Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Release Date: December 14th 2021
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
What a fun contemporary interpretation of the “fake relationship” trope! The existing friendship and attraction offered a fun short-cut for the trope to play out and the backdrop of the cosplay competition was a great foil for the plot progression. I really enjoyed how the author handled expressing what it is like to exist in a “socially unacceptable” body and all the microaggressions that come with it. While I am not in a position to comment on how the book represented this in terms of race, as a fat woman who is also partnered with someone conventionally attractive and successful, Glass 100% nailed the utter meltdown this seems to create in thin, conventionally pretty people. Add in the fandom references and this was a funny, engaging, intelligent, emotionally compelling, and sometimes steamy, read.
Purchase at: Barnes & Noble
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