e-Audio, 09:50:37
Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin
Release Date: May 3, 2022
Published by: Dreamscape Media
Read from: May 15-17, 2022
Boy Meets Boy, #1
Source: Libro FM (I received a copy of this book from LibroFM in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review or opinion.)
TW: Car Accident, Homophobia, Adult
For Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+, LOL, Rom Coms, Social Media Influenced, New AdultDear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush,
It’s been a few years since we were together, but I can’t stop thinking about the time we almost…
Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. Morning brings the inevitable Oh God What Did I Do?, but he brushes that panic aside. Why stress about it? None of his could-have-beens are actually going to read the emails, much less respond. Right?
Enter Derick Haverford, Wren’s #1 pre-coming-out-crush and his drive-in theater’s new social media intern. Everyone claims he’s coasting on cinematic good looks and his father’s connections, but Wren has always known there’s much more to Derick than meets the eye. Too bad he doesn’t feel the same way about the infamous almost-kiss that once rocked Wren’s world.
Whatever. Wren’s no longer a closeted teenager; he can survive this. But as their hazy summer becomes consumed with a special project that may just save the struggling drive-in for good, Wren and Derick are drawn ever-closer…and maybe, finally, Wren’s dream of a perfect-kiss-before-the-credits is within reach.
A feel-good summer LGBTQIA+ New Adult RomCom, perfect for fans of Red White & Royal Blue, Boyfriend Material, and What If It’s Us.
*MY THOUGHTS*
The beginning of this was like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, but the New Adult LGBTQ version. And that was enough to get me hooked. It was so impossibly cute. Definitely the serotonin I needed at the time.
Wren has never been kissed. What he did was write up emails about the “almost kisses” the way he wants to remember them. But after a drunk night he realizes that he actually sent them out to the people who they were about. But just when he thought it was all over, he sees that his crush from long ago is here and is going to be helping him work at the drive in movie theater. He hates it, not because of him, but because of what he’ll be doing. He likes things to be the way they are. So when things are changing, like his graduation and the fate of the drive in, he realizes that he can’t stop them, he can only roll with the punches.
This one was pretty ok to me. I LOVED the setting. I know it’s stupid, but I really liked the feel of the old movies and the way that Wren was all into the older movies. (Reminded me a lot of me and books) But Idk, I could just imagine the place where the movies was surrounded by trees, and I could just see the run-down concession stand and ticket stand and I just thought it was pretty cool. The movie in my mind had this whole thing I brought up, even while I’ve never even been to one before. But now I desperately want to go lol
The characters were pretty cool, tho some of them were annoying. Like one of Wren’s friend was really, really childish. To the point of he got on my nerves in literally every scene. And then there was Wren his self. He was childish too, just not as bad as the other dude. But Derick was pretty cool and he kind of made up for Wren’s weirdness.
Which brings me to the romance. It was cute! I loved how chill Derick was about it and how he wanted to talk about everything vs try to force everything away like Wren. I did hate that they didn’t get much time to actually be together tho. Wren spent so much time angry at him and then they got together for one chapter and then they broke up again. They didn’t get back together until the end so the epilogue was very welcome.
But since there was an epilogue, I’m hella curious on what the next book is going to be like? One of his friends? Who is this going to be about?! If nothing else, I’m going to read it to be nosey and find out who it’s for.
Overall, I give this
