For Real This Time

Name: For Real This Time
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241712900
Price: 24.0 NZD
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By Beth Reekles

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For Real This Time is a heartfelt romcom about opening yourself up to new possibilities and falling in love with what's real, perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Holly Bourne, and Lynn Painter. They say never meet your heroes, but does the hero of your favourite... Read More

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For Real This Time

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For Real This Time is a heartfelt romcom about opening yourself up to new possibilities and falling in love with what's real, perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Holly Bourne, and Lynn Painter.

They say never meet your heroes, but does the hero of your favourite fantasy series count?

Former misfit and hardcore Of Wrath and Rune fangirl Anissa is finally learning to come out of her shell. It's lush to finally find her people, someone to make outrageous costumes with and share links to wild fanfics.

So when filming for OWAR moves to a local studio and Anissa wangles a work experience placement on the set of the new OWAR series, she couldn't be more excited to immerse herself in the utter fantasy of it all.

Enter Callum—an upcoming young actor who's causing a stir both this season, online and on set. Anissa loves the character Callum plays, but she's devastated when she gets a little too starstruck the first time they meet, and Callum writes her off as a thirsty, obsessive fangirl from his Instagram comment section. This is not how meeting the man behind her comfort character was supposed to go!

But as the two begin to spend more time together, and Callum opens up to Anissa about his newfound stardom, she starts to realise that sometimes getting lost in the fantasy isn't always as wonderful as what's waiting for you in reality...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241712900

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 400

Collections

Beth Reekles Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Beth Reekles is the author of the bestselling YA series The Kissing Booth (now also a hit trilogy on Netflix) alongside several other rom-com novels. Her tenth book and debut adult novel Love, Locked Down was published in 2022. A self-confessed nerd and rom-com fan, she is now a full-time author and shares movie reviews on her Instagram.

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