This was such a heartwarming and fluffy read, it's definitely the feel-good book I needed right now and I'm so glad to have read it! MC: I definitely agree. This feels just like one of those '90s rom-coms, which, who doesn't love them? But once their fake (and secret) dating is underway, it swiftly acquires a momentum that sweeps them both into uncharted territory. The tone is very preachy, as mentioned before, but also basic and not nuanced at all; sounds more like an adult telling the story. The most important part of writing YA books is nailing down teens’ voice and this book failed at that miserably. It’s cringy and embarrassing, and takes a lot of effort to get through. That Steve Buscemi “How do you do, fellow kids?” meme? That’s exactly this book’s energy. KVW: It's a side of ridiculousness that's probably never going to happen in real life, but it's fun to imagine if it would.

And when he said that Kai coming to his games was different from any girl coming... like I get it we have to paint Kai as the perfect, obvious choice, but why doing it at the cost of degrading the girls that dated Bryson to fangirls? Everyone knows about the dare: Each week, Bryson Keller must date someone new -- the first person to ask him out on Monday morning. Few think Bryson can do it. He may be the king of Fairvale Academy, but he's never really dated before. Until a boy asks him out, and everything changes. Hi Everyone. So great to be here. I hope you’re all safe and well! I’m Kevin van Whye the author of Date Me, Bryson Keller . I was born and raised in South Africa, and currently call Johannesburg home. Since this is The Nerd Daily, are there any nerdy things you’re enjoying at the moment and would like to share with us? This author, when trying to justify plagiarizing Takarai's premise, stated that "There were themes that I wanted to explore in a western setting and as an own voices writer." No voy a indagar más en este tema por no cabrearme, pero vamos, me parece muy fuerte que el/la autor/autora pase esta historia como propia, cualquier lector de BL sabrá de qué estoy hablando. VERGONZOSO.

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A large part of the moderate angst in this story was derived from Kai's fears of coming out, which sadly, turned out to be fairly well-founded when the shit inevitably hit the fan. I’m so glad he was the narrator because, as I stated in the title of this review – the last ten chapters make the book. Reclaiming an asian work as one of your own to supposedly "critique" it does not sit well. Trying to perfect another person of colour's work by contextualizing it for a western audience is so wrong. This simply isn't 'inspiration', it is ripping off the hard work of another author without giving credit where it is due. The fact that he would have said nothing about his supposed 'heavy inspiration' if people didn't catch him speaks volumes. This author thought he could escape and profit from stealing someone else's work.

Everyone knows about the dare: Each week, Bryson Keller must date someone new–the first person to ask him out on Monday morning. Few think Bryson can do it. He may be the king of

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Stepford Smiler: Bryson's home life isn't as perfect as his school life. Sure his mother and big sister are kind and supportive but his real issues come from his father when he caught him cheating with a young co-worker and forced Bryson to keep it a secret for an entire year. Only for his father to admit his unfaithfulness himself, booked it and started a family with said co-worker. He has bottle-up feelings over the whole ordeal and hides his sadness during school. I’m expected to look a certain way or act a certain way or like certain things. It’s like there’s a list of things I’m meant to be, and if I’m not, then I’m not authentic enough.

Forced Out of the Closet: Kai never had the chance to come out to either his family or the general public on his own terms since his mother found the photo strip of him and Bryson followed up by Shannon posting an article of his homosexuality to the entire school. KVW: I actually owe a huge debt to my editor, Chelsea Eberly, at Random House. She came in with the right questions to get me to push Bryson Keller to be who he was. I often say that the Bryson Keller that was in my first draft and the one that's in the final draft are worlds apart. And that's because she wanted Bryson to feel as real and developed as Kai, even though it's not his story. Other than that, I really liked it and would recommend it. It will make you smile and your heart will melt. A more in dept review will come soon in my Youtube Channel. It's about this teenage boy, Kai, who is in the closet, he hasn't tell anybody that he's gay. Then there's this guy, Bryson Keller, who is very popular and is currently on a dare in which, each week, he has to date a different person. The most important rule is that the person has to ask Bryson to date them, and he has no choice but to agree.

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Everyone knows about the dare: Each week, Bryson Keller must date someone new--the first person to ask him out on Monday morning. I’ve been binging watching a lot of Netflix lately, I just finished Kingdom season 2 and am working my way through Money Heist at the moment. I’ve also been playing Uncharted remastered on Ps4. So that’s been fun. Now about your upbeat and heart-stopping debut Date Me, Bryson Keller! Tell us a bit about Kai’s story! The Beard: Louise Keaton was Kai's ex-girlfriend of two weeks before he couldn't pretend to be straight anymore. As short as The Beard was, it did the job well in convincing Kai's family he was straight but not interested in dating until proven otherwise. Date Me, Bryson Keller is a 2020 LGBT young adult novel written by Kevin Van Whye about the budding relationship of two male high schoolers and the obstacles they have to overcome. In a word, in a phrase? It’s a preachy bulshit. If you’re looking for a light, cute gay romcom, you should keep looking. This book is not it.

Para qué voy a leer Date me Bryson Keller? Si quisiera releer Seven Days, voy a la estantería y cojo mis tomos de la obra de Venio Tachibana y Rihito Takarai (de la que hay hasta un live action), no me pongo a perder mi tiempo con una novela que es un plagio. Porque, querid@s mí@s, esto, es un plagio, por mucho que una vez que han pillado al autor con “el carrito del helao” ahora hable de “inspiración” y que mejora los aspectos del manga y tal. MC: It definitely sounded like it. Like I said, it's that extra second element that adds another layer of own voices and really makes this story unique and that much more profound. We're seeing such an influx of own-voices stories, rightfully so, right now. But I feel like a lot of times you don't also get that extra element of an own-voices performer, so it feels so much more special and so much more important. MC: I agree. It is so long overdue for these stories and these tropes to make their reemergence and have their time. I hope the writer works on his craft and learns to develop a more intense storyline, because he’s got the chops to go far. But he definitely needs to learn to develop a full story. Kai Sheridan didn’t expect Bryson to say yes. So when Bryson agrees to secretly go out with him, Kai is thrown for a loop. But as the days go by, he discovers there’s more to Bryson beneath the surface, and dating him begins to feel less like an act and more like the real thing. Kai knows how the story of a gay boy liking someone straight ends. With his heart on the line, he’s awkwardly trying to navigate senior year at school, at home, and in the closet, all while grappling with the fact that this “relationship” will last only five days. After all, Bryson Keller is popular, good-looking, and straight . . . right?MC: I couldn't agree more. And thank you so much for telling your story and giving us this amazing lesson. I love a good trope, and have spent countless hours on tvtropes.org. Three of my faves are first and foremost the fake-dating trope. I also love “Oh no! There’s only one bed.” Another trope that I adore is ‘enemies-to-lovers’. I love it in all its shapes and forms. Your debut novel had a very cinematic feel to it! If Date Me, Bryson Keller were to get the big screen treatment, who would be your dream cast for Kai and Bryson? This adorable, good-hearted debut novel by Kevin van Whye totally hit the spot! It was the perfect antidote for all of the heaviness and emotion I've been experiencing lately. KVW: And especially making them queer, which is something a few years ago we couldn't possibly imagine. And now we're pushing forward. I'm so glad there's so many writers out there willing to tell their stories.