# Book Boyfriend

By Lucy Vine

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/book-boyfriend-cf01f4be/

Twin sisters Jemma and Clara are falling for men they have never met. Jemma finds a possible romance in notes exchanged through library books. Clara sets her sights on the actor appearing in a screen adaptation, with far less interest in waiting for chance to introduce them.

## What makes it funny?

Clara tries to arrange encounters with a television star that will look entirely accidental. Her bookish twin has her own fixation: what the screen adaptation might do to a favorite novel, starting with the indignity of its changed title.

### The comedy at work

The sisters invest in different versions of an ideal man: one imagined through private messages, the other admired on screen. Clara’s pursuit gives her fantasies an awkward public life; Jemma’s objections to the adaptation bring a reader’s fierce sense of ownership into the romantic guessing.

### Try this if…

Book lovers who have strong opinions about screen adaptations have a point of entry here. The twin perspectives also make room for readers who want sisterly friction alongside the question of who will end up with whom.

### Good to know

Chapters alternate between the sisters, with occasional passages from a mystery narrator.

## What to expect

- Genre: Romance
- On the shelf: Contemporary romance · Romantic comedy
- Kind of humor: Situational comedy
- The atmosphere: Warmhearted
- Format: Novel
- Length: 400 pages
- Audiobook: Available
- Published: 2025

## A few distinguishing details

- Romantic notes passed through library books
- A determined fan engineering accidental meetings
- Twin sisters with different romantic fantasies

## Sources & further reading

- Publisher: [Simon & Schuster lists Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine, ISBN 9781398532021, as a 400-page paperback and also lists an Unabridged Audio Download format.](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Book-Boyfriend/Lucy-Vine/9781398532021)
- Library catalog: [Library edition](https://chipublib.overdrive.com/media/11168360)
- Review: [Portobello Book Blog review](https://portobellobookblog.com/2025/06/20/book-boyfriend-by-lucy-vine-romcom-romanticfiction-bookreview-bookboyfriend-lecv-teambatc)
- Publisher: [Publisher](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Book-Boyfriend/Lucy-Vine/9781398532021)