Her Book Boyfriend by K. R. GraceMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
DNF at 65%.
Recently I've enjoyed YA novels more than most other genres and this sounded right up my alley - high school rock god best friends with the school nerd - I mean what's not to like, right?
Macey is the nerd in question, but as high school draws to a close she realises she runs the risk of having to attend prom with some random dude, rather than with a boyfriend. As any true nerd would so, Macey decides that she will adopt the tried and tested approach to winning guys found in her favourite romance novels (yes, she's supposed to be ultra-clever but she thinks romance novels are a realistic way to meet 'the one'). Macey's best friend Cam is a budding rock god and, according to Macey, man-slut who has had his tongue down the throat of practically every girl in the school. This charmer then gets Macey to break up with the girl, most of the time he doesn't he know their names!
Cam bets Macey that she won't find a boyfriend using the dubious advice from her romance novels - if he's right she'll go to the prom with him.
I stuck this out to 65% at which point Macey did something so heinous that I wouldn't have finished the book even if I liked it(view spoiler). I found Cam to be unrealistic and devoid of character. Macey was so full of herself and how amazing she was that she was totally obnoxious, for example:
"Roll with me here. I'm sort of the cool nerd, which means I need to date above my status. So I need jocks."And she revelled in breaking up with girls on Cam's behalf and doing it in a fiarly brutal fashion.
Don't even get me started on all the caricatures that Macey tries to foist herself on - she didn't even like any of them, she decided they would be the next "one" - or her so-called friends who all come with a label, I found the characterisation of poor Wen Li borderline racist and certainly offensive.
Suffice to say that I didn't like this book!
Nevertheless, I remain grateful that I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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