2.5 stars 
 I had a hard time connecting to Bookishly Ever After and think that I may be a little too old for this book. It was about a girl named Phoebe who loves her book boyfriends so much that she has a hard time finding guys who live up to them in the real world. 
 The first half of the book, which took place from the beginning of the school year to New Year, revolved around Phoebe's best friend trying to get her to develop a crush on Dev. When she finally does, she thinks he doesn't like her back. This is the part of the book that felt the most immature to me. Throughout this time, she made weird bookish gestures of love to him and I just couldn't connect to the type of super book boyfriend obsessed reader that she was. Not that there's anything wrong with that if you are, but the way the book was written she just seemed very immature and off in her own world. 
 Later, Phoebe and Dev end up being co-counselors at a week long camp. This is where I felt the book got a whole lot better. The first half of the book took up so much time and dragged on and nothing really happened. I would've preferred if we got a small bit of backstory and then just started the book from when they got to camp. 
 One thing I did really enjoy about this book was the diversity involved. Phoebe's best friend is a lesbian and Phoebe's love interest Dev is Indian. I don't think I've ever read a book like this where the main love interest is Indian, which I thought was really cool. I will admit there were some fangirl aspects that I did relate to, like Phoebe's reaction to meeting her favorite author. But at other times, her fangirling just seemed unrealistic in my opinion. 
 The camp part of the book and the diversity are what pushed this book from two stars to two and a half stars for me. 
 I have received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 
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