Date Me, Bryson Keller: TikTok made me buy it!

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MC: “Oh no. What next?” And one of the things I love about all of these rom-com tropes is they are so fun, they're so lighthearted, but at the same time, they're pivotal moments for the characters themselves. The tone is very preachy, as mentioned before, but also basic and not nuanced at all; sounds more like an adult telling the story. The most important part of writing YA books is nailing down teens’ voice and this book failed at that miserably. It’s cringy and embarrassing, and takes a lot of effort to get through. That Steve Buscemi “How do you do, fellow kids?” meme? That’s exactly this book’s energy. As an out gay man, I recognize the importance of books like this for a YA audience, and it's not a bad book by any means. I just suspect it could have been much more than it is. That, and the authors depiction of a coastal Californian town and private high school (both of which I've experienced extensively) read more as caricature than reality. finally, there are some choices made by particular characters in the third act that, in real life, would have far more extreme consequences than those of the reality of the book.

Para qué voy a leer Date me Bryson Keller? Si quisiera releer Seven Days, voy a la estantería y cojo mis tomos de la obra de Venio Tachibana y Rihito Takarai (de la que hay hasta un live action), no me pongo a perder mi tiempo con una novela que es un plagio. Porque, querid@s mí@s, esto, es un plagio, por mucho que una vez que han pillado al autor con “el carrito del helao” ahora hable de “inspiración” y que mejora los aspectos del manga y tal. In a word, in a phrase? It’s a preachy bulshit. If you’re looking for a light, cute gay romcom, you should keep looking. This book is not it.Commonality Connection: Kai and Bryson first bonded over their favorite band The Graces and slowly fall in love as they find out many other things they have in common such as being punctual and diner-styled breakfast. KVW: Thank you. It's been a weird experience. Writing is just you and your computer, you're isolated, and having the book out and having readers actually read what you've written is such a… I don't actually know how to describe that experience. It's taking some time to get used to, but it's exciting… Actually, I today woke up to a message from a reader who said… there's one scene in the book where Kai's mother finds the strip of photos with him and Bryson, and that leads to that big confrontation.

I’ve been binging watching a lot of Netflix lately, I just finished Kingdom season 2 and am working my way through Money Heist at the moment. I’ve also been playing Uncharted remastered on Ps4. So that’s been fun. Now about your upbeat and heart-stopping debut Date Me, Bryson Keller! Tell us a bit about Kai’s story! I’m so glad he was the narrator because, as I stated in the title of this review – the last ten chapters make the book. Big Damn Kiss: What really cemented Kai and Bryson as an Official Couple was the tender yet passionate kiss between them after The Graces concert. I was able to tap into my lived experience because, in a sense, that was what I went through as a teen.Actually, I'm not sure if "fake-dating" should be used to describe this book. They are certainly fake-dating, I guess, for a day or two at most -in secret (???) and both of the characters fall in love almost immediately, senselessly, profoundly. This was so unbelievable that made the rest of the story difficult for me. So yeah, there wasn't the slow-burn I love in the fake-dating trope, just... full romance. The other thing that sometimes bothered me was that there where scenes that really made me cringe because of the dialogue. I don't think real people talk like the characters in this book. And I'm usually not bothered by dialogue! But in this book there were some specific ones that really roll my eyes. We chat to Kevin van Whye, author of the laugh-out-loud, heartfelt and delightfully cute debut Date Me, Bryson Keller! We got to ask him all about his debut, favorite romcoms and his dream cast for Kai and his peers! Hi, Kevin! So glad you’re joining us! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? That was what was important to me for Kai and why it resonated so much. I was able to tap into my lived experience because, in a sense, that was what I went through as a teen. So it was easy to translate that into this fictional world. Granted Kai is from the States, I've never been, so it was easy to find moments where that could translate into his world.