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A review by bumblemee
Coffee Boy by Austin Chant
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved it!! This book did such a good job at establishing everything important early enough to get properly invested, knew which moments to include, was very entertaining and had a lot of important and well written conversations in my opinion.
My personal comparison for this is: It has a similar vibe to Boyfriend Material, but doesn't have the problems I had with that book. For example, secondary characters can't seem flat, because this only has like 88 pages, so there isn't much room for anyone but Kieran and Seth anyway. There are other people in this, yeah, but they are not focused on at all and that is fine, because you can't expect that from this book. There isn't that much time to go into a loooot of detail with our main couple either since everything moves very fast, but in my opinion they were both still layered characters with a lot of chemistry. I loved them so much! (Especially Seth, because he just seems so sweet through Kierans's eyes. But Kieran himself is great as well.)
If you tend to have a hard time with stories this short, this might not be for you - but if you don't mind a fast pace and can accept that there are a few things that probably would've been included if this had been a 300 page book and are not "missing", read it. It has so much going for it!
My personal comparison for this is: It has a similar vibe to Boyfriend Material, but doesn't have the problems I had with that book. For example, secondary characters can't seem flat, because this only has like 88 pages, so there isn't much room for anyone but Kieran and Seth anyway. There are other people in this, yeah, but they are not focused on at all and that is fine, because you can't expect that from this book. There isn't that much time to go into a loooot of detail with our main couple either since everything moves very fast, but in my opinion they were both still layered characters with a lot of chemistry. I loved them so much! (Especially Seth, because he just seems so sweet through Kierans's eyes. But Kieran himself is great as well.)
If you tend to have a hard time with stories this short, this might not be for you - but if you don't mind a fast pace and can accept that there are a few things that probably would've been included if this had been a 300 page book and are not "missing", read it. It has so much going for it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Transphobia