The Boy Next Story (Bookish Boyfriends #2) - Tiffany Schmidt Review

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The Boy Next Story is the second book in the Bookish Boyfriends series. The premise of these books is the main character (usually a female and somehow connected to the main character in the previous story) is set a book to read by the 'magical' English teacher for extra credit and they soon find that their lives follow the path of the character in the novel they are reading.

 These books are honestly a lot of fun and feature a swoon-worthy romance that will have you adding another bookish boyfriend to your every growing list.

 This book in particular follows Rory (the younger sister of the previous book's main character) and her struggles coping at her new school Hero High and her heartache with being in love with the boy next door who only seems to have eyes for her sister.

 Rory is an artist who has a lot of anxiety and feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere - at home or at school. The only times she feels seen and heard are around Toby (the boy next door) that is until her sister enters the room and then Toby only has eyes for her and she goes back to feeling invisible.

 Mrs Gregoire (the 'magical' English teacher) has the class reading the Great Gatsby and Rory dislikes it with a passion, there is nothing magical about the story even if Toby seems to be the Daisy to her Gatsby.  Things however soon turn 'magical' when Mrs Gregoire assigns her to read Little Women for extra credit and Rory soon finds that things might not be as she sees them and that finding her voice might make her be seen as she wishes to be.

 I loved this book so much. While I did feel it kinda dragged at the begging (I too am not a massive Gatsby fan) the good stuff doesn't begin to happen until Little Women but I still gave this book 5 out of 5 stars because I related to Rory so much. Hearing her thoughts and her level of anxiety honestly felt like someone had taken a look inside my mind. I also love art and found just reading about her passion for it, ignited my love for it and made me pick up a pencil for the first time in a long time.

 Also much like the fist novel in this series, I now have another bookish boyfriend to add to my list and I honestly can't wait to read the next one in the series!

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