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The Borrow a Boyfriend Club
- Narrated by: Christian Banas
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Publisher's summary
A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who joins a boyfriend borrowing service masquerading as an Italian Club to prove that he’s one of the guys, especially to its frustratingly handsome leader.
Noah Byrd is the perfect boy. At least, that’s what he needs to convince his new classmates of to prove his gender. His plan? Join the school’s illustrious (and secret) Borrow a Boyfriend Club, whose members rent themselves out for dates. Once he’s accepted among the bros, the “slip-ups” end.
But Noah’s interview is a flop. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club’s prickly but attractive president, Asher. Noah will help them win an annual talent show—and in return, he’ll get a second shot to demonstrate his boyfriend skills in a series of tests that include romancing Asher himself.
If Noah can’t bring home the win, his best chance to prove that he’s man enough is gone. Yet even if he succeeds, he still loses . . . because the most important rule of the Borrow a Boyfriend Club is simple: no real boyfriends (or girlfriends) allowed.
And as long as the club remains standing as high as Asher’s man bun, Noah and Asher can never explore their growing feelings for one another.
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"Christian Banas narrates this romantic comedy. Transgender Noah is navigating a new school and a legal name change. Hoping to present as masculine, Noah joins the secret Borrow a Boyfriend Club, through which students can rent a boy as a date.... Serious topics are handled fittingly: Asher speaks about a robbery near the school in low tones, and Noah's voice shakes as he deals with body dysmorphia. Noah's parents are effusive around his boisterous friends and reserved but supportive about his name change. Noah's confidence grows throughout this honest and upbeat production." (AudioFile)
“Charmingly chaotic and keenly observant, with real emotional depth. Page Powars’s debut is an absolute joyride.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Imogen, Obviously
“With so much wit and heart, Powars expertly explores just what it means to be a boy, a friend, and a boyfriend. The Borrow a Boyfriend Club had me laughing, clutching my chest, and rooting for Noah on every single page.” —Jason June, New York Times bestselling author of Out of the Blue
"In vulnerable first-person prose, Powars renders Noah’s feelings about his gender identity alongside sweet messaging surrounding the power of friendship and connection." —Publishers Weekly
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For Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds of Upstate New York is a huge gamble. If it works? He’ll be a big fish in a little pond. If it doesn’t? He’ll have to give up the hustle and return to the day job he hates. He’s got six months to make it happen - the last thing he needs is a distraction. Jude Fuller is proud of the life he’s built on the banks of Cayuga Lake. He has a job he loves and good friends. It’s safe. It’s quiet. And it’s damn lonely. Until he tries Ithaca’s most-talked-about new lunch spot.
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Nesto was amazing; Jude was just aight
- By AudioBookHoe on 03-06-19
By: Adriana Herrera
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Late to the Party
- By: Kelly Quindlen
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. She’s never crashed a party, never stayed out too late. She’s never even been kissed. And it’s not just because she’s gay. It’s because she and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, spend more time in her basement watching Netflix than engaging with the outside world. So when Maritza and JaKory suggest crashing a party, Codi is highly skeptical. Those parties aren’t for kids like them. They’re for cool kids. Straight kids. But then, Codi stumbles upon one of those cool kids, Ricky, kissing another boy.
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Coming-of-age glory
- By B.N. Smith on 05-13-20
By: Kelly Quindlen
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Alex Wise vs. the End of the World
- By: Terry J. Benton-Walker
- Narrated by: Torian Brackett
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Alex Wise feels like his world is ending. His best friend, Loren, is leaving town for the summer, his former friend and maybe sort of crush Sky hasn't spoken to him since he ditched Alex on first day of sixth grade, and now his mom is sending him and his annoying younger sister, Mags, on a cruise with the dad who abandoned them. And, as if things couldn't get worse, a creepy shadow monster may or may not be stalking him. But none of this could prepare Alex for the actual end of the world.
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You are enough!
- By Dee on 04-19-24
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The Decoy Girlfriend
- By: Lillie Vale
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Writer Freya Lal has a huge secret: she's a dead ringer for It-girl actress Mandi Roy. Her second novel is due in a month, but inspiration is nowhere to be found. Desperate to shake off her writer's block, Freya leans into her look-alike abilities and indulges in some mistaken identity for simple perks, like scoring a free mimosa or getting into a trendy nightclub.
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Really sweet
- By Celeste on 08-01-24
By: Lillie Vale
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The Boy with the Bookstore
- By: Sarah Echavarre Smith
- Narrated by: Donnabella Mortel, Dane Anderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Max Boyson looks good...from a distance. But up close and personal, the tattooed hottie Joelle Prima has been crushing on for the past year and half has turned into the prime example of why you shouldn’t judge a book by his delectable cover. When she first learned about the massive renovation to the building they share, Joelle imagined that temporarily combining her Filipino bakery with Max’s neighboring bookstore would be the perfect opening chapter to their happily ever after.
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Books and Sweets!
- By KK on 09-06-22
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Cool for the Summer
- By: Dahlia Adler
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He's tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Oh, and he's talking to her now. On purpose and everything. Maybe...flirting, even? No, wait, he's definitely flirting, which is pretty much the sum of everything Lara's wanted out of life. Except she’s haunted by a memory. A memory of a confusing, romantic, strangely perfect summer spent with a girl named Jasmine.
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Great narration & Bi representation
- By Austin Pierce on 05-23-21
By: Dahlia Adler
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The Déjà Glitch
- A Novel
- By: Holly James
- Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio, Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Gemma Peters is doing fine. She’s making a name for herself in the L.A. music biz as a radio producer. She’s got a ride-or-die best friend in Lila, and she gets to come home to Rex, her loving Labrador, every night. But ever since her rock star ex-boyfriend used her to get a record deal from her rock legend dad, she’s made a “no musicians” rule when it comes to dating that’s becoming more like a “no dating” rule, period. So, when Gemma crashes (literally) into Jack one Thursday morning, at first she feels like fate might finally be doing her a favor. The truth is this is no ordinary Thursday.
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Cute and easy listen
- By Christianna S on 12-28-23
By: Holly James
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Queerly Beloved
- A Novel
- By: Susie Dumond
- Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Amy, a semicloseted queer baker and bartender in mid-2010s Oklahoma, has spent a lifetime putting other people’s needs before her own. Until, that is, she’s fired from her job at a Christian bakery and turns her one-off gig subbing in for a bridesmaid into a full-time business, thanks to her baking talents, crafting skills, and years watching rom-coms and Say Yes to the Dress. Between her new gig and meeting Charley, the attractive engineer who’s just moved to Tulsa, suddenly Amy’s found something—and someone—she actually wants.
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Wonderful and thought provoking
- By Amazon Customer on 04-29-24
By: Susie Dumond
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Love at 350°
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Peers
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Tori Moore, high school chemistry teacher, avid home baker, and soon-to-be empty nester, auditions for the American Bake-o-Rama TV competition at the urging of her twin teenagers. The prize money could allow her to finally open her own bakery, but plagued by self-doubt after a messy divorce, it’s not only money standing between Tori and her dreams.
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Super cute but zero spice!
- By Amber on 07-19-24
By: Lisa Peers
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It Happened One Fight
- By: Maureen Lee Lenker
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan Davis is a movie star—and a damned good actor too. Unfortunately, Hollywood only seems to care when she stars alongside Dash Howard, Tinseltown's favorite leading man and a perpetual thorn in Joan's side. She's sick of his hotshot attitude, his never-ending attempts to get a rise out of her—especially after the night he sold her out to the press on a studio-arranged date. She'll turn her career around without him. She's engaged to Hollywood's next rising star, after all, and preparing to make the film that could finally get her taken seriously. Then a bombshell drops....
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Old Hollywood- fresh take
- By Anonymous User on 07-13-23
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Perfect Timing
- A Novel
- By: Owen Nicholls
- Narrated by: Sofia Zervudachi, Peter Hannah
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Up-and-coming musician Tom thinks he met the love of his life one night a year ago, but thanks to a made-up girlfriend, he’s pretty sure he’s never going to see her again. If it weren’t for the painkillers the doctor had given him for his dislocated shoulder, he could’ve explained what really happened. But now the moment for explanations has gone, so he just keeps writing songs about her in the wild hope that she’ll hear one on the radio and understand.
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Great story. ?
- By Anita Straw on 08-29-24
By: Owen Nicholls
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Fancy Meeting You Here
- A Novel
- By: Julie Tieu
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Every single one of Elise Ngo’s close girlfriends—Rebecca, Jesse, and Beth—is getting married within the same few months, and every single one of them has asked her to be both bridesmaid and florist. Though it’s a lot for her to juggle, the work and exposure is a boon to her struggling flower shop. The stakes are high at Rebecca’s high-profile wedding, where the guests are mostly political connections of Rebecca’s parents. Desperate for the event to go off without a hitch, Elise enlists the help of an outside caterer who turns out to be Ben Yu, Rebecca’s elusive younger brother.
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Ticked all the boxes for me!
- By clorio on 07-22-24
By: Julie Tieu
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This Spells Disaster
- By: Tori Anne Martin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Potion maker and self-proclaimed “messy witch” Morgan Greenwood is sure she was hexed at birth. Not only did she drunkenly offer to fake date the woman of her dreams during the biennial New England Witches’ festival, but Rory Sandler, spellcasting champion and brilliant elemental witch—for reasons known only to the Goddess—accepted. It’s like every good luck spell Morgan ever cast came through at once, and it doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict this charade will end with a broken heart.
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Agitating & Frustrating
- By ArielRowan on 09-20-23
By: Tori Anne Martin
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The Christmas Wager
- By: Holly Cassidy
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Adam Verner
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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When L.A.-based real estate developer Bella Ross arrives in the sleepy mountain town of Maple Falls, she has one mission: to acquire the local failing Christmas shop, Always Noelle, securing the promotion of her dreams. Nothing can get in her way. Except the shop owner’s stubborn grandson, Jesse Harrison. Both refuse to budge, until an unlikely wager is struck: Bella and Jesse will compete in the Maple Falls Holiday Games, an annual tradition of eccentric feats of strength and skills. Winner decides the selling price.
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Dreary, not cheery, Christmas
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 08-30-24
By: Holly Cassidy
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- K. Manley
- 09-20-23
Cute story
I had an absolute blast listening to this book.
Originally I was enticed by a TikTok about the dedication at the beginning (Sk8 the Infinity). As the story played out early on, I was excited about the club giving me Ouran High School Host Club vibes. (Love the show).
This is definitely a book I’d recommend!
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- Shannon Lechon
- 09-27-23
Charming, sweet, and absolutely hilarious
There is so much to love about this book! It centers on a young trans teen, Noah Byrd, as tries to prove to himself and everyone around him that he's really boy enough to be one of the guys. Trying to find the most masculine club to join, he accidentally stumbles across the school's Borrow a Boyfriend club, which rents out its male members to classmates needing a date. Noah strikes a deal with the handsome club leader, Asher, so he can join the club and prove himself, only to find himself falling in love.
There is something in this book for literally everyone. The romance between Noah and Asher is the perfect slow burn, building up from a mutual dislike to one of the realest and sweetest romances I've read in YA in a long time. Noah's personal journey to acceptance is touching and exactly the kind of story that trans teens around the nation need right now. And one of the best parts of this book is how insanely funny it is! I feel like rom-coms are sometimes unbalanced, feeling way more romantic than comedic, but this one had me laughing the whole way through. It captures both the sweetness of young love with the hilarious tomfoolery of awkward high school students.
This was such an amazing book, especially considering it's the author's debut. I read online that his next book, AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES, is coming out in early 2025 and I can't wait!!
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- Lea Falls
- 12-04-23
Wholesome fun trans story!
This is the perfect cozy winter YA read. Well written, charming, and great rep. I especially appreciated seeing Noah’s struggle with his generally supportive but still hurtful parents. Usually I only see 100% supportive or fully transphobic parents in stories like these and the nuance was great.
The romance was cute too and while the premise might be over the top, the characters and relationships felt very realistic. Lovely read! Would recommend!
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- Jackson Theofore Keys
- 09-15-23
Trans positive, but poorly written book
This is a trans positive book. Too bad it was so...predictable, boring. So, Noah, a trans boy, needed to move to a new school to remove himself from the bullying at the previous school. The previous school, which was poorer, was less accepting. Now he's at a richer public school, which is more accepting. Notice the dichotomy here between poorer being 'less' in all things. At this rich school, Noah spends most of his time trying to fit in as a boy, instead of fitting in as Noah. Noah attempts to join the Football and Lamborghini Club, which is an underground business to sell themselves to the other kids as pretend boyfriend if someone needs on for a family function, a dance, etc. Noah spends all his time trying to join the club to prove to himself and others that he is truly a boy. Thus, Noah spends almost the entire book jumping through hoops to be accepted. This was tiresome - do they see me as a boy? Do I see me as a boy? Yes, probably all trans people do this at some point; I know I did and do. But to spend an entire book watching a kid flail around like that was just tiring. Luckily for Noah, things go remarkably well. In fact, the reader could guess at each outcome long before it happened. Noah's love interest is Asher, a very rich, very pretty, very popular, unloved boy. Noah spends half the book hating Asher and the other half loving him, depending on how Asher treated Noah. Very creepy behavior by both boys. Asher is controlling, passive-aggressive, and manipulates Noah because he can. Noah takes it because Asher holds all the strings to Noah's idea of becoming a true boy. The whole relationship was toxic. But by the end of the book, Asher suddenly turns into a good guy (I really doubt it), and Noah understands he was always a boy (more or less).
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