A MOST ANTICIPATEDROM-COM SELECTED BY * BUZZFEED * LGBTQ READS * BUSTLE * THE NERD DAILY * ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT * FROLIC MEDIA * AND MORE A BEST BOOK PICK BY * HARPER'S BAZAAR * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY"The Charm Offensive will sweep you off your feet." --PopSugarIn this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy--reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch--an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer. Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it's no wonder then that he's spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise's history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star. Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn't believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he's a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he's cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off. As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they'll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.
This book is so good. I read the entire thing in a little over a week. It was such a unique story and it was so fun but also painful. The very real ups and downs in life and love are important to show. Charlie was an absolutely amazing character. I felt he was written so well! He was so loveable from the very beginning and Dev is very very relatable. Definitely makes me realize I should go back into therapy because it's a very good thing for a lot of people. I am screaming for people to read this! This book is amazing and I can't wait to find and read more books by this author. You can tell she put in a lot of time, care, and effort into writing this book. It fills me with joy. Probably one of my favorite queer novels I've read thus far in my life. Thank you for making an amazing book.
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