The romance is an extremely slow burn with a lot of pining going on. I also enjoyed PK’s insecurities about writing - his fear of both failure and success, feelings that many writers will relate to. In fact, the entire novel is about books and is heaven for the book-lover: Art works in an indie bookstore, PK works for a publishing house, and then PK writes a romance novel. What I also loved about the story was the peek into the world of writing and publishing. That being said, I loved the writing style, and it worked perfectly for me. His humorous inner monologue had me chuckling on more than a few occasions. The story is told entirely through PK’s POV, and it was fun following his often convoluted and chaotic inner monologue. Book Boyfriend had amazing banter and incredible chemistry between the two main characters. This was such a fun novel! And by fun, I mean laugh-out-loud funny in places.

Apparently, those super grand romantic gestures you see in rom-coms rarely work that well in real life. But PK can find the words to let Art know how he feels, so he writes a thinly veiled romance novel about his love for Art in what PK feels is a “Grand Gesture.” Unfortunately, nothing goes as planned, and his gesture has the opposite effect - leaving PK has to scramble and pick up the pieces. So when Art moves in with PK following a nasty breakup, PK hopes that this might be the first step in them getting together. This is my first Kris Ripper novel, and now I’m a new fan!īook Boyfriend follows PK, who has been in love with Art, his best friend, for five years but has never told him about his feelings. But when his brilliant plan to win Art over backfires, PK might lose not just his fantasy book boyfriend, but his best friend. In his book, PK can be the perfect boyfriend.īefore 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 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. 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. There are three things you need to know about Preston “PK” Kingsley:ġ) He’s a writer, toiling in obscurity as an editorial assistant at a New York City publishing house.ģ) He’s been secretly in love with his best friend, Art, since they once drunkenly kissed in college. A secret crush leads to not-so-secret romance in this delightful romantic comedy from Kris Ripper

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