Sixteen-year-old Luca Esposito is in detention again. “Guess who’s selling her prom tickets?” Nathan asked with a goofy grin. “It’s Piper Kraft. Your ex.” Luca’s heart stopped. They broke up ten months ago, but he can’t get Piper out of his mind. Could this be his chance to win her back? Just two problems: she hates him, and there are only twelve hours to prom. The clock is ticking. Can he pull off the world’s most amazing Promposal and recapture the girl he loves?

At the beginning of Promposal, we meet sixteen-year-old Luca Esposito, who is still in high school. He enjoys having fun with his friends and has found himself in detention, again.

Luca dumped his now ex-girlfriend Piper Kraft a year ago and they haven’t spoken since. When Luca hears that Piper is selling her Prom tickets, he is egged on by his friends to ask her to go with him even though they are no longer together. He feels guilty that Piper will miss her Prom so agrees.

This starts a mission on Luca’s part to embarrass himself and get Piper to agree. Costing himself money and fighting in the process. Can Luca win back Piper even if it’s just for one night?

Promposal is told from Luca’s POV as he tries to win Piper back, complete with the backstory of how they first met. The story is full of 90s nostalgia, with all the feels, surroundings, and descriptions of the 1990s. I was certainly taken aback and it was nice to revisit a time when there were no mobile phones.

This was an ideal quick read filled with teen romance and was a refreshing change to my normal genres. The book will leave you smiling and keep you happy throughout.

I enjoyed the read from beginning to end and I am now looking forward to the sequel.

R.H. Bird lives in Vegas with his college sweetheart, who also happens to be his wife, and their three daughters. He’s coached their baseball, softball, and soccer teams. They all attended the University of Nevada, Reno. One is still there as a Geologic Engineering Major, the two older girls went on to grad school, Northwestern and the University of Oregon as a Biotechnology Engineer and Speech Pathologist.

He volunteers at the local church where he’s involved in several groups including bringing Communion to the home bound and the prison ministry.

At a writing retreat, a prompt in one of the classes led to the idea for his YA novel, Promposal.

The family loves travelling, alpine skiing, and scuba diving.