Happy Messy Scary Love is an amazing and entertaining romance that I couldn’t stop reading. I was so invested in the story and had to figure out what would happen with the characters. The author did a great job of hooking the reader into the story and kept my interest throughout the book because of the intriguing conflict. I found myself rooting for Olivia, the main character, and I had to keep on reading to make sure that everything would turn out good for her in the end. Many teenage girls can relate to Olivia because of her horror movie hobby and the struggles she goes through that many other girls also go through. For example, she has acne problems, doesn’t get accepted into college, she’s introverted, and has many more struggles that can be relatable to teenagers. I also related to Olivia because I am an introvert, so I saw many similarities between us throughout the novel such as not having many plans and staying at home most of the time. One thing that I did find is that some of the dialogue between characters was a little unrealistic because the way they spoke to each other seemed like they were older than seventeen.  Happy Messy Scary Love was very similar to Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett, which is one of my favorite romance books, so I was very excited to see that they were alike.  I think that many teenagers would enjoy their time reading this book.