I love Kris Ripper’s adorkable, sweet and funny books, and Book Boyfriend was another fun, slightly ridiculous feel-good story full of Kris Ripper’s special humor and possibly with the slowest slow burn friends-to-lovers romance ever.

I loved the premise of this book and the quite unique take to create a story about someone writing a story and how the two parts were joined together.

PK has been in love with his best friend Art since they were in college, but he’s never had the courage to say so. Not even after a drunken kiss years ago. So when Art shows up on PK’s doorstep heartbroken and dripping wet PK thinks it might finally be the opportunity he’s been waiting for. But, instead of just telling Art how he feels, PK decides to make the ultimate epic romantic gesture and write a book about his feelings. Which of course does NOT go the way PK plans…

I really enjoy Kris Ripper’s quirky humor and there were a lot of absolutely hilarious situations in this book. PK as a main character reminded me a lot of Bridget Jones in his awkwardness, his struggles with adulthood, insecurity and potential to screw everything up.

​The story is told entirely in first person POV through PK’s perspective, which I enjoyed for most parts, but at times it got a little too much with all his inner ramblings, anxiety and complete lack of communication skills. I would have loved to see him through Art’s eyes too, to better understand both PK and Art and their relationship. As it was now, they both came off as quite immature and we never got to know much more about Art than that PK was in love with him. It was never fully explained how and why they became friends, and getting dual perspectives might also have helped to make the romance a little more believable. I really wanted some more chemistry between the characters and some more interactions, it all felt a little too one-sided just experiencing it through PK’s monologues.

But all in all, this was a really warm and cute feel-good story about friendship turning into something more with great character developments and a lot of hilarious moments. Highly enjoyable!

Thank you so much Carina Adores for the free review copy of this cutie, which I have voluntarily reviewed.

Rating:
3.5 stars rounding up to 4.

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The Life Revamp is such an adorable story about finding your happy ever after even though it looks nothing like you’d expected. This third book in the wonderful Love Study series focuses on Mason, who is recovering from being left at the altar and who only wants to fall in love again, get married and live a traditional happily ever after life.

The Love Study series follows a college group of friends calling themselves ‘The Motherfuckers’, who is one of my absolute favorite literary found families. It was so good to be back in their world again! Each book in the series can be read as a standalone though as they all focuses on different persons from the group and their problems and relationships.

Mason was such a sweetheart, really trying to put himself out there after being left at the altar. But the hunt for happiness is beginning to pull him down and he’s almost given up on love when his friend Claris sets him up for a blind date with… her own husband! Apparently, Claris and her slightly famous fashion designer husband Diego have a polyamorous relationship and Claris is convinced that Diego and Mason will be a perfect match. Which they are. Everything sparks between them; the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room. It’s just that Diego can never give Mason what he’s ever wanted: the traditional married happily ever after.

I loved the way Mason’s dream about a traditional married life was described without any irony or attempt to diminish how important this was for him, but at the same time showing how meaningful and loving relationship can come in many different shapes. And Diego and Claris just stole my heart from the very start! I loved their loving, respectful relationship where they allowed each other to be true to who they were and generously wishing the very best for each other.

The writing style was very light, fast-paced and easy and the bickering between all characters made it such an enjoyable and fun read.

Compared to the previous books in the series it was perhaps not quite as gripping and or with the same depth, but all in all, it was a sweet and heartwarming story about finding love and being brave enough to accept it even though it doesn’t come in the shape you’ve dreamed about!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin (Carina Press) for the free review copy of this gem! All opinions are my own and I am leaving my honest review voluntarily.

Rating:
4 stars

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Happy Book Birthday to this gem of a book! The Hate Project was so awkward, sweet, funny and completely unique! I loved Oscar’s dark sense of humor and the unsentimental way this book dealt with mental health issues. And ‘The Motherfuckers’ were the best group of friends/found family ever!

This is the second novel in The Love Study series about a college group of friends calling themselves ‘The Motherfuckers’, but it can well be read as a standalone as each book focuses on different persons from the group and their problems and relationships. This time, focus was on Oscar, who is dealing with some serious issues with anxiety and depression, and who is terrified of relationships. When he gets fired from his job, one of the Motherfuckers set him up to help his friend Jack clean out his grandparent’s house, which is a lot of work considering that the grandfather was a hoarder. Jack also has some serios emotional baggage with trust issues after a bad divorce, and the two men develops a grumpy, frenemies, bickering relationship spiced with some extra benefits… but what should be just casual sex soon develops into something more that threatens Oscar carefully built-up walls to keep him functioning.

The Hate Project was such a sweet, funny, and incredibly unique story! I loved the unsentimental way in which Oscar’s mental health problems were described and how he was allowed to be totally himself at all times; grumpy, acting out, getting panic attacks and lacking social skills, but still being such an adorable and wonderful person and having such a strong network of supporting friends in The Motherfuckers. And Jack stole my heart from the very start. Not to mention his grandmother, Evelyn was hilarious, strong-willed and simply amazing!

The writing style was very light and easy even though the story dealt with a lot of heavy topics, and the dark sense of humor and the bickering between all characters made it such an enjoyable and fun read. Some things that Oscar did were so awkward, and sometimes I wanted to shake some sense in him and stop him from throwing away what’s good in his life, but this was part of what made this story so real, refreshing and addictive.

All in all, this is one of the sweetest stories about the love of found families I’ve ever read. It’s also such a real and honest story about navigating life with social anxiety, depression and mental health treatments. But most of all, it’s a heartwarming story about finding love, friends and happiness. Even if it presents itself in a grumpy way…

Thank you to Carina Press and NetGalley for the ARC and blog tour invitation for this wonderful book! All opinions are my own and I am leaving my honest review voluntarily.

Rating:
4.5 adorkable stars rounding up to 5

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