Book Boyfriend
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"This is a delight." --Publishers Weekly on The Hate Project A secret crush leads to not-so-secret romance in this delightful romantic comedy from Kris Ripper There are three things you need to know about Preston "PK" Kingsley: He's a writer, toiling in obscurity as an editorial assistant at a New York City publishing house. He is not a cliché. No, really. He's been secretly in love with his best friend, Art, since they once drunkenly kissed in college. When Art moves in with PK following a bad breakup, PK hopes this will be the moment when Art finally sees him as more than a friend. But Art seems to laugh off the very idea of them in a relationship, so PK returns to his writing roots--in fiction, he can say all the things he can't say out loud. In his book, PK can be the perfect boyfriend. Before long, it seems like the whole world has a crush on the fictionalized version of him, including Art, who has no idea that the hot new book everyone's talking about is PK's story. But when his brilliant plan to win Art over backfires, PK might lose not just his fantasy book boyfriend, but his best friend. Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!
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I've really enjoyed Kris Ripper's previous books, most recently [b:The Love Study 52739476 The Love Study (The Love Story #1) Kris Ripper https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1591818193l/52739476.SY75.jpg 78704075] trilogy, so it pains me to say that Book Boyfriend did not work for me at all. The plot centers on P.K.'s elaborate and totally misguided plan to write a romance novel that he can use as a grand gesture to demonstrate his true love for his best friend Art. Unfortunately, P.K. is so busy scheming and engaging in various hijinks that the reader never gets a good sense of who Art is, or what “P.K. + Art” could look like. P.K.'s first person narrative goes way beyond “quirky” and into stream of consciousness and entirely self-centered. And considering Art's novel, Peak Romance, is supposed to be a brilliant, surprise best-seller, we are not treated to any excerpts that demonstrate its greatness. By the time the HEA finally took place, I was just glad to be done with the characters. YMMV if you have the patience for a long, drawn out plot driven by the fact that the POV MC can't just tell the other MC how he feels. ARC received from Net Galley in exchange for honest review.
