I wasn’t lying when I said this was a bunch of mess lol And I loved it. These kids had A LOT going on and I was like biting my nails done to nubs the whole time. I just knew it was going to end badly. But it actually didn’t. It really ended the best way possible.

Tbh I was a little disappointed in how it ended because once they figured things out, it was over. I wanted to see the people who ended up together, together. We get the build up to the scene, the scene, them finally talking, and then its over. Why do y’all do this to us? We went through this whole book and then there’s nothing lol Ugh it was annoying, but it made me sense for an HFN as a YA book. But you could have given us an epilogue ijs

The romance itself was cute tho. I enjoyed watching them kid themselves and say they didn’t like the other one. And the way they were both fighting for their lives to keep up the lies they were telling themselves. I thought it was cute! The way they used what happened to help them was so special and I loved it.

I was a little iffy because it was a love triangle, but this is the first time I’ve read one that was all girls! There’s still a “Bad person” character and one that is so sweet. So basically, if you’re like me and you had the love triangle in the back of your mind, it isn’t something that you have to worry about. It really isn’t a triangle, since they’re basically planning to get back at her. It doesn’t turn into anything triangle like until the end actually.

The characters and their differences were also important. In Dual POVs they matter a lot. And in this one, the two of them together make like one Sour Patch Kid. One is quiet and stand offish and the other is abrasive. And both of them were still so very sweet. They were the true definition of opposites attract. I loved that they were still so different but still found their way to each other.

This book was a lot of fun. I know this review doesn’t say much, but I’m trying not to spoil anything. This was a really fun book that was made by the characters and the way they looked out for each other. (Even if they weren’t looking out for anyone else lol)

Ashley Woodfolk’s writing always does something for me, so I was excited to read this co-authored book, especially since I’ve heard good things about Olivia A. Cole’s writing. So, I’m pleased to announce that Call Your Boyfriend was such a fun romp. If you’re looking for a Sapphic John Tucker Must Die, this will scratch that itch. And while I haven’t seen Bottoms, this book definitely made me want to check it out. I’m always a huge fan scheming, especially when you know it’s not going to go as the characters think it will. Charm and Beau have a plan and ground rules, but of course, nothing is ever that neat and easy when actually implemented.

While this book had a fun premise, it got a lot deeper than I expected. I really enjoyed the conversation around figuring yourself and your identity out, and the ethics around involving other people in that process. Was Maia a villain or a victim? Does she deserve acceptance? All good questions that I think readers were made to sit with and decide for themselves. Being a hot mess as a teenager is also a right of passage, and I think this book did a good job of highlighting that these characters weren’t supposed to know everything and make the right decisions every time. I’ve seen people say they loved Charm a lot more than Beau, but emotionally avoidant characters are kind of my jam, so I really liked seeing Beau struggle when she’s the “expert.”

Overall, this is a good one, especially if you like characters trying not to fall for each other. I needed an epilogue badly though because I was not ready for the book to be over.

Thank you to Simon Teen for the advance reader copy. These opinions are my own.

This takes place in the lead up to summer and particularly to prom. After being hurt by Maia, Beau and Charm team up to get revenge by plotting to have Maia fall for Charm and be publicly dumped by her. I appreciated the queer representation and the discussion of different paths after high school. However, some of this felt not just mean-spirited, but also somewhat biphobic to me. It ultimately concluded with more positive morals, but especially with a YA book, I would have liked a bit more clarity and acceptance of how people's orientation can change.

3.5 stars rounded up

Thank you to Simon Teen for the eARC and Simon Audio for the free audiobook.

Beau discovers the girl she’s been secretly hooking up with is about to kiss another girl (Charm) at a party…before she goes back to make out with her boyfriend. When Beau and Charm realize what has happened, they decide on a revenge plan, but it’s okay because they’re going to just stay friends…🙃

While I love a good revenge plot, this book was so much more than that. Beau and Charm both have their issues; a shared parental abandonment trauma, Beau feeling like an experiment for straight girls, Charm’s insecurity due to her first and only girlfriend’s mean words. And I loved that they struggle with their growing feelings and how to both accept love and express it.

Call Your Boyfriend was also pretty hilarious. Ezra (Charm’s BFF) and Celine (Beau’s sister) have some wonderful advice that is also simultaneously funny.

I do think the pacing was a bit off, and I wanted a bit more after their HEA moment (seriously—everything happens literally within the last minute of the book!) but my overall feelings are joy and happiness.

The narrators are top tier, and really fit the characters so well. I’ll be looking for more from Tyla Collier and Emily Shaw!

This was so adorable! Queer YA books hit so hard for me. I loved watching these two try to get revenge on the girl who has been jerking them around and instead fall for each other instead. The flirting lessons were so fun to read about and I adored all the yearning. I especially loved the complexity that Maia had. It would be really easy to paint her in one light but I really appreciated that we got to see more of her side of the story as well. In general there were some really interesting conversations about the intersection of race and sexuality and how other's opinions can be overwhelming (especially in high school). My one quibble is that the girls take until the *very* last second to communicate which made the ending feel a bit abrupt. Overall I had a fantastic time with this story and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a sapphic story.

Juvenile and predictable at times but a fun story. As always we stan a sapphic romance and messiness of queer teens.

Messy, messy lesbians (and other queer folks) all around. But this book felt so much longer than it needed to be.

Charm was definitely my favorite between the two protagonists. Her personality is as adorable as her namesake; her POV endured me so much more. Beau, on the other hand, needed therapy more than a girlfriend. Despite the two having some cute moments, I wasn't really rooting for them to get together by the end, especially during the last quarter or so where both girls were agonizing over the whole "friend" debacle. It just stretched out the page count so unnecessarily and made reading it so tedious and repetitive. The other characters, primarily Charm's best friend and Beau's sister, had hints of realized secondary characters, but their ultimate purpose boiled down to nagging the girls to just get together, and it was so obnoxious.

(Side note, the best friend, Ezra, is gay and is trying to get together with his crush Enzo throughout the whole story. The fact their names are so similar hurt to read whenever the focus shifted to them. One of the first lessons in writing is to never have characters have similar sounding/looking names, because it really screws with the reader's perception. How did no editor catch and correct this???)

The whole revenge plan wasn't all that great, either. Even though it was clear this plan wasn't really ethical, and the characters themselves admitting to that fact by the end, it's still really hard to read, especially when the person they're getting revenge on, Maia, is shown with nuance. While Maia's actions toward Charm and Beau were really manipulative and gross, it's not so great when they're turning it on her. I dunno, I still felt bad for this girl. Plus, there was also the element of the plan that had the high risk of outing her when she wasn't ready. Maia did a lot of bad, but publicly outing someone could never make up for all that. This whole thing was just a brand of messiness that, the more I thought about it, I just couldn't gel with.

All in all, I'm quite sad I couldn't enjoy this read as much as I wanted, because one of Woodfolk's works is one of my all time favs, and Cole is an interesting author in her own right. I'm still hoping to whatever they, separately or together, write next.

Revenge pact turned romance, let’s gooooo!! I loved this book. It was cute, and laugh out loud funny at times. Beau and Charm? I adored them!

I love a good book with a “we can’t fall for each other” storyline because you KNOW what’s coming. The more I got to know Beau and Charm, the more I rooted for them both (individually and together.)

And while this was a “revenge” book, that ending felt so healing to me. No spoilers, but I will say that it just made this book even better that things worked out the way they did.

I really enjoyed the writing. I’m excited to read more books by these authors! I definitely recommend this to anyone looking to pick up a new upper ya book.

A huge thank you to Simon Teen for a free copy of this book!

First and foremost, thank you to the publisher and the author for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. I loved this story and it was definitely worth the read! I absolutely loved this book!!!

Thank you for the ARC!

This was such an adorable YA romance! The "you can't fall for me" vibes had me hooked from the start. They team up for some sweet revenge, but of course, end up falling for each other along the way. It's such a cute sapphic romance filled with humor, love, and plenty of jokes.

DNF at 45% first of all I found Beau to be insufferable and found that Charm had more chemistry with Maia. Also what Maia did to both girls is so mean and insensitive… but what Charm and Beau were planning to do to Maia is almost worse (the plan was just cruel). My last point I will make is the random politics mention of course reading is political but there was no reason for that little mention of modern politics. I will say I loved Charm and Ezra’s character but that was about it.

beau wants to know if the girl she’s been secretly hooking up with—maia moon, the most popular girl in school—has feelings for her, too. but when she goes to the last big party before prom, she finds maia about to kiss someone else. charm, the other person, is excited when she realizes she’s been reading maia’s signals correctly in their tutoring sessions…until their kiss is interrupted and maia accepts her boyfriend’s promposal days later. now, both beau and maia are heartbroken. they make a plan to get back at maia, but as they get closer to their end goal, they also get closer to each other.

this was a cute book! the premise reminded me just a bit of a book i read last year, rani choudhury must die (because of the getting-back-at-a-two-timer aspect), so i was eager to get into this one. i really liked how the plot of this book played out, and i even started to feel for maia a little. it was also fun to see the dynamic between beau and charm, especially since this book was dual pov and they are such opposites. as beau is much more experienced, she teaches charm how to “seduce” maia for their plan to work. this led to some pretty interesting moments!

overall, this was a lovely YA romance. i’m looking forward to reading more from both authors.

4.5/5 stars!!! SO GOOD and I wish there was like one more chapter or an epilogue to explore just a tiny bit more what happens next because I loved the two main characters <3

Thank you to Netgalley for the free arc!

This is a cute rom-com with a twist. Two girls realize that a third girl has been using both of them. She gets together with them privately while publicly having a boyfriend. So the two girls create a Pact to gain revenge and also promise not to fall for each other. Even though the ending was predictable, it was still an enjoyable read.

beau and charm were both played by the same girl, so they vow together to get revenge on her. make her fall in love with charm and break maia’s heart like she did theirs. nothing can go wrong right?

i had a fun time with this one! i love the there’s NO WAYYY we’ll fall in love doing this right? and then they do trope. the yearning caused by the feelings denial is 🤌🤌 especially on beaus end. she was on her hands and knees for charm before she even realized her feelings.

i loved the characters in this one. beau is a player on the surface but goes on a journey of self discovery realizing she no longer wants to be. charm is a soft soul who cares for those around her deeply. their differences compliment each other so well.

the plot of this was overall just fun. like yes is it *technically* problematic that they wanted to hurt maia to get back at her? yes but this is fiction lol i do not condone it real life ❌ it was really more of them using getting back at maia as an excuse to hang out more while they continue to deny their feelings for each other. the side characters were also so lovable which added to my enjoyment of the plot.

my only substantial complaint is too much modern/internet language. like “TBH” was in one sentence of beau’s internal monologue. it didn’t pull me out of the story too much but it did annoy me at times.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing for the gifted ARC! This review contains my personal thoughts and opinions.

Call Your Boyfriend is a heartfelt coming-of-age story that blends lighthearted moments with deeper themes of identity, friendship, and love. This book did a great job of offering dual perspectives and a realistic portrayal of teenage relationships and the complexities of growing up.

What stood out most to me were the characters. Charm and Beau each brought their own unique voice to the story, and I found myself genuinely invested in their individual journeys, but also in their friendship. Charm and her BFF Ezra's friendship, in particular, was a highlight. It was authentic, warm, funny, and refreshingly supportive.

I thought the book started off strong; the revenge plot idea had me intrigued. However, as the story progressed, the pacing began to falter a bit. The ending felt rushed and left me wanting a bit more closure. While not completely unsatisfying, it didn’t quite match the anticipation that had been established earlier in the book.

Overall, Call Your Boyfriend is an enjoyable read. I think this is a great book recommendation for teens who are finding their identity and want something relatable to their high school experience.

Thank you NetGalley and Simon Teen for this arc. All opinions are my own. I enjoyed this sapphic rom-com overall. It was very readable and found myself wanting to keep returning to the story. I did like the main characters and their supporting characters, but felt like there were some complex family dynamics that were just barely touched on and then brushed away. I kind of wish other characters and storylines had been explored more (would honestly love more books in this world). I also want to mention that there is bi erasure throughout the book and it was barely mentioned in the end, without resolution or growth. At the end of the day, these are teen characters, so I definitely have some grace for their understandings of themselves and others, just wish the authors had given more time to addressing this. Again, I did enjoy the read and would read more from these authors in the future.

Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk is a smart, sapphic YA rom-com full of charm, chemistry, and emotional depth. Centered on two girls—Beau, a brooding drummer, and Charm, a sweet, shy tutor—who team up for a revenge plot against their shared crush, the story quickly shifts into a heartfelt exploration of identity, family, and unexpected love. With witty banter, fleshed-out characters, and joyful LGBTQ+ representation, this book delivers a near-flawless blend of fun and feels that fans of To All the Boys and Heartstopper will adore.

This story!!! Ahhhhhh what a darling lesbian romance. God Beau and Charm were perfect in their imperfectness. YA romance books normally aren't my thing, but something attracted me to this book and my gut feeling was right~

First off, the dual POV was such a great addition. Because our 2 main characters are in different places, this really helped give us an insight into both of the girls and kept the plot and characterization interesting. The we saw so much of Charm and Beau also saw a lot of the family dynamics, but I don't feel like Beau opened up as much. There were things touched on, but not expanded like the dynamic with her mom and her sister. Charm didn't see much of that, but that is also part of Beau's closed offness.

The revenge plot is also something I feel that can be overdone and the way it was done here was over the top but in a way that makes sense for teenage girls lol. I am glad an adult later pointed out that the plan was not needed lmao But if I was a bitter, heartbroken teenage girl I might have also thought of this.

Overall, I teared up at the end. It definitely feels like these two would make it later in life which is something I do judge when reading a romance book lol

Thank you Simon & Schuster Books and netgalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for this arc!!!!!


GUYSSSS i ate this up and I knew it would. It scratches a specific itch. Anyways, so epilogue????????

This book follows Beau and Charm as they were led on by a popular girl, Maia. Beau comes up with the plan to break Maia's heart like she did to herself and Charm. Charm is a little skeptical at first, but joins. I really enjoy the development of my main characters. It was so nice to see Beau finally come face to face and explain why she kept entertaining straight girls. I love how Charm was more outgoing, and I just love her point of view. I really need a copy of this book. I just finished the book, and I kinda want to reread it.