Brooding YA Hero
Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me, by Carrie Ann DiRisio 
Blurb:Have you ever wished you could receive a little guidance from your favorite book boyfriend? Ever dreamed of being the Chosen One in a YA novel? Want to know all the secrets of surviving the dreaded plot twist? Or maybe you're just really confused about what "opal-tinted, luminous cerulean orbs" actually are? Well, popular Twitter personality @broodingYAhero is here to help as he tackles the final frontier in his media dominance: writing a book. Join Broody McHottiepants as he attempts to pen Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me, a "self-help" guide (with activities--you always need activities) that lovingly pokes fun at the YA tropes that we roll our eyes at, but secretly love. As his nefarious ex, Blondie DeMeani, attempts to thwart him at every turn, Broody overcomes to detail, among other topics, how to choose your genre, how to keep your love interest engaged (while maintaining lead character status), his secret formula for guaranteed love triangle success, and how to make sure you secure that sequel, all while keeping his hair perfectly coiffed and never breaking a sweat.My Review Like a lot of readers, I decided to read this book after seeing the Tweets and thought it would be a really fun comedy book to read and it was... for a few pages, until I realised how repetitive it was and stopped finding it funny. I did read this book all the way through, simply because it's a pretty easy read, however, for me it fell short. As I already said, the humour is funny at first, but it then repetitive and the writing, though I know it is supposed to be part of the humour, kinda bugged me. Then there was the failed attempt to call out how feminist and racial issues, which felt to me as if they'd been added in as an after thought to make the book deeper, but instead they fell flat And finally the ending... I'm not really sure what to say about the ending... To me it felt very abrupt, as if the author had just got bored and patched together an ending. I can see on Goodreads that lots of people like this book, but although I loved the concept, I just didn't like the story itself.
Blurb:Have you ever wished you could receive a little guidance from your favorite book boyfriend? Ever dreamed of being the Chosen One in a YA novel? Want to know all the secrets of surviving the dreaded plot twist? Or maybe you're just really confused about what "opal-tinted, luminous cerulean orbs" actually are? Well, popular Twitter personality @broodingYAhero is here to help as he tackles the final frontier in his media dominance: writing a book. Join Broody McHottiepants as he attempts to pen Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me, a "self-help" guide (with activities--you always need activities) that lovingly pokes fun at the YA tropes that we roll our eyes at, but secretly love. As his nefarious ex, Blondie DeMeani, attempts to thwart him at every turn, Broody overcomes to detail, among other topics, how to choose your genre, how to keep your love interest engaged (while maintaining lead character status), his secret formula for guaranteed love triangle success, and how to make sure you secure that sequel, all while keeping his hair perfectly coiffed and never breaking a sweat.My Review Like a lot of readers, I decided to read this book after seeing the Tweets and thought it would be a really fun comedy book to read and it was... for a few pages, until I realised how repetitive it was and stopped finding it funny. I did read this book all the way through, simply because it's a pretty easy read, however, for me it fell short. As I already said, the humour is funny at first, but it then repetitive and the writing, though I know it is supposed to be part of the humour, kinda bugged me. Then there was the failed attempt to call out how feminist and racial issues, which felt to me as if they'd been added in as an after thought to make the book deeper, but instead they fell flat And finally the ending... I'm not really sure what to say about the ending... To me it felt very abrupt, as if the author had just got bored and patched together an ending. I can see on Goodreads that lots of people like this book, but although I loved the concept, I just didn't like the story itself.
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