Queen B’s Decree: Beau discovers the girl she’s been secretly hooking up with is about to kiss another girl (Charm) at a party…before she goes back to make out with her boyfriend. When Beau and Charm realize what has happened, they decide on a revenge plan, but it’s okay because they’re going to just stay friends…🙃
While I love a good revenge plot, this book was so much more than that. Beau and Charm both have their issues; a shared parental abandonment trauma, Beau feeling like an experiment for straight girls, Charm’s insecurity due to her first and only girlfriend’s mean words. And I loved that they struggle with their growing feelings and how to both accept love and express it.
Call Your Boyfriend was also pretty hilarious. Ezra (Charm’s BFF) and Celine (Beau’s sister) have some wonderful advice that is also simultaneously funny.
I do think the pacing was a bit off, and I wanted a bit more after their HEA moment (seriously—everything happens literally within the last minute of the book!) but my overall feelings are joy and happiness.
The narrators are top tier, and really fit the characters so well. I’ll be looking for more from Tyla Collier and Emily Shaw!
Book: Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk
Series: standalone
Genre: YA
Plot Devices/Tropes: revenge, sapphic