A review by lifeand100books
The Book Boyfriend by Jeanna Louise Skinner

2.0

Upon reading the synopsis for this book I was totally enthralled: a plus-sized bookshop owning heroine who falls in love with a man who's been imprisoned within the pages of an old book. I loved the originality of the story, but wished it had been edited better. Parts of the story dragged on and on with nothing much happening to move the story along. The emotional journey of Jonathan and Emmeline is written more in their own heads than as chemistry between them. I wanted to see them talk to each other about their growing feelings and grow as a couple together.

The ending confused me SO MUCH.

Spoiler

Who the villain is and why she's a villain? I didn't understand why she felt so strongly about hating Emmeline. Her familial relationship is so distant to Jonathan. And Jonathan didn't even know about the baby that connects them. It seemed like a really odd reason to be so vengeful. Especially when she was supposedly such good friends with Emmeline. If she had that much hatred and jealously over Maggie's love of Emmeline, why wait all those years to do something? Why continue to flourish your friendship?