‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Review: Netflix YA Series Is a Jumble of Romance Tropes With No Substance

The love story at the center of the teen drama has all the personality of smashing dolls together and demanding that they kiss

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Nikki Rodriguez and Ashby Gentry in "My Life with the Walter Boys." (Netflix)

Girl meets boy. Boy has a brother. Brother meets girl. Brothers compete for girl’s affection. Drama ensues. It’s a story almost as old as time itself. But the thing about “My Life With the Walter Boys” that helps it stand out is… Uh…

I can come up with no good ending to that sentence. And therein lies the problem.

Created by Melanie Halsall and adapted from the 2014 novel of the same name by Ali Novak (which she wrote at the age of 15 and originally published on Wattpad), “My Life With the Walter Boys” follows 15-year-old Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez), who is all set to have the best sophomore year ever at her elite New York City private school when disaster strikes — her entire family is killed in a horrible accident.

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