I loved this book! It was such a fun book about the theatre, celebrity, success and what happens when you get what you want, and it turns out not so great. I loved both main characters, and their animosity toward each other felt very earned. As they slowly grow to mutual understanding and comfort, it's very satisfying. I love my messy king Jonah and support him through his rights and wrongs, and the ending is very sweet.

3 1/2 from me on dis one ! the end like 25% made me BAWL but the beginning just was kind of dragging for me, took me a while to get through the first half. love gays !

This was cute - the central character's of Jonah and Dexter were interesting & each had their strengths and flaws from their own backgrounds, and much of the central storyline, particularly the lack of trust and then seeing each other at lunch with their agents & jumping to conclusions - were good aspects of the storyline.

I did find Dexter's character hard to pin down - his personality was very erratic - I think some of this was meant as hate/prickliness-to-love, or as his way of joking, but it felt a bit scattered -- I needed either a little more consistency or a little more hand-holding from the author or to be a guide to Dexter's mood swings and the pacing of the relationship.

The theater setting was also a big character in itself, and the scenes where they were working out choreography or getting ready to go on felt really well done, in that setting.

The sub plot of Jonah's father's dementia was also really well done - this was probably the best of the sub-plots & the most poignant when he then envisions him in the audience of his final performance - this was really touching. There were a fair few other sub plots -- some good, sometimes rushed or just mentioned where maybe more detail would have been good in some places and just dropping them in others...

I also liked the actors standing up to the emotionally abusive director Colbie near the end - that was a good arc & had been building throughout the book & was glad we got some resolution / justice for the actors who had been subjected to her tyranny.

I did find myself skimming from time to time - there was a bit of filler content (e.g. everyone out drinking or dialogue that didn't advance the reader.)...

On the whole, entertaining and I think theater-buffs will really enjoy, though overall, perhaps could shine even more with a bit more polish.