Blog Tour Review: Book Boyfriend

Posted 17th June 2025 by Emma in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free for a Blog Tour in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine
Published by Simon & Schuster UK on 19th June 2025
Genres: Chicklit, Contemporary, Humour, Love & Romance
Pages: 384
Format: eARC
Source: for a Blog Tour
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Jemma has lived a thousand lives through books. The only life she isn’t living is her own.
That is, until the day she finds a note from a stranger in her favourite library book. When she replies, the pair begin a longhand conversation about their love of novels that sees Jemma finally coming out of her shell. Is she ready to fall in love for the first time – with someone she’s never met?
Clara has always run away from her problems, but this might finally be one she can’t escape.
Everyone wants to know what happened to Clara in America – but Clara isn’t talking. Instead she’s focusing all her energy obsessing over a hot new actor, starring in the TV adaptation of her twin Jemma's favourite book. Soon, Clara is reading every interview, trawling his social media, and following him to showbiz parties in the hopes he’ll notice she’s The One.
As the sisters fall hard for two men they’ve never met, it’s time to ask the Can either relationship survive the real world?

This story follows tins Jemma and Clara. In the beginning I found Clara to be very immature and selfish. As the story progressed and we got to know Clara I started to understand her more. I realised she puts on a big front. Jemma appears to be the serious twin while Clara appears to be the fun one. However things are not all they seem. These two sisters have a lot more in common than they think.

I loved all the secondary characters. Salma and Harry were such supportive friends to both Jemma and Clara. I loved that they tried to make Book Boyfriend a flat event every week. I used to do this at uni with X Factor and it was so fun watching it altogether.

This book is filled with lots of funny moments. It is light hearted but with some serious undertones. While there is romance in this book I do think the twins relationship is a big part of this book. The journey they go on both individually and together is very important to this story. I loved the book notes being passed between Jemma and her mystery man. It was really sweet. I also loved Clara’s love interest which I won’t say any more on.

If you are looking for a fun summer read then this is perfect.

Thank you to Simon and Schuster and Books and the City for letting me take part in this tour and for my copy of this book.

About Lucy Vine

Lucy Vine is a writer, editor and the bestselling author of Hot Mess, What Fresh Hell, Are We Nearly There Yet? and Bad Choices. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages around the world, with Hot Mess optioned for a TV series. She has been nominated twice for the Comedy Women In Print Award and hosts the podcast and live event series Hot Mess Clubhouse, celebrating funny women. Her journalism has appeared in international publications, including Grazia, Stylist, heat, Fabulous, New, Now, Marie Claire, Glamour Online, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, and The Mirror. She lives in Cambridgeshire.

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