Macey is a naive high schooler who wants to find a date to prom. She reads way to much and decides to use 10 steps from her favorite romance novels in order to get a boy for prom.

This is a short, sweet, and uniquely funny book. The premise is cute and while Macey is beyond naive towards the true love it is so short it doesn't matter.

This was one of those really sweet and nice books that make you feel good. The moment I finished the book, I went and told my daughter that she has to read it as well. Cam and Mace are really cute together and I absolutely loved the humor and the wit that made the book entertaining and simply fun to read.

When Mace tries to find a boyfriend by using her romance novels as a guide, well, let's just say that not every concept that works in a novel works in real life. Or does it?
Perhaps her scheme isn't as crazy as it looks - or perhaps it is? No matter what, I love to see her end up with the perfect guy despite all her wonderful plans and schemes and strategies!

This was the first book by KR Grace that I've read but definitely not the last!

I was really interested in reading HER BOOK BOYFRIEND because I love the friends-to-lovers trope and because the cover is so cute. I also certainly identified with Macey's love for her fictional heroes. In the end, however, I was a little disappointed by the story. I didn't like the Macey's-not-like-other-girls bits or the general meanness she directs toward those other girls. I was also put off by the LGBT+ representation in this novel (both in LGBT+ characters and in the discussions of the main character's own sexual identity). Other readers may enjoy this sweet romance between best-friends-turned-more, but there were too many larger issues that turned this one off.

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*Thanks to the publisher for sending me an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

“Her Book Boyfriend” is a story about Macey and how she tries to get a boyfriend using ten popular romance novel tropes, so she can find the perfect boyfriend to go to the prom with her. She makes a bet with her best-friend, Cam, that if she doesn’t find the perfect boy, she’ll go to prom with him.

I loved the idea behind this book and couldn’t wait to read it. However, I was sorely disappointed. It was impossible for me to like Macey or Cam. Cam makes Macey break up with his “girlfriends” all the time. I couldn’t like a character who can’t take responsibility for his actions. Also, while Macey is doing the dumping she looks down on the girls she’s dumping for Cam and makes fun of them, which to me was downright rude.

At one point Macey says to not judge a book by its cover, yet it’s pretty much all she does. I couldn’t connect with Macey and Cam and found they had no chemistry whatsoever. Also, why make a bet when they could have just agreed that if her tactic didn’t work, they’d go to prom together? It didn’t make sense to me.

This one was great it was about Macey who really needed to find a boyfriend to take to the prom and well that proved way harder than she thought it would. I really loved this one from the start and it didn't take long at all to get through. I was done before I even realized it. I really liked what the author did with Macey she was cute and this one was so cute and a fairly simple read. If you are looking for something light to fill your day check this one out. It was a very light romantic book that I couldn't put down and neither will you!

I received this e-ARC via NetGalley in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I’m so disappointed. I had high hopes for Her Book Boyfriend. Best friends to lovers trope? Nerd chick falls for Mister Popular? How could I say no? But as the book progressed I started noticing some themes that really irked me and ended up blowing the whole book off for me. So let’s see some of the problems:

Misogyny. I could stop right here ’cause this is a deal breaker for me. The main character had so much internalized misogyny. She would go on and on about how pathetic all those girls were for getting their hopes up and throwing themselves at Cam, completely abolishing him of any blame (he used them and then dumped them?!?!?!) and instead she would blame the girls wholy. Yep, it sucked. Also some slut shaming was in the air which is a big NO from me.
LGBTQA+. Listen. Really, truly listen. If you want to include queer people in your book, you either do it right, or you don’t do it at all. There is no in between because you end up offending the minority. One of the things Mace has in her list is “play for the other team“. This alone is offensive. How? Being gay is not a damn switch. You don’t turn it off and on. You either like people of the same sex or you don’t. You don’t wake up one day tired of not having a boyfriend and say “that’s alright, I’ll get myself a girlfriend even though I’m neither lesbian nor bisexual”. You see the point?
Mace was plain annoying. She had that whole, I’m a nerd but I’m also extremely hot and all the boys like me even though I have no idea they do vibe which to me personally, is super annoying.
Anyway, if you’re able to disregard all that, Her Book Boyfriend is a very light, fast paced novel, perfect for reading at one sitting. Also the romance is super cute (best friends to lovers trope you know you want it).

Reviewed for Netgalley - SPOILERS
I didn’t love this book and that is partly my fault. I read a blurb about it which left me thinking that it was a story about a girl who sets off to find herself a boyfriend based on the boys she loves in the books she reads. I was expecting lots of references to or excerpts from these books and examples of her “book boyfriends” verses the boys she is pursuing during her quest. I was very wrong. Unfortunately, what Macey actually does is use examples set forth in books by her favorite author to figure out how a girl can snag a guy with each method being more shallow and pathetic than the previous one. We readers never see any of the author’s words or meet any of the fictional author’s boys. Instead, we witness Macey make one stupid mistake after another. The way she goes about trying to land a guy is so ridiculous that I just couldn’t buy that a potential valedictorian would actually think her plan had any shot at succeeding.

The boys that Macey pursues while attempting to carry out said plan are so one-dimensional and clichéd that there is never any chance she will end up with one of them. There’s the in-the-closet guy who insults her fashion choices, the seeming sweetheart who just wants instant access to what’s inside her pants, and the overachieving nerd having a pre-college admission freak out. Perhaps the reason these boys are so undeveloped and forgettable is because it is clear from chapter one who Macie is going to end up with.

Her best friend Cam, who instantly goes from a total Man Whore to a lovesick puppy the minute he realizes his lifelong bestie is serious about finding a guy. And just like every other guy in this book, Cam is completely underdeveloped. He tells Macey not to be like him and not to get sucked into his “crap hole” (quite the way with words this future rockstar has) but never explains why he behaves the way he does or why his life is a crap hole. He’s spent time getting photographic evidence that his father is also a male whore with a whole other family on the side, so why on earth would he want to follow in slutty daddy’s footsteps? I don’t know because it is never explained. Of the two MCs, Cam is the more interesting one and, sadly, he too ends up being one-dimensional and ultimately disappointing.

Other things that were too unbelievable to swallow:

Cam is the class tramp, but has never actually slept with a girl and we’re supposed to believe that none of the girls who have “been with” him haven’t told others about this lack of getting any? Um, yeah, no. Not the way high school girls gossip.

Every guy who was a total jerk to Macey suddenly shows up and wants to take Macey to prom…even though most have not been mentioned since their chapter of “The Plan” concluded. So, a total wallflower gets five invitations to prom in one day?

Someone as whiny and bratty as Macey actually manages to have that many friends.

Cam and his band – they’re in high school remember - get offered a contract to open for the “hottest band in several decades.” They go from playing at their own prom to opening for the biggest band around? Didn’t realize this book was in the fantasy genre.

Overall, what could have been a cute read was just a mess. From the awful characters to the plot holes to the many grammatical errors, I was so frustrated that I struggled to read it the whole way through. I definitely don’t recommend this one.

If you ignore the glaringly problematic output that this book centres around (you don’t need to have a partner in high school to make your experience worth it!), it is actually a really nice, fluffy read and I finished it in next to no time. There were, however, a few slurs thrown in the direction of female characters that I could have done without though.

The premise of Her Book Boyfriend was very similar to I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Maurene Goo) but I actually preferred this one a lot more; Macey doesn't stage life threatening scenes to try create romantic bonding moments for a start! I really liked the Cam, the main male protagonist, didn't fit the stereotypical ‘guy-who-loves-his-best-friend’ mould in that he didn't screw up his friendship, give mixed signals and was actually a lot more in tune with his emotions than your usual love interest. Macey is emotionally blind though. Nobody can be that dumb in real life, surely, especially when you take into account that she is allegedly a massive romance genre fan.

It is a new adult book but I honestly forgot that the characters where meant to be in high school (we don't do school years in Britain like they do in America but the characters are seniors and I figure that is around 18 years old!) because they didn't really read like they were that age. Also, not much of the plot actually takes place in school - well that is a lie, but not school in the way that you might be used to reading about in a romance book. There isn't any x-rated scenes but reference is made to drug use and underage drinking so take from that what you will.

All in all, I did enjoy this book and it was just really cute. The only thing that really grated on me is the names of the male characters; Camden, Clay, Colton, Kenton, Benton etc; are these really everyday names in America (?!?!) because I thought that they are ridiculous and got a silly amount of amusement from them!

P. S: this is probably the cutest cover that I can remember seeing on a contemporary novel in 2017. I absolutely adore it!

*I received a free copy bu NetGalley*
4.5 stars

Her Book Boyfriend is a very sweet, light YA with a bookworm as the main character. Now, I have to say I'm a sucker for all books with a book lover character.
The best thing? She tries to use tactics from those books. The final result? Embarassing but hilarious situations.
That said, this book reminds me immensely of Bookishly Ever After which was also great.

Looking for a short, airy read? This is your book.

Mackey Greere gets all her dating advice from reading her favourite romance books. After getting to her senior year without a boyfriend she makes a list of tips and vows to work her way through them to find love. Her best friend Cam try's to dissuade her and bets that if she fails he will take her to prom. I enjoyed this book there was only one outcome but it was pleasant getting there.

I would have a million beautiful things to say about this book but there is a mistake though. In many sites where you can buy it and on Netgalley, the genre where the book is placed is the New Adult genre, and even if not entirely wrong, the most accurate genre for this book is Young Adult, because there are any hot scenes and the characters are still, though it is the last year for them, in high school. It can be better to say that it is a middle ground between the Na and the YA. At the end of the book itself, in the list of books written by the author, the genre indicated for this is YA.

I adored this book from the first page, or better, from the gorgeous cover. I totally fit in with the protagonist character, totally forgetting the disappointment I had with The witch's kiss, which you know I did not like at all. It has a simple and engaging writing. The characters look so alive. It's a pleasant reading that would be perfect for summer, but it's okay to read it anytime.

This is their last year in school and the problem that Macey faces is that she doesn't have a boy for the prom. She does not want to go with Cam, her best friend and singer in a band, because she wants to go with a guy she is in love with. But she has another love, the one for reading, especially romance, so she decides to create a list, re-reading those books, all of the same author, finding the right points to find the perfect guy.

But she fails with most of them because everyone at school believes that she and Cam are together when he has a different girl every day. None of the guys Macey chooses wants to engage with her, but she does not spring, ending up getting a bad, and false, reputation at school. She then asks Cam to schedule a blind date, but everything screw up, because the guy she is supposed to meet with is Cam, and when he says he loves her she thinks it's just a tease because of her continuous failures.

They don't talk for a long time, but then everything adjusts for the best and they end up going at the party as a couple.

At first I was like oh no, its one of those books where you know what is going to happen in this book.
But, I fell in LOVE with book and could not put it down.
There was so many good laughs and crazy adventures that I could not put it down.

Macey is your typical nerd, she is top of her high school class, taken honors and AP classes.
And a girl no guy in school will date. But not for the reasons you would think.
She is also Best Friends with one of the most popular guys in schools. The Lead singer in a rock group, a guy every girl wants a chance to be with and with his killer good looks and charm. He is every girls dream guy, but he cant be held down, he is know as the bad boy. And Macey, his Best friends is the one that always steps up to the plate to let his newest fling down.

After, being told she is not a high school date material she sets out on a mission to get a prom date. With every guy in school thinking she is Cam's Girl she has no luck at getting guys to notice her.
Then things change and she ends up having her first kiss with someone she would never think, getting invited on a date only to get in to a van full of sweaty boys. With all the twist and turns she decided to give up on her prom quest.
And then out of the blue someone confuses their love to her and she is left in shock.

This is most defiantly a HEA!

However I do hope they add a second epilogue or a second book ;)

overalls this book was good. I was slightly disappointed because it didn't meet the expectations I had for it, which were based of the synopsis. However it was still really cute. We have our main character is just as bookishly as the rest of us, which was nice and relatable and an adorable romance . Overall a cute contemporary book.

Here's what happened here: I'm a bibliophile, I love YA books and I'm a sucker for romance. In short, I am like Macey but older without a male best friend.

So I thought this would be a fun, quick read to distract my brain from the stress train. And it kind of was. But either I powered through it too quickly or I just didn't quite connect with the book.

The storyline is quite fun - Macey is trying everything she learned from reading romance novels in order to find a boyfriend and a date for prom. It's quite fun to read through her list of failures because she mostly takes them in stride. But then I feel like the ending needed about 50 more pages. because yes it is predictable as nobody's business, that relationship 180º should have had some better development instead of fast-forward shots like at the end of a rom-com.

I'd compare this to a teen Bridget-Jones-meets-Something-Borrowed, I think, but I expected more.

A promising plot but was poorly executed. The characters are sooo labeled, I find it hard to believed if they really are what the Heroine says they are. I found a bit sexism issues and I didn't like how LGBT was represented. The two stars are entirely for the cover and promising plot.

Her Book Boyfriend was all I wanted it to be. I related heavily to Macey and her best friend. She feels like she's not worthy of love since she's never had a boyfriend and wants to check the important high school "boxes". That was totally me in High School and Macey story was nice to know I wasn't alone. Her relationship with Cam was fun to read although it was hard to like Cam as much as Macey does. All in all this book was the perfect dose of cute and romantic!

I have very mixed feelings on this one. It started out terrible and ridiculous before turning into something sweet and heartwarming in the last quarter. It just hurt to get there.

On paper, this book sounded like it might be something different from the other contemporary cookie-cutter novels out there that I tend to pick up. Once I started reading, I was highly disappointed.

Macey is not a character I wanted to root for. As someone who got through high school just fine without a boyfriend, it was almost insulting to read about her drive to not leave high school without one, no matter what it takes. The list she compiles is sexist at best and demeaning and vapid, even though her execution isn't necessarily in that vein. But good grief, let me try and be a lesbian for a minute? Didn't work? Well then, next let me go out and buy a box of condoms for whatever guy strikes my eye next. Her best friend f**kboy Cam was often more likeable than she was, even if I deplored his behaviour and the way their relationship went at times.

The world this story is set in just irked me. From what I got, it's somewhere in the States and every single person is rich, good-looking and smart. Every boy Macey tries to make her boyfriend blends together and towards the end I had no idea which one had been involved in each step of her list. The author tries to throw in some character conflict, but it mostly fell flat for me. Likewise, the promposal part was really unbelievable and out of left field. Did they feel bad for her? Guilty? Did they all actually like her, even the gay dude? Like, good for you, Macey, but why is this happening?

The romance that does eventually develops is sweet and aw-inducing, even if it was a little quick to accept. Macey and Cam's friendship, while messed up and lacking respect in the fact she has to do all his break-ups for him, was genuine and their banter and love for each other was clear. As a whole, the story was not a predictable one, which I greatly appreciated. The author introduced several characters and little twists and turns that kept it interesting. It started off poorly but ending on a very nice note, so I give it 2.5/5

Macey is super smart or a ‘hot nerd’ (her words not mine) who happens to be best friend with Cam the rocker bad boy but she’s sick of only being known as ‘Cam’s friend’. She wants to find the boy of her dreams to take her to prom using all the tropes from romance fiction.
This novella is not going to be for everyone. It’s cliché after cliché after cliché but I have to say I enjoyed it. It’s a sweet and a little sappy and frankly I’ve been reading quite a few dark crime thrillers lately it came as a nice break.
If I’m being honest though, the plot was a little sloppy and rushed in places and I found some of the characters a bit redundant like the foreign exchange student Wen Li who doesn’t talk for most of the book. Also I would have liked the main character to have been a little more original, to sort of stand out from all the rest of the cliches.
I know this is just one of a series and I wonder what the author is going to do next.

Definitely one I would recommend, never read the author before but, am glad I did. Loved it!

For about two chapters i though the main character was a male and gay because he was attracted to boys. I liked how cute the book was, gave you school-like feels but the writing style didn't really sit well with me and i found it really hard to finish it, Maybe romance/ya readers who like light books would like.