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Dear (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.
Series
3 primary booksBoy Meets Boy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Timothy Janovsky.
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Very cute New Adult romance - pacing was a little bit off, as I would've liked the whole subplot about the drive-in being slated for demolition and Derick knowing all along to show up earlier than about the 90% mark. Overall, though, this was fun and easy to read.
(2022 Summer Romance Bingo: graduation. Would also work for second chance.)
I have to say, I am biased. You've Got Mail is my number one favorite movie✨✨. Hell, I was literally watching it in the hospital when I was giving birth to my kid. This book not only has You've Got Mail quotes and homages, bouquet of sharpened pencils anyone, but is almost like a remake in and of itself. I went into it with no idea and was squealing from excitement!
Also, whenever I get surprised by an ace spectrum character figuring stuff out it always leaves me crying. If I had received a better sex education when I was younger would I have understood my self quicker? How different would my life be now without years and years of thinking I was broken.
I have to give this book 1000 out of 5 stars because, while reading it, previously unbeknownst to me, I discovered that the book was based on the drive-in movie theater I just purchased.