Kate and Joe ought to be a perfect match. They're both obsessed with movies. They definitely fancy each other. And they never stop talking. But it's never that simple, is it? Through alternating first person narratives we see their relationship develop and stumble, because love isn't like they tell you in the movies. Each chapter is linked to a movie that the characters watch or talk about, and followed by a short movie review written by Joe.

It's that weird limbo summer when school's over for ever and everything you've ever known is ending but nothing new has started yet... LILY's split up with the boyfriend she was planning to spend the summer with. SIMON's plans to travel are scuppered when his mother has a freak accident. So they agree to be each other's substitute best friend. And when Simon gets Lily a job in his mum's tearoom, Gingerbread & Cupcake, they soon have other things to worry about as business takes a dive. Can they save the tearoom? Possibly. And might they be falling in love? Of course not. Because you can't...