Book Boyfriend

This book was so good. I SO enjoyed it, I read it all in one sitting within hours of being approved for it, staying up until 2am to get it done.
The book is about PK and Art, who have been friends and/or roommates for years, and PK has been in love with Art for most of this time. But he can’t find a way to tell Art, so instead he writes a romance novel about them and what he wishes their relationship could be.
I loved all the stuff about writing and publishing, I loved that basically the whole book was about books! PK works in publishing and Art works at a quirky indie bookshop, like, how absolutely perfect.
There was A LOT of angst/pining in this book, which isn’t something that I usually like. In fact, I’ve recently complained (in reviews) about books that were too angsty. But for this, it just worked and I didn’t mind it? Maybe because I liked both of the characters so much. PK is a bit of a loveable disaster and Art is just plain lovely.
Art has a great arc and a reveal near the halfway mark (trying for no spoilers!) and I love how it was written and I love how PK handles it. The book is told from PK’s POV and I love how hard he tries and then doesn’t have to try anymore.
One thing I found really interesting with this book was how Ripper has you being totally on side with PK, like, totally agreeing with what he’s doing, but then all of a sudden you’re not anymore and I think I was actually muttering “no, no, no! this is a bad idea!” at midnight, hopefully not waking my sleeping partner. I’m not entirely sure what happened that changed things, it was just this subtle shift, where you could all of a sudden see the consequences before PK could, and it was a bit painful.
I liked the side characters, they felt like real people, especially Wade and Ray. I found Wade especially interesting and the weird relationship he has with his parents around his queerness.
I could absolutely rant about all the things I loved so much about this book, but I don’t want to have to hide this behind spoilers.
The book is out April 26th, so you should absolutely preorder it because it’s just really super lovely. 🥰