to fall for a contestant’s son.

Cara Hawn’s life fell apart after her father cheated on her mother and got remarried to a woman Cara can’t stand. When Cara accidentally posts a rant about her father online, it goes viral—and catches the attention of the TV producers behind a new reality dating show for single parent families.

The next thing Cara and her mother know, they’ve been cast as leads on the show and are whisked away to sunny Key West where they’re asked to narrow a field of suitors and their kids down to one winning pair. All of this is outside of Cara’s comfort zone, from the meddling producers to the camera-hungry contestants, especially as Cara and her mother begin to clash on which suitors are worth keeping around. And then comes Connor.

As the son of a contestant, Connor is decidedly off-limits. Except that he doesn’t fit in with the cutthroat atmosphere in all the same ways as Cara, and she can’t get him out of her head. Now Cara must juggle her growing feelings while dodging the cameras and helping her mom pick a bachelor they both love, or else risk fracturing their family even more for the sake of ratings. Maybe there’s a reason most people don’t date on TV.

-summary and cover via Goodreads

Plot: I really liked it! Reading about Cara and her mom on the reality show was fun, and I liked how everything was wrapped up at the end!

Characters: Cara was a good main character, and I liked how her relationship with her mom was a big focus of the book. The other characters were all really different from each other, with some being really likable, and others you absolutely can't stand!

The Cover: It's cute!

Overall: This was a fun YA novel that I enjoyed reading as an adult, and I know it would have been a favorite when I was a teen! Overall, I would definitely recommend it!

I received an e-ARC from the publisher.