Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

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Gaming and Romance #1

Rating: 5/5

Spice: 0/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: YA Romance

Blurb: 

When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop. Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she’ll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous. But Riley didn’t realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game…or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...

My Thoughts:

I am not a YA romance person but the plot and the cover art just would not let me pass this one up and I am SO glad that I read this book. It’s so incredibly entertaining. Kristy Boyce’s writing is fun and witty. This gives off the vibe of the teen movies from the late 90’s/early 00’s. I’m always going to be a sucker for fake dating, so that adds another point to this plot for me. What can I say, 10 Things I Hate About You came out when I was a teen. I’m always going to love that trope! The main character Riley is a theater geek who ends up making friends with gaming store geeks which warmed my nerdy heart. The friend characters are all prominent players which I enjoyed, they all had interesting personalities that made you want to read more about them. The relationship between the FMC and her parents takes center stage in the story which adds some depth. All in all, I loved it and I bought the 2nd book.

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