Charming is a verb7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Maybe that’s been the missing ingredient all along.”įrom there on, things evolve quickly and you have a sort of rivals to friends to lovers situation. “You want me to She’s All That you?” I manage to say, hiding the smile creeping on my lips. A meet cute started by blackmail, not something you see every day! He just knows exactly what to say and makes his flaws look endearing, so, it comes as little surprise when Corinne, the social opposite of him, blackmails him into helping her get a social life. And while you read, you get it! Henri is a go-getter and not beyond a little con here and there to get to the places he needs to go. ![]() In addition to that, he is also extremely smart and funny and handsome – a combination that makes him likable in every social circle he encounters, despite some massive income differences between him and his other classmates. He has a Smile (yes, capital S) for every situation and knows how to navigate people like the back of his hand. Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger is, in all possible meanings of the word, charming. ![]() They come to life easily and grow on you quickly.Īll children are charming as an adjective, but you’re charming as a verb. From the first couple of pages, you just sort of get the characters and their personality. I was utterly smitten with The Field Guide to the North American Teenager and extremely pumped to read Charming as a Verb. I have said it before and I will say it again, there’s something about Ben Philippe’s writing that just works for me. ![]()
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