A review by marvelous_time
Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend by Alan Cumyn

2.0

Shiels is a complete and utter perfectionist and if something isn’t perfect, she makes it that way. In order to be student body chair of Vista View High you need to be all of this and more. Shiels is always prepared for whatever challenges the day might bring, yet when the first interspecies transfer literally lands at Vista View, Shiels is not prepared at all. You think that the principal would say ‘Oh by the way, we have a TEENAGE PTERODACTYL coming to school here.’ Nope. Nothing. No warning whatsoever. Little does she know however that as soon as Pyke, the teenage pterodactyl, lands at her high school he will change her life forever. Very different from any other book I have ever read, I did find Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend hard to read, however the idea was quite brilliant. I enjoyed the almost futuristic, yet realistic idea of a Pterodactyl boy coming to a high school and flourishing. I did at times find Shiels kind of annoying, but then Sheldon seemed to balance her out and make her a bit better every time she freaked out. Overall even though I did not care for the book, I enjoyed the ideas it presented.

*Reviewed for San Francisco Book Review