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cpalmisanod 's review for:
The Build-A-Boyfriend Project
by Mason Deaver
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is your typically frothy romance with one spicy scene.
Eli is feeling stagnant. He's an assistant at an online magazine that no longer publishes the type articles he wants to write, not that they've asked him to write anything anyway. And on top of that his long time boyfriend, who works at the same magazine, recently broke up with him.
One sad night he agrees to be set up with a friend of a friend and it's a disaster. His date, Peter, is late, spills food all over Eli, forgot his wallet, and can't hold a conversation to save his life. Eli cannot wait for it to end.
When grousing about it at work, his smarmy boss overhears and cajoles Eli into spinning it into a article with Eli teaching Peter how to date while ragging on his failings. It's not what Eli wants to write, but he agrees, hoping the deeper article he develops about Peter's experiences growing up will be published instead.
Of course, as with all fake dating scenarios, real feelings happen. And, of course, no one communicates them until a major hurt has happened.
The characters are interesting, but there's no major character development or depths to discover. Even so, it's a perfectly sweet romance.
Eli is feeling stagnant. He's an assistant at an online magazine that no longer publishes the type articles he wants to write, not that they've asked him to write anything anyway. And on top of that his long time boyfriend, who works at the same magazine, recently broke up with him.
One sad night he agrees to be set up with a friend of a friend and it's a disaster. His date, Peter, is late, spills food all over Eli, forgot his wallet, and can't hold a conversation to save his life. Eli cannot wait for it to end.
When grousing about it at work, his smarmy boss overhears and cajoles Eli into spinning it into a article with Eli teaching Peter how to date while ragging on his failings. It's not what Eli wants to write, but he agrees, hoping the deeper article he develops about Peter's experiences growing up will be published instead.
Of course, as with all fake dating scenarios, real feelings happen. And, of course, no one communicates them until a major hurt has happened.
The characters are interesting, but there's no major character development or depths to discover. Even so, it's a perfectly sweet romance.