Welcome to the third day of #LoveBlog! Today’s prompt is Fictional Love. You can find the rest of this month’s prompts at the original post. This post contains affiliate links. If you happen to buy something, I earn money.
Before I met Dan, I had never had a boyfriend. I had never been in a relationship. It was all good, though. I took solace in my book boyfriends!
What’s a book boyfriend? It’s a silly–but rather fun–concept of wanting to “date” your favorite book characters. Usually these characters are in a relationship, sometimes with a character you yourself relate to. Plus, talking up “book boyfriends” is a marketing technique used by many authors of Young Adult and New Adult novels.
My very first fictional crush was an admittedly weird one. Please don’t judge me! In middle school, I was a huge fan of the Animorphs series. I developed a fictional crush on the character Tobias. Why is this particularly odd? He spent most of the series in the form of a red-tailed hawk. So… yeah. Weird. But the cover art of when he was human was really cute.
My most recent fictional love is for one of the main characters in Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels trilogy and subsequent sequels. I recently reread the trilogy, plus read all the subsequent novels for the first time. Daemon is the gorgeous, powerful warlord prince with a strong moral code. But if he’s not your type, this series is filled with fascinating, good-looking characters.
One last book boyfriend is from Jessica Park’s Flat-Out Love. (Read my review of Flat-Out Love, the companion novella Flat-Out Matt, and the sequel Flat-Out Celeste last year). Matt is smart, skinny, and nerdy, with a collection of nerdy t-shirts. Does that sound like anyone you know? Yes, I tend to be attracted to characters who remind me of Dan!
As you might recall, I’m in the middle of a book challenge. I wonder if I’ll fall in love with a new book boyfriend this month!
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Do you have any book boyfriends? Or perhaps you just admire a fictional couple? Share your favorites in the comments below!
I used to love the Animorphs! Did you ever watch the live action show? Oh I had a crush on the alien haahaha.
You had a crush on Ax?! That’s hilarious!
I watched the live-action show once or twice. I forget why Harry & I didn’t stick with it. Maybe the timing was bad?
I loved this prompt 🙂 My brother used to read the Animorph series and I always thought the concept was so interesting!
I actually reread all of them as an adult. They’re still really good!
Haha. I don’t really have book boyfriends but I definitely have TV boyfriends. 😉 My most current one is The Flash. 😉
TV boyfriends are nice too! I know that my mom used to tease my dad about his “girlfriends.” And they were always characters, not the actresses who played them!
Oh book boyfriends. So fun! I think I fantasized being in a relationship with the male character of every Nicholas Sparks book I’ve read. Which really was only two or three.
Even though I’m married now, I still have some “le sigh” moments when I read a really good romance. Luckily I’m also so blinded by love that every romantic male character now reminds me of Dan!
Book boyfriends are so much fun! I’m not even sure who I would pick – I think I fall in love with most boys in books that I read. I definitely took a different spin on this prompt for my blog today – I just followed the direction that came to me. 🙂
I welcome all interpretations! That’s why I kept the prompts as broad as possible. While I asked a few extra questions for inspiration, those questions are optional. I loved your post!
Love this idea….man….I could have lots of book boyfriends! Or at least create the ultimate boyfriend by combining several characters…hmmmm……
YES the ultimate boyfriend! The logic of Spock, the voice and charm of Captain Picard, the sexiness & power of Daemon (from Anne Bishop’s The Black Jewels series), the chiseled abs of Jacob Black…
I know it’s cliche, but how can you even TALK about book boyfriends without mentioning Mr. Darcy?!? So dreamy….
And embarrassingly, I read the Twilight series. And I loved Jacob. I’m shaking my head at myself while I write this….
So… Colin Firth might make me swoon in the BBC version of Pride & Prejudice, but I never really liked the character of Mr. Darcy. He was kind of a jerk.
I read the Twilight series too. In my defense, I was working at a bookstore when the last one came out, I was scheduled to work during the midnight release party, and as the youngest staff member, I was expected to be the most energetic and outgoing during that party. Plus we were allowed to borrow two books at a time just like you would from a library. So I read the whole series that summer.
In my total not defense, I reread the series a second time a few years later.
Oh, and I was totally Team Jacob for myself, but Team Edward for Bella. And I felt a little squicky at how incredibly hot Taylor Lautner was since he was a minor during the first 2 films, I think.
I always felt like I was a little too old for Animorphs books. But that didn’t stop me from stealing my brothers copies! Ha! Part of me regrets that I never finished the series because every once in a while I’ll wonder if they ever did manage to save all the humans.
Vague spoilers: a lot of people died, the Animorphs won, but the series ended on a crazy cliffhanger.
Cliffhanger?!?! Maybe it’s a good thing I never finished it then!
I felt like she was leaving herself open for a companion series, but to my knowledge, she didn’t write more. It was a crazy cliffhanger. One of the characters disappeared after the final battle or something, and then many years later, shows up again all changed. So a few characters set out to try and fix that character.
That’s the most non-spoilery way I can describe it.
The love of my life was Disney’s Robin Hood so yeah a FOX. Not gonna judge your first on the list for being a Hawk.
Bwahaha, that’s amazing.
I love the Flat-out series! And I agree with Brita – as much as Colin firth in a wet shirt makes me swoon, Mr Darcy was a bit uptight and rude.
How about colonel Brandon in sense and sensibility?
It’s so great to know another Flat-Out fan!!! I’ve recommended those books so many time.
I loved this prompt!! Anytime I can do a post about anything book related I’m totally in. 🙂 i loved that you did book boyfriends and tv couples that reminds us of us and our spouse.
Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun coming up with all the prompts.
I heart Joscelin from Kushiel’s Dart. I’ve probably mentioned them before since you’re such a francophile, but if not – definitely add that series to your list.
Also, interested in your take on the Black Jewels books as a feminist! Loved them when I was younger, but mixed feelings now.