Conventionally Yours

I love the premise of this book! It has so many of my favorite tropes: enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, forced proximity, but there's only one bed oh no what do we do, all that good stuff. And it's about nerdy stuff like conventions and gaming and while I'm not into that particular realm of Nerdom, I can still appreciate it. With all of those factors, it seems like an easy sell, but I really wasn't a fan of this at all.

I think my big issue was the first-person dual perspectives. Conrad and Alden's inner voices sounded pretty darn identical to me, including both of them using the word “darn” somewhat frequently. If it had been limited to one perspective, or was told in third-person, maybe it would have worked better for me.

Also, they never really seemed like enemies or rivals? More like they were part of the same friendship circle and just sort of...were mildly annoyed by the other sometimes? I don't know. The writing was very tell-not-show. I have no doubt that others will appreciate it more than I did. I will give it this: it's extremely readable and addictive.

Anyway, 2 darn stars out of 5.