This is one of the most charming books I have ever read. I devoured this. Inhaled it. I will sing the praises of Adam Sass’s writing forever.

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers is a queer fairy tale of Micah who dreams of falling in love. He dreams big but has a heard time following through with, you know, actually talking to any of the boys he meets. When he meets boy 100, it’s a missed connection for the ages and he decides to find him to find his happy ending.

On the surface, this book is a lovely romcom of messy teens who are trying to navigate Love. At its heart, it’s so much more than that. Micah has created this idealized version of love and what a perfect relationship looks like. The problem is, he misses what’s right in front of him. If that’s not true to every teenager I’ve ever known, myself very much included.

Sass has a way of writing one-liners that make me laugh and sweeping moments of emotion that lay me out entirely. You can’t help root for everyone here. You want everyone to get their happy ending.

And this book delivers.

99 stars (but 5 for the purpose of a rating scale)

An adorable tale of young love shown through the view of the rich, vapid, queer teen we all wanted to be when we were younger. Sass does an amazing job of getting our hopes up that Micah will finally find love and brutally making us wait when we think we know what will come next. A wonderful cast of characters, a refreshingly loving family unit, and the hunt for true love will have you rooting for Micah as much as I did!

I knew from the first few pages this wasn't going to be a winner for me. I'm no longer the same reader as I was a few years ago, and it's the me from years ago that would have enjoyed this more. I skimmed through sections to get a gist, but when I saw sex referred to as "the full enchilada" I knew I needed to move on.

Nothing more relatable than "falling in love" with a person you know approximately 2 things about though. Bonus: the art is awesome.

Thank you to Netgalley and Viking Books for the advanced reader copy.

Did I pick this book initially for the stunning cover? yes, but I stayed for the hopeless romantic Micah wanting his fairytale ending just like anyone else. This Cinderella retelling kept me hooked from page one until the very last.

This book was okay! i had a good time reading it and the characters were well thought out but overall it didn’t
t really do much for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group for providing me with an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass is a Cinderella retelling. Or at the very least it's supposed to be one. If there is one a amazing thing about this book is how it manages to create such a convoluted story from such a simple concept and still be incredibly boring.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a fan of instalove-cheesy-romance, so perhaps I wasn't the target audience for this novel. Added to that, the fact that this was definitely for a much younger YA audience than I anticipated. But still, the characters were so cartoonish and the mc was unbearable. Not only that but, every single line of dialogue seemed to be taken from making an artificial intelligence watch every single Hallmark movie—and not even in an interesting way.

And don't even get me started on the foolish understanding of social media. The mc seemed to be going viral out of nowhere and somehow what could be conceived as a mild internet stardom was enough to mobilize the whole city of Chicago.

If you're really willing to suspend your disbelief and want to read a Cinderella-esque social media filled love story, then I guess you could enjoy this. All in all, I do believe there is an audience for this book—as there is for all of them—, I'm just not part of it.

DNF - Did not finish. I found the MC annoying and I couldn’t connect with him. Thank you for the arc.

Thank you Netgalley for the e-ARC of this title. I enjoyed reading this title. Would recommend for my library.

An aspiring artist, an Instagram account that features fairy tale drawings of his crushes, and a determination to not be in just a secret infatuation anymore —to now find his one true love. The queer identity is intertwined with this beautiful longing for a happy ending, and the humorous undertone entertains.

sadly i ended up dnf'ing this book, I found it a bit lacking the concept was wonderful and I wished I enjoyed it more but I couldn't seem to get through it

This was such a sad read. I read contemporary romance books to feel happy, to root for the obvious couple and cheer them on in their adventures, but the majority of this story featured a relationship that was clearly doomed from the start, and I was stuck waiting for Micah to realise this and finally move on.

I really liked the concept of Instaloves, Micah's Instagram account where he features fairytale drawings of his crushes. Micah's search for Boy 100, the boy who left his magical pumpkin jacket behind on the train was really fun too. But it was clear before we properly met Grant that this was not the boy that Micah was going to end up with, and Grant seemed to only be interested in Micah for what Micah's famous Instagram account could do for him.

It's not until the last couple of chapters of the story that Micah finally sees what I'd been seeing from the start - that his friend was everything he'd been looking for. I loved them as a couple, and was so excited when they finally realised this, but I wish this was a midway point realisation, as I didn't feel I got enough time with them as a couple.

The narrator from the audiobook was awesome. Loved the side characters too. Felt a little bit long but that’s my only complaint.

Este libro tenia una premisa muy interesante pero creo que no conectó conmigo porque el tema central me pareció un poco infantil. PAreciese escrito para un público mas joven y tal vez esa es la razón por la cuál , aunque amé a los personajes y me divertí bastante leyéndolo, nunca conecté realmente con ellos.
Gracias Netgalley y #PRHInternational por el ARC

This book was well written with a really fascinating premise for the story, but I was definitely zoned out for quite a lot of the book. This probably is because I have outgrown the age range for this book and therefore wasn't engaged. I do see the merit of this story for young adults though and it would be a really wonderful read for teens!

3.5
I enjoyed the story, but there were some parts where I wasn't really liking the main character, especially at the end. He had an interesting friend and family dynamics considering his popularity of being the prince of Chicago and I'm not sure I really believed it. Which this is supposed to be fairy-tale based, so I might have just been reading it with a more realistic expectation.

Thank you to Penguin Teen and NetGalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a quick and cute read. Absolutely adored Micah and Elliot the friendship and then coming into a relationship. I can see this becoming a Netflix movie because it reminds me of a rom-com of course for a younger audience.

More YA than I particularly like. Overall a decent read but just wasn't for me unfortunately. Would give the author another chance for sure though.

First of all this cover is simply delightful. Second of all so is this book. Micah runs an instagram account plugging his feed with imaginary drawings of his imaginary boyfriends, 99 imaginary boyfriends that is. Finally a meet cue with boy 100 but it goes very wrong. This meet cute gone wrong sends him on a quest in Chicago to find his actual Prince Charming. This one is so fun with a modern twist on a classic tale!

Thank you #Vikingbooks and #Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Micah Summers is an Instagram famous anonymous artist that sketches his imaginary boyfriends (99 so far), but when he has a meet cute with boy 100 he is determined to ask out his first boy. The L train has different plans and leaves them separated. With a vegan leather jacket as the glass slipper, Micah embarks on a Prince Charming type search to find boy 100 and have his first real love affair.

This book is the sweetest YA romcom, and even if you have a hunch of where the story is going, you'll have a great time getting there. The story has a ton of heart and feels very current and "now".

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers was written for you if:
1) You enjoy young adult romantic comedies
2) You've ever read missed connections
3) You want to read something sugary sweet with tons of heart

This was an overall mediocre 2.5 rating YA read. There wasn't a whole lot of depth to this story and it was a bit cringy at times but if you enjoy fluffy fairy tale-esque stories I would recommend this, otherwise it's a pass

I received an ARC of this via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.