Hope Never Dies

I JUST WANTED THIS TO BE A FUN, DUMB MYSTERY BUT IT WAS A REAL SLOG.

For a book sold mainly on everyone's effection for Joe & Barack's adorbs friendship, why would you make the baffling choice to have them be mad at each other for nearly the entire book!? MASCULINITY IS A PRISON

This would be 1 star from me but the cover grants it 1 bonus star. TRAGICALLY the content does not match the delightful whimsy implied by the cover.

http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-106-hope-never-dies/