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The star of a popular cable show falls for an overweight fan who writes fanfiction for his show.

Well. What to say? Again, this is one of those books that I wanted to love. I hoped for a star-meets-fan version of Rainbow Rowell's "Fangirl". Instead, I had to keep reminding myself that the main characters were supposed to be in their mid to late 30s and not the 21-year-olds they sounded like. And honestly, I felt like I was hit over the head with a sledgehammer. Dialogue, themes, issues, characters – there is just no subtlety. Everything just felt so heavy. I have no idea why these two even liked each other, never mind fell madly in love. This was just such a slog to get through.

Ms. Dade got a lot of the technical fanfic stuff right – complete with the really annoying tags on A03 that some people use (you know the ones, they make me want to pull my hair out, just like this) – but so much is wrong. No new writer gets 100 comments and 400 kudos in a day or two. I could go on. Ugh.