Lainey's family is supportive and candid, and Micah's sister is a good reality check for both main characters. Lainey is a driven athlete who focuses on her passion, which is a refreshing change of pace from many other heroines in the romantic realistic fiction genre. Despite the dearth of complexity in the characters, Stokes does a good job with the sports subplots as well as the familial relationships. The protagonist also lacks depth, which makes it difficult for readers to root for her. The characters are straight from central casting (the shallow jock, the supermodel mean girl, the hippie mother who reads tea leaves), which is unfortunate, given the book's message to look beyond the exterior. She and Micah, a prickly bad boy co-worker at the coffee shop, make a pact to pretend to date in order to make their exes jealous, and every reader can guess what happens by the end of the summer. by Paula Stokes Goodreads The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand Goodreads Red. When the plan calls for misdirection, Lainey needs a fake boyfriend. Soccer star Lainey Mitchell is gearing up to spend an epic summer with her amazing boyfriend, Jason, when he suddenly breaks up with her- no reasons, no warnings, and in public no less With help from her friend Bianca- and a copy of The Art of War- she resolves to do whatever it takes to get Jason back.

Lainey and her friend use their summer reading, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, to hatch a plan to win Lainey's boyfriend back. Gr 9 Up-In a plot that serves as a modern mashup of classic teen movies, soccer prodigy Lainey is dumped by her 'perfect' boyfriend at her family's coffee shop. The Art of Lainey Series 1 primary work 3 total works Book 0.5 Infinite Repeat by Paula Stokes 3.

The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes