  | Dungeons and drama Author: Boyce, Kristy | |
| Price: $18.38 | ||
Summary:
Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway, but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop. Riley can't waste her time working, so she convinces Nathan, a nerdy teen employee to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (10/15/23)
School Library Journal (00/01/24)
Booklist (02/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/01/2024 Riley’s parents divorced five years ago when her dad opened up a gaming store and it became more important to him than anything else. Riley, who still holds a grudge, has never set foot in his store—until now, after she and her best friend “borrowed” her mom’s car. Her punishment? Eight weeks at her dad’s store after school, and nothing else. When the school cancels the spring musical that she was hoping to direct, she scrambles to figure out how to get them to reverse the decision. While she plots a big presentation, she also joins up with one of the Dungeons & Dragons groups at her dad’s store, mostly just to make her ex jealous. She talks Nathan, one of the gamers, into yet another plot to make his crush notice him, but as they play together, is she starting to fall for him? Boyce, best known for Hot British Boyfriend (2021), does rom-coms well. Fake dating is everywhere in YA, but this nerdy take is lots of fun—and even a little magical. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
