13 Books To Read After Watching CANDY JAR
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Teen romcoms are a hit right now. I am a big fan of them because most of the time they end up being sweet love stories with good dialogue and adorable characters. Netflix is doing a good job with them and they really did good when it came to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. It’s not a secret I loved and am in love with To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before adaptation, with Lana Condor and Noah Centineo as leads, so I’m always in the search for more. (If you are searching, too, here are more books like To All The Boys).
So when it came to my attention that there was a new 2018 Netflix movie named Candy Jar, about dueling high school debate students who happen to also be rivals and sort of don’t like each other, I was so into it already. And then I watched it and absolutely loved it. But because I’m also a bookish fan, I wanted to find books like this film! Rivals to lovers, teaming up together for a greater good, and more good themes…so get ready for 13 books to read after watching Candy Jar.
Trixie Watson and Ben West are always fighting their way to number three in school. One minute Trixie is there, the next there is Ben. A Much Ado About Nothing retelling, The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You is a fun love story between two rivals, two best friends falling in love, those rivals having to spend more time together, and maybe…developing feelings?
Filled with geek culture and amazing dialogue, this title will surely become your new favorite book ever.
Seventeen-year-old Carter has always wanted to be a chef. And when a prestigious scholarship competition happens to be soon, she takes that chance! The prize is a full-ride to one of the best culinary schools in the country. Her only obstacle to that goal: Reid Yamada, her opponent.
They soon become bitter rivals, but when they have to work together to win, her thoughts become a mess! Even though she wants to smack his mouth, it doesn’t erase the fact that she also wants to kiss him.
She’s always been good, working at her family’s restaurant and getting really good grades. But when she messes up so badly that she almost loses her family’s restaurant, she has to ask for help. And the person she is asking for help is no other than Camden King, hot, popular boy.
With the goal to save the restaurant involves this evil/genius plan Camden thought of: doing kids’ homework for cash. She knows it’s wrong, but it’s better than facing her family’s wrath! And something is also changing with Camden. That lopsided grin is making her weak in the knees!
From an outside point of view, Alex dela Cruz has everything: money, popularity, beauty. But when the boy she knows from childhood, Adam Cordero, calls her selfish, she decides to transform a girl from her school to prove to him that that’s not right.
Pitched as Jane Austen meets Gossip Girl, Prom Queen Perfect is just the kind of fun you need in your life. Alex and Adam really never stop bantering and the way Alex grows from the beginning to the end is really the center of this story.
Joel and Cat really dislike each other. They want to be far away from each other as possible. But fate has other plans. Due to an unfortunate incident, they are forced to sit next to each other in Extension English. To make everything a little bit worse, they also have to team up to do a writing assignment.
if you love the prep school setting…
The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson
Trixie Watson and Ben West are always fighting their way to number three in school. One minute Trixie is there, the next there is Ben. A Much Ado About Nothing retelling, The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You is a fun love story between two rivals, two best friends falling in love, those rivals having to spend more time together, and maybe…developing feelings?
Filled with geek culture and amazing dialogue, this title will surely become your new favorite book ever.
