This book annoyed me. I didn’t like how it portrayed TTRPG players and theater kids as completely opposite world when seven out of eight members of my current D&D party are former or current theater kids. Other than that the romance was fine. I would reccomend this book to you if you follow the “High School Musical” logic of friend groups.
This book was cute, but as others have said, it was extremely predictable. I don’t enjoy the new obsession with fake dating, but this was a decent enough novel in itself, so I let it slide. I was disturbed by Riley’s ex (eww); he should have let bygones be bygones. But a positive thing I have from this is a new idea of playing D&D, so I will probably experiment with that.
My friend had suggested this book to me right before the list came out. I thought it was cute and definitely a quick read. “Fake Dating” isn’t my favorite romance trope in the world, mainly because I usually see better solutions to the problems that come up. But I would totally recommend to anyone wanting short and easy romance reads.
This book was predictable but very cute! I really enjoyed Riley’s character and the usage of musical theater shows. I love Hoshiko and Lucas’s story and it was overall a good book.
I really enjoyed this book. I read it extremely fast. Granted, most of the reading experience consisted of me screaming at them to use their critical thinking skills for once… but I thought they had a really good dynamic, and I usual despise the ‘fake dating’ trope. Kudos to the author for making me enjoy it 🙂
The book was fine, but not really my kind of book. It was mostly about theatre and dungeons and dragons, which I don’t really know too much about. The story was kind of predictable, but cute, and I didn’t connect with the characters that much. It wasn’t bad, just not something I’d usually like to read.
I thought this book was okay. Riley’s reasons for not liking tabletop games seemed contrived. I liked how her friends all come together to help out. My favorite character is Hoshiko.
Honestly, I liked this book. Riley seemed sweet but I was just confused about why she kept keeping things from her parents. They were the most chill people on the planet. Stealing her mom’s car, lying about the rehearsals, it was all so unnecessary because if she had just expressed how much she cared about these theater activities, then her parents would be helping her problem solve to figure out a way to make it work. Even after the whole getting grounded thing, if she properly talked about what she was doing to keep the musical alive, then her parents would be proud, not restrictive. That aspect just kinda got annoying, but other than that, I thought this was a cute romance. Would recommend.
This book was super cute. It was insanely predictable, but it was still a fun read! It got a little annoying at some points because it’s soooo obvious that Riley and Nathan are going to be endgame, but they take forever to realize it. Like, duh, you both like each other, wake up!!! Riley’s ex was a total ick. I don’t know how she had so much patience for him because I wanted to toss any page with his name on it in the trash. It was clear from the beginning that the play would be saved. I was wondering if Boyce would switch it up, but she didn’t. Overall, it was a cute and fun read, I recommend!
I had never heard of the book until I found it on the Read for a Lifetime list. When I went to the public library, I picked it up randomly, even though I hadn’t read a book for pleasure in a while. I finished reading it in just two days. During school, it was the one thing I looked forward to the most. I love this book!
This book annoyed me. I didn’t like how it portrayed TTRPG players and theater kids as completely opposite world when seven out of eight members of my current D&D party are former or current theater kids. Other than that the romance was fine. I would reccomend this book to you if you follow the “High School Musical” logic of friend groups.
This book was cute, but as others have said, it was extremely predictable. I don’t enjoy the new obsession with fake dating, but this was a decent enough novel in itself, so I let it slide. I was disturbed by Riley’s ex (eww); he should have let bygones be bygones. But a positive thing I have from this is a new idea of playing D&D, so I will probably experiment with that.
My friend had suggested this book to me right before the list came out. I thought it was cute and definitely a quick read. “Fake Dating” isn’t my favorite romance trope in the world, mainly because I usually see better solutions to the problems that come up. But I would totally recommend to anyone wanting short and easy romance reads.
This book was predictable but very cute! I really enjoyed Riley’s character and the usage of musical theater shows. I love Hoshiko and Lucas’s story and it was overall a good book.
I really enjoyed this book. I read it extremely fast. Granted, most of the reading experience consisted of me screaming at them to use their critical thinking skills for once… but I thought they had a really good dynamic, and I usual despise the ‘fake dating’ trope. Kudos to the author for making me enjoy it 🙂
The book was fine, but not really my kind of book. It was mostly about theatre and dungeons and dragons, which I don’t really know too much about. The story was kind of predictable, but cute, and I didn’t connect with the characters that much. It wasn’t bad, just not something I’d usually like to read.
I thought this book was okay. Riley’s reasons for not liking tabletop games seemed contrived. I liked how her friends all come together to help out. My favorite character is Hoshiko.
Honestly, I liked this book. Riley seemed sweet but I was just confused about why she kept keeping things from her parents. They were the most chill people on the planet. Stealing her mom’s car, lying about the rehearsals, it was all so unnecessary because if she had just expressed how much she cared about these theater activities, then her parents would be helping her problem solve to figure out a way to make it work. Even after the whole getting grounded thing, if she properly talked about what she was doing to keep the musical alive, then her parents would be proud, not restrictive. That aspect just kinda got annoying, but other than that, I thought this was a cute romance. Would recommend.
This book was super cute. It was insanely predictable, but it was still a fun read! It got a little annoying at some points because it’s soooo obvious that Riley and Nathan are going to be endgame, but they take forever to realize it. Like, duh, you both like each other, wake up!!! Riley’s ex was a total ick. I don’t know how she had so much patience for him because I wanted to toss any page with his name on it in the trash. It was clear from the beginning that the play would be saved. I was wondering if Boyce would switch it up, but she didn’t. Overall, it was a cute and fun read, I recommend!
I had never heard of the book until I found it on the Read for a Lifetime list. When I went to the public library, I picked it up randomly, even though I hadn’t read a book for pleasure in a while. I finished reading it in just two days. During school, it was the one thing I looked forward to the most. I love this book!