This was one of my most anticipated books of the year and I truly couldn't have loved it more.

I've loved My Fair Lady since I was a kid and have watched the movie adaptation an absurd number of times. I jumped to see it when Bartlett Sher's Broadway revival transferred to London a couple years back too so I was naturally beyond excited for a queer book that has not only a school production of it but a whole makeover/passing-someone-off-as-someone-else storyline by way of a 2000s rom-com. I genuinely don't know how you can hear this premise and not want to read it immediately.

This is such a sweet and funny story filled with heaps of queer characters, showmances, friendship, family, musical theatre references galore and a milkshake shop I truly wish I could go to. It brought back all the best memories of my school theatre experiences and the messiness and the camaraderie and l'm so prepared to read everything Brian D. Kennedy writes from here on out!

I loved this authors book about a Dollywood themed romance, which had charming characters having a tumultuous romance.

This is a similar vibe but really ramps up the theatre kid elements from A Little Bit Country. I’m not in anyway a theatre fan, and don’t get a lot of the referencing. It doesn’t take away from the comedic or romantic elements, and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite not quite being the target audience.

The author has a confident assured writing style and remains in control of the narrative throughout, and it gave the needed cozy feeling while maintaining an element of drama.

Very sweet.

Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for granting me early access to this book! There need to be more book comps to My Fair Lady- I was intrigued from the first line of the review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

So very charming! A My Fair Lady retelling in a high school theatre world. Elijah Brady is a shy, introverted sophomore. He enlists the help of Wade Westmore, one of the popular theatre kids, to help him become more confident and make friends. So Elijah becomes “Brady”, his bolder alter ego while Wade learns that you don’t always have to be the main character, that it’s okay to be the supporting one sometimes.


Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the trend that had been happening recently in YA rom coms of talking classics and doing a gender-bent version with queer characteras and ccute updated storylines! Superb!

As someone who loves the theatre, and who participated in high school, I loved this book. It is absolutely true that everyone needs to have watched My Fair Lady. The dual narratives of Elijah and Wade are so emotionally perfect. They capture the trepidations and fears of building relationships. It was hard to put this book down because you just wanted to know how the characters were grow together and learn something from unlikely encounters. Every theatre kid is going to get the jokes and appreciate the process of putting on a production. I highly recommend this book as I have also liked Brian D. Kennedy’s other book, A Little Bit Country. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Wade Westmore is certain the lead role in the spring musical is his, until it isn’t. Instead his ex-boyfriend Reese is cast in the role - the boy who dumped him due to Wade's self-centeredness.
Elijah Brady is accustomed to being overlooked and ignored so he decides to join the tech team in a bid to make some friends.
Realising that he is way too shy and not confident enough to make this happen by himself, Elijah proposes a deal with Wade after a backstage mishap: if Wade helps Elijah become popular, it could help him prove that he isn’t as self centred as Reece believes, thus benefiting them both. As Wade focuses on transforming Elijah into the new and improved "Brady," unexpected feelings arise, shifting his concerns from winning back his ex to the possibility of losing the Elijah he has got to know.

If you love 90s romcoms, random facts & theatre, this is the book for you. I loved A Little Bit Country so I was super excited to be chosen as part of the ‘Brady Bunch’ to get an arc of My Fair Brady.

“(𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵: 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 10 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.) (𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵: 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘢’𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 10,000 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴,’ 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 11,842.) (𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵: 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦-𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴.)”

I was never a theatre kid growing up but I do love going to the theatre in London and have some great memories of productions. Kennedy’s writing immerses you in the theatre world making it accessible to everyone, whether you’ve spent your life in theatres or never stepped foot in one.

It’s about learning to grow into yourself and not being afraid to show others who you really are, not projecting a certain personality because you think it will make you more popular and ultimately not being afraid to do the work to change into a better version of you.

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯,” 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮. “𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵.” “𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺?”

I enjoyed reading Wade and Elijah’s journey but equally I loved the development of all the side characters and the way they evolve as Wade and Elijah discover more about their relationships with their friends and families. Both boys' character arcs are realistic - in fact at one point I was worried that Wade thought he wasn’t self-centred when he definitely still was, but I shouldn’t have worried, he got there in the end.

“𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘞𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳.”

This is a great feel-good read, perfect for cosying up on the sofa with your favourite hot drink and diving right in.

This retelling of my fair lady in high school and queer is enjoyable and also because it's YA sometimes I am annoyed by young people, but honestly it was fun

Brian Kennedy never misses! I devoured this incredible story quickly and was left wanting to follow these goofballs forever. What a charming, lovely story, and a necessary add to the queer reads canon.

*3.5 stars*

My Fair Brady is a theater kid book written for theater kids. I'm not a theater kid, but I still enjoyed it, though I found the young adult squabbles and drama to be a bit exhausting at times.

I'm not a YA romance reader, as a rule, but I dabble from time to time. This is my second book from Brian D. Kennedy, and I enjoyed it like the first one. However, I think that if you are a YA reader or were/are in student theater, you'll enjoy it even more. Personally, I've never even seen My Fair Lady! I'm sure tons of references were going right over my head.

The story is low steam, which is expected, and involves a messy romance that, IMO, is underdeveloped. Friendship, sure, but it isn't a romance! type of romance book. Which is fine, but just know that the story is more about the MCs finding themselves than their relationship. I enjoyed how these guys felt like self-involved teenagers, which is how they should be acting at their ages, and the nice development of the side characters.

A nice story for me, but I think a GREAT one for the right reader.

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I have given My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy four out of five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed this story! This book follows two students: Elijah Brady and Wade Westmore. Elijah is super shy whereas Wade is the complete opposite. When the two students have a disastrous introduction to one another, it ends with an arrangement being made for Wade to help Elijah to become popular. For fans who enjoyed the movie She’s All That, there were quite a few similarities and inspiration pulled from that teen flick.

To start off, I didn’t think I was going to like Wade’s character as he was quite annoying and felt like he only really cared about himself however, there was a lot of growth for his character which was great to read. Also, I loved the dual perspective between Wade and Elijah to get the full picture between the two characters.

There were some secondary characters that I would love to learn more about and see their stories blossom too, if this were to become a series. I found this book to be a fun read, the writing was great. I would love to read more of Brian D. Kennedy’s material in the near future.

Really enjoyed this "She's All That" inspired queer rom-com, following MCs Wade and Elijah as they navigate social status and queer identity during their high school journey. The characters felt very authentic and the high school drama was realistic.

Sincere thanks to NetGalley & HarperCollins Children's Books for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved this book, such a cute and cosy read, thankyou NetGalley for an arc copy, I would definitely recommend it

Unfortunately, an interesting premise is ruined by a lack of characters that the reader will actually care about. Elijah is the only character I even halfway like.

Fun filled, packed with drama and a quick read, My Fair Brady packed quite a punch! It’s warm, it’s a cosy read and really deals with struggles that queer youth would face on a regular basis.

My Fair Brady follows Wade - a thespian who loves the stage - who ends up not being cast in a role he wanted and his ex boyfriend gets the part instead. And Elijah - a shy wallflower often finding himself feeling invisible. They both have a run in backstage and Elijah ends up convincing Wade to teach him how to be popular.

It’s an adorable book with so much emotion and teenage drama packed in that I just could not put it down. I love a bit of drama within books and this did not disappoint!

If you love YA, friends to lovers and good rom - com vibes, this is the book for you!!

I adore any sort of My Fair Lady-inspired romance, and this was no exception. This follows a cast and crew member putting on a high school production of My Fair Lady. Wade is an actor who is frustrated he didn't the lead and is still recovering from a breakup. He wants to show he's not the selfish guy his ex has made him out to be, so he takes Eiljah, whose working lights, under his wing. Eiljah wants to find a hobby, make a friend, and develop a personality outside of the one his parents have tried to create for him. Both of these boys are so flawed but so likable! There's been an influx of YA books about theatre and this one does a great job of honestly showing how obnoxious but lovable theatre kids can be. Wade can be a lot, but he wants to grow, and Elijah slowly goes from being a pessimist to someone who is confident and believes in himself and his friends.

Also, the romance was insanely sweet. They complimented each other well and helped each other grow. I also liked that the author showed different gay experiences, and validated all the ways one can be out and queer in high school. This was a great little romance for young readers and I think it would make a positive impact on teens. It wasn't perfect or memorable for me, but I'm glad it exists.

this book was cute and just the easy entertaining read i needed to escape from university life. One of my favourite parts was it being centred around the school as i theatre kid i really enjoyed being a part of the buzz for a new show again. There was nothing i didn't like about this book and i think a lot of people would enjoy it.

i would give it a solid 4.5 stars

A modern mix of My Fair Lady with She's All That (taking out the cringey bet). I liked Wade and Elijah - they were really great characters, they were very relatable and well fleshed out. The struggles they have are ones anyone can relate to, not just someone in the queer community. Anxiety, wanting to make friends, insecurities, parental issues/disappointment, college struggles, lack of confidence....the list goes on and on. This book also has a line in the beginning about no right or wrong way to be gay, which I love as a message and have said in other reviews - I'm so glad that's becoming more of a message in books. I did struggle with the relationship in the middle - it was a big dread for me, but I understand that the story would not have turned out the same if it wasn't written that way, it just hurt my heart for a little while. I loved that the characters embraced their more quirky characteristics, being drama kids isn't something that I've read a lot of in stories, but really liked it. The kids in this book were much more relatable to me as someone more in to band, drama, and books when I was in school. It was a really quick and enjoyable read and it has the same vibe as a lot of books I've been reading - I need more stories like this.

Thanks to #NetGalley for an e-arc of #MyFairBrady by Brian D. Kennedy to read and review.

A wonderful retelling of My Fair Lady, this novel delves into subjects of popularity, romance, and the evolving relationship that we have with ourselves at this pivotal time in our lives. Kennedy’s power is that he can write teens as they are rather than how adults see them, making the stories rich with life and more believable than some other YA novels out there.