I gave this book a shot, but unfortunately I just don't think it's for me. I couldn't get into it, and I didn't care at all about any of the characters or the plot. I don't wish to waste my time on books I can't see myself enjoying. There wasn't anything outrageously bad about it. I am just sick of reading books I only feel meh about.

I loved this book! Very entertaining. It was a refreshing spin on the geek and jock romance. Macey wasn’t meek and she wasn’t bullied. She stood up for herself and didn’t take crap from her jock guy friend, Cam. It seemed like a role reversal in the best way.

Cam was super sleazy when it came to girls. A fact that was made pretty clear early on. It didn’t bother me as much as I expected it would. I don’t know why, maybe it was because he was such a good guy to Macey. At any rate, I enjoyed their chemistry and easy dialogue. Actually, I floved their dialogue. It was fantastic.

Macey’s headstrong, smart and funny. Cam is smart, horny and holds some things close to his chest which I realized early on. It made him vulnerable and mysterious, two things I find attractive in a male MC. You should really just go read the book. I will be looking forward to more by this author.

Her Book Boyfriend was a fun YA read that was relatively quick too (I think I read this over 2 sittings). The story centres around Macey and her best friend Cam. Macey is 18 (Rather immature - I'll go into that later) and never been kissed or had a date. Prom is approaching and she wants it to be perfect and what better way that with a boyfriend just like the ones she reads in her books by her side. Macey is smart and studies her favourite authors books as who else would know better than how to land that perfect man, right? A list is formed and she sets off on a hilarious journey. I'd like to say Cam her best friend and man whore helps with this journey, but that would be giving away things and I don't do spoilers.

As with a few of these YA books where we have a SEVERE case of naivety with the main character I struggle a little. When you have a best friend (Doesn't matter if it is male or female) who is a bit of a 'go getter' in the sexual department I feel it would be hard to be as naive as some characters can get. At times Macey came across as far more immature than she was which kind of made this feel more unrealistic. Don't get me wrong the situations were funny, amusing and I certainly felt that teen angst, but I did wonder how Macey could be so smart but no so street smart - you get me?

Still like I said Macey aside this was a funny book and it was sweet too. I love YA reads like this as they give you the story without the extra stuff a NA book does. Does Macey get her boyfriend? Is there that HEA? Will Cam meet you BBF requirements? Well I think you'll have to read this one and see. Either way I felt Her Book Boyfriend is worth a read if you like a YA romance and deserves its 3.5 stars.

Her Book Boyfriend is K.R. Grace’s latest release and is a delightfully charming contemporary romance that is full of entertaining moments, endearing romance and sweet moments of true friendship.

Macey Greere and Camden Davis have been best friends since they were toddlers. Cam is the rock-star player who runs through a slew of girls and Macey is the diligent best friend who lets them down when he undoubtedly tires of them. High school graduation is nearing and Macey wants to experience a bit of romance herself, so she sets out to follow all the tropes found in her favourite romance novels in an effort to find love. Cam is adamant that she won’t land a boyfriend that way and so a bet ensues. If Macey can’t find love using the steps in her novels, she’ll accompany him to prom. Macey is determined to secure herself a guy, and prove Cam wrong in the process, but as things don’t quite go as plan, will Macey admit defeat? Or is she about to find that the perfect boyfriend was closer than she thought the whole time?

From beginning to end, I found Her Book Boyfriend to be a really sweet and easy to read novel. Though undoubtedly predictable, Her Book Boyfriend manages to be a quick, highly entertaining YA that charms you with its quirky characters and charming friendships. Featuring a best-friends romance, Her Book Boyfriend unfolds through Macey’s POV and will appeal to book lovers who have always wondered if finding love is as simple as they make it sound in books.

Macey was an intelligent, sharp individual who embraced her intellect and was a lover of books; something that allowed me to emphasise with her as a fellow book lover myself. Personally I think Macey’s approach to landing a boyfriend was somewhat superficial and unnecessary, but I highly enjoyed watching her stumble along with each encounter as she attempted to find someone she wanted to be with.

It really was a case of seeing what was before your eyes all along with Her Book Boyfriend. I think it was safe to say heading into the novel it’s almost guaranteed that Mace and Cam will end up together by the end of the story, but I was surprised to see how long it took for them to actually cross over to more than friends. Even though it’s obvious there’s something there, the fact it took until the final few chapters for something to really occur almost made the ending feel too rushed in my eyes.

That being said, I really did enjoy this story. Macey and Camden had a great bunch of friends and I loved that the author includes so much family interactions with their families as well. Overall, Her Book Boyfriend was a fun and flirty read that was highly addictive and every enjoyable reading!

It was ok.

Cam and Macey are best friends, so I was expecting a fun friends-to lovers book. It is kinda that but it took too long for them to get there. They finally get together at around the 75% mark, and to be honest I didn’t feel the love. Macey for most of the book is interested in other things other than Cam, so when they do get together I felt it wasn’t entirely believable.

Macey got on my nerves at times, with her lists and always finding something wrong with the guys she dated. I am a picky person but Macey was too much. Cam, on the other hand was a little better and I did like him. Their friendship was beautiful and I really enjoyed their interactions. Sometimes I wished they had stayed best friends.

Overall this was a quick, entertaining read but I was expecting more.

I made the mistake of reading some reviews on Goodreads. I've seen criticism of both lead characters, but the good news is that I didn't seem to have the same problems with the book that others had.

Her Book Boyfriend is about a girl named Macey who is a book-loving, studious type of girl. Her best friend, Cam is in a popular teen band and often uses Macey to break up with his latest girl of the week. Macey's never been in love and desperately doesn't want to graduate high school without experiencing a relationship of her own.

Macey makes a list of the plots from her favorite books. Altogether, she ends up with a rather spectacular list of favorite romance tropes. She begins to target boys to test out her plots on. It's often awkward and cringe-worthy, but it pokes a little fun at the romance world while moving Macey closer to her ultimate goal.

As Macey moves through her list, it becomes obvious that something is troubling Cam. At first, it seems like Cam just has some family drama that is weighing him down, but you soon realize that he is not as excited about Macey's list as she is.

Macey's path to romance in rocky and filled with pitfalls. People get hurt and bad decisions are made, but in the end, she succumbs to my favorite trope. And I'll let you read the book and see which one that is.

This was my first K.R. Grace book and I loved it. The story is very captivating and very well written. The characters are well written en very real. This book is official one of my favorites now.

Look - this book was one of those feel good Hallmark movie type of books that you just wanna cozy into and not move until the idiot girl realizes she's been in love with the boy right in front of her all this time. This book filled me up with laughter, tears, joy, and a longing for a love story like Cam and Mace's. I loved this story and it's characters. (I think Winter was my fave tbh) and I can't wait to see what K.R Grace has in store for us next!

First of all every thing about this book calls out to every bookworm out there, the cover, the blurb, the title. The title did it for me right away and reading the blurb definitely solidified for me that I just had to read this!! All my favorite tropes in one book, yes please!!! I'm so glad for getting a copy of this. I loved reading it, it was a super fast read, it made me laugh out loud several of times, several!! I found it so funny and cute, even with some of naive and stupid high school cliches and all, the book was great. I loved Cam a lot even though I thought he was an ass throughout the whole book .

Macey is a smart, super intelligent, sweet and loyal girl. When she comes across the last year of highschool, decides to get a date to take her to the prom. As she struggles to get a boyfriend, she resorts to a list she set up based on the heroines of her favorite writer. What she did not realize yet is that right next to her is someone who would give anything to be her company.
Cam is the kind of inconsequential guy who has dated almost every girl in school. With his air of rockstar, he only gets a time with the girl at most, and asks poor Macey to end the affair in his place. Cam keeps Macey from his secrets and suffers when he thinks that she deserve better than the affection that her friend has for her, but he does not even think about giving up this friendship, instead he wants to show the girl who is the ideal book boyfriend for her.

The story is very cute, the characters are well built and the plot unfolds easily by swallowing the reader. At first, I was very annoyed with Cam and his whole manwhore, but then I began to realize all the crazy things that he does for Macey to realize what was important to her life.
I just did not favourite it because sometimes the information and events got a bit confusing in passing from one chapter to another and even Cam sent confusing signals to his best friend. The writer also did not define what was really in her mind when she is writing and it made me a little discouraged. Also want a more slowly and detailed end of how the long awaited prom has been.
3/5 stars

This was so lovely! First of all every thing about this book calls out to every bookworm out there, the cover, the blurb, the title. The title did it for me right away and reading the blurb definitely solidified for me that I just had to read this!! All my favorite tropes in one book, YAS PLEASE!!!
I'm so glad for getting a copy of this. I loved reading it, it was a super fast read, it made me laugh out loud several of times, several!! I found it so funny and cute, even with some of naive and stupid high school cliches and all, the book was great. I loved Cam a lot even though I thought he was an asshole too throughout the whole book but I also knew that he was a good guy beneath all that crazy. And I mean, the way he always was with Macey, swoon!!! I wanted more Cacey in the end, there wasn't enough of them as a couple and for that reason I cannot wait to read 'The Hollywood Boyfriend'.

It wasn't as good as I hoped it to be. While the story premise was sound, the plot and characters had let it down severely. Macey is supposed to be smart and nerdy, armed with a list to help her find a date for prom. The bet was not really a great idea to begin with, but the more I read the less it makes sense..It was a disappointment overall for me

I thought this book was funny with a sort or relatable main character. Even with an odd friendship that I cant imagine I still find the overall idea of the book cute.

copy received for review
This is a young adult read. High school age characters. Macey is a senior in high school and has never been kissed. Her best friend is Cam and he is the school rock hero. He seems to have a different girl every week. She feels like high school is passing her by and she needs to experience a few things before college. Se comes up with a list from a romance author on how to get the perfect guy. What follows is one misadventure after another. Cam is there to clean up each mess. They seemed to be your typical HS kids. Worried about dating, prom and what happens in their world. Probably a little to young for me.

I had great hope that this would be a romantic comedy. I didn't really find it funny at all. The main character is just ridiculous and socially awkward.

Thank you so much to Buoni Amici Press via netgalley for sending me an ARC copy of Her book boyfriend by . Her book boyfriend will be released on August 25, 2017

"well, while you get your kicks behind the bleachers and on car hoods, I get my in books. Don't judge"

Mace desperately wants to go to prom with the perfect guy but her standard are too high, fictionally high. So Maces best friend Cam dares her that if she cant find someone that fits her book boyfriend material then she has to go to prom with him. Mace goes theough all of the things she needs in a boyfriend that corespond with her book boys.
Mace has a guide on how to catch a guy, thinking that everything fictional characters like obviously real boys would like too, this was going to be easy how hard could it be to be A damsel in distress, Hard to catch, Not parroting, Hot enough that he has to compete for you, Playing hard to get, Getting a make over, Good romance, arranged dates, and my favorite faking your way to love...
Mace is in over her head but maybe she will get something better then fictional.
Mace is smart and not viewed as very pretty so she is in my mind the "ugly" friend that helps the popular, gorgeous star. Thats how i pictured her, low self estee and hiding in her books. So when forced to get out of her book she was lost.

Her book boyfriend was very similar to mine when i was younger and how i acted about boys in books and in real life and sometimes now to this day i will be so in love with a book that one of the characters is like my boyfriend the way i talk about them.


I really liked the conversations all the characters had, some times in books or movies they try and make teenagers seem more mature than they actually are and I really like that this book kept all the characters their own age and have them say stupid stuff and just real conversation that made this book more enjoyable and more realistic to read. I also really enjoyed the writing style. She had the funconversations but she also gave descriptions about the characters, their interactions and their school experience so neither was over powering which made the flow nicely.

It was a cute, quick read and i really enjoyed this new take on the typical prom/high school experience.

‘Her Book Boyfriend’ tells the story of Macey who desperately wants to find a boyfriend she can take to prom with her. Unfortunately, that proves more difficult than she thought. But Macey loves reading and so she decides to go through her favorite author’s books and write down 10 steps, she think will most certainly help her find the perfect book boyfriend in time for prom.

I was very intrigued by the synopsis of this book because, let’s be honest here, don’t we all sometimes wish our favorite book boyfriends were real people? That’s why I was very excited for this novel and was really hoping I would end up liking it.

It definitely turned out to be a very cute and romantic story which made me smile a lot. ‘Her Book Boyfriend’ was also a very quick read, and I finished it within a couple of hours. Due to the fact that it was such a short book, I also feel like a couple of things that would usually bother me in young adult romance books, didn’t really bother me at all while reading HBB. One of those things was the fact that the female main character was sometimes a little too naïve. I usually don’t like it when teens that are almost of age, act like twelve-year-olds in certain situations. But like I said, since this book was only about 150 pages long, I could easily ignore things that might’ve usually bothered me and was able to really enjoy the story nevertheless.

There were also a couple of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in my copy of the book but I think that was because I was reading an ARC and I’m sure that will be different in the actual finished copy of this novel which is why I won’t let this influence my rating.

All in all, ‘Her Book Boyfriend’ was a cute and quick read and I really enjoyed it. It’s one of those books that will just make you smile a lot and will make you happy which is why I’m giving it 4 out of 5 stars.

I didn't really like the main characters and therefore the central romance didn't work for me at all.

*ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in return for an honest review*

Macey is very smart, she’s the best student at school and is apparently very beautiful too but she doesn’t know it because no one sees her since she’s the best friend of the school’s sex god, Cam.
But prom is around the corner and she really wants a date with someone who cares, who loves her.
Enter the list.
Since she’s so smart, she decides to make a list of tropes to get her perfect boyfriend out of her favorite author romance novels...

I was expecting a sort of Kasie West contemporary or something like Jennifer Echols Superlative series…
But no.
Disappointed doesn’t begin to cover what I felt.
First of all, the list:

"Wendi Cooper’s Guide to Catching a Man
1. Every man loves a damsel in distress
2. A lady worth having is hard to catch
3. If a man wanted a parrot, he’d buy the bird
4. Men love to compete against each other
5. If Men Aren’t Working for You, Try Batting for the Other Team
6. A Makeover is the Way to a Man’s Heart
7. Every Good Romance Starts in the Bedroom
8. Arranged Dating -It’s Still a Thing
9. Date Your Best Friend’s Sibling
10. Fake Your Way to Love"


I mean the sexism in this is astounding.
Macey needs a new favorite author….
Also, there’s nothing I hate more than a character calling themselves smart and everyone calling them smart but that it never shows in how they act. Well this was a textbook case.
Or a character that is called a bookworm but is never reading…

There was so much sexism in this book… Slutshaming and also this kinda thing:

"“So, if a girl said a guy was bothering her, would that bring out your protective instincts?” I blurted as soon as I sat down in my usual seat. “Hello to you, too.” Cam smirked. “Why are guys supposed to have protective instincts?” Teagan blinked, looking up from a piece of a motherboard he was tinkering with. “Because it’s their job to protect women.” I nodded indignantly."


I mean… She’s so smart!

Now onto the LGBT+ representation…
First :
"“I’m not a lesbian. I’m undecided.”
“Same thing.” He waved her off."


I don’t think I need to comment on this…. It speaks for itself.

Then, Macey decides to ask this girl, Neyland out:

"“So, um, Neyland, would you be interested in going out this Friday? Maybe catch a movie or something?”
There, I’d said it. My heart was doing the cha cha in my chest. Then she laughed.
My face flushed hot as embarrassment weighted down in my stomach. “Um, what’s so funny?”
She waved me off as she wiped a tear from her eye.
“I’m sorry. I don’t mean to laugh at you, but you’re so straight, you couldn’t be gay if you wanted to.”
Anger replaced embarrassment. “What the hell does that mean?”
“The first day I met you, my straight-dar said you were not one of us.”
“Straight-dar?”
“Yeah, the internal indicator that tells me if someone is straight or gay,” she said between laughs. “I’m sorry. I know I should get control of myself.”
It took her several deep breaths before she regained her composure.
“If you were gay, I’d totally date you, but you’re not.”"


This makes me so angry. Besides the fact that you cannot tell people what their sexuality is, there’s more sexualities than gay or straight……………

And finally, after Macey follows some guy in a basement, he starts commenting on her clothes and then:

"He shrugged and stuffed his hands into the front of his pressed khaki pants. “I’m merely stating the truth. You are definitely a dress and cardigan type. Very simple and classy. I will give props to whoever did your hair, though. The lightened color really makes your eyes sparkle.”
Oh. My anger quickly subsided. It made sense now."


Yep. Thanks to that supersmart brain of hers, she just figured out he was gay. I’m not even gonna start explaining why that’s not ok.

I hated all the characters. I already went over the main one (stupid, sexist, etc..) but now, her best friend, Cam.
I mean Macey keeps telling us what a great friend he is.
And that’s true. Such a good friend who keeps asking her to break up with every girl he hooks up with for him...
I couldn’t stand him.

It was also filled with clichés and I do mean FILLED.
To me, it’s only quality was how short it was………….