Talk Books With Tara

The Book Boyfriend

     It wasn't until the novel The novel  Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, arrived on the book shelves do I remember such a 'to do ' about book characters. But, hey, everyone picked a team...were you Team Edward or team Jacob? The book boyfriend became a real thing. I recall sitting Wirth a group go moms, all of us at the soccer field to watch our boys play, all with our copy of Twilight just in case there were a few dead minutes we could get in a few pages. Again, my entry flashes to a husband, nearby asking John if he had lost me to Edward also. John just laughed but noticed more when and how much I read. There was an interview online, because, yes, I sucked up all written and verbal opinions and interviews online about the book and it's fantastical ( Ramona's word) characters. I cannot quote accurately due to the time that has past since I encountered, said art5icle. Still, /I recall the author saying, and I paraphrase

"young girls all are loving Edward because they hope such a man exists. The housewives love him because they are positive no such man exists." thus, the book befriend became real.  Fastf forwaed to the awkward but epic movies that followed. The book boyfriend suddenly had a face, mannerisms, and ab muscles.

Who knows, really.  Readers could have had the. same reaction to Rhett Butler, in 1936, but  I doubt it.For reals, Clark Gale was a rather handsome fella for his time, but he was no Edward Cullen.

Speaking f picking teams,  It Is Just Not Summer without You,/The Summer  I Turned Pretty. The books are every bit as good as the series. Btw, I am Team Conrad. It's always been Conrad for me.

Truthfully, I am a romance novel kind'a gal. Historical, Christian Historical, Dystopian, Fantadsy, I prefer clean books to spicy.

But, let's face it sometimes you don't realize a book has spice until you are staring at it.  

Such as one of my favorite novel series, the Fourth Wing series. Fourth Wing  and Iron Flame both, are fantastic reads, but beyond spicy. They are downright dirty. Yet, I live for the release of each new novel and include Xaden Riorsen as a true book boyfriend. You just cannot get enough of his sweet, protective, (yes, spicy), slightly controlling...talk about abs,  self.  YIKES! Being a fan of dragons, the thought  and descriptions provided by Rebecca Yarros are next level. I cannot wait for this series to hit Prime Video. I anxiously await, and stalk the fan-made clips on TikTok.

Which segues perfectly into my next series.  The Off Campus series. I accidentally stumbled upon these truly romantic, slightly spicy novels when my Hockey Romance obsession became real. Elle Kennedy brings not one, but at least fur perfectly, perfect book boyfriends to life. if you have seen the series on Prime, you already have Garrett Graham on the brain, which led me to write this blog post, in the first place.  She also offers up John Logan, John Tucker, and Dean Di Lsurentos,  

DISCLAIMER*** 1)I type one handed due to stroke , so bear wth me I am doing my best. 2) I don't know how to make this double space and it doesn't have times roman.3) All nice feedback is welcome. if you are rude or a hate, find somewhere else to play... there were more but I' have forgotten them right now.