Franklin U (FU) is back, babies!!! :D I fucking looooved this series a year and a half ago when the first installment came out, and now, there's a second installment. Excuse me while I just fangirl for a bit. The seventh novel is "Method Acting," and its by NR Walker.
["Chase Soria
Every budding actor knows acting is a difficult gig. There will be grueling auditions and punishing rejections. If you’re lucky, there’ll be roles that pay the bills and even roles that won’t.
Roles we don’t believe in.
But that’s what acting is—acting as if we do believe in them.
So when the semester’s production project is announced and I’m cast as one of the leads, I’m ecstatic. A lot of responsibility, a lot of work, but I’m up for it. Even when I find out what my role is and who my partner is. Amos, the brooding James Dean wannabe, is my on-screen boyfriend. Which is great, except for the fact he hates me.
I can do this. It’s just acting.
Nothing more.
Amos Beddington
The 90s are back, apparently. 90210 and Friends, but with a reality TV spin, which means cameras following us around as if they’re capturing the everyday lives of Franklin U students.
Me, but not me.
Me, with no more than a character description, no script or screenplay. Method acting, being the character 24/7, not just when the cameras are rolling. With a campus boyfriend.
Method acting is immersive and intense, and it can be confusing if the lines begin to blur. I mean, I’ve dreamed of being with the irritatingly gorgeous and annoyingly popular Chase Soria, and now I have to be his on-screen boyfriend?
I’m a good actor, sure. But how can I be convincing when I’m not sure I can even convince myself?"]
This one took me a while to read. NOT because it was a hard read, but I had soooo much perceived angst going into it that I just kept putting it off. Annnnnd then, when I forced myself to stop being so freaking stubborn, I regretted it, because this book was fucking amazing. Yes, there was angst, but there was so much fluff and good tension and spice and "god, I like him, but he doesn't like me" (from both sides).
The lines between acting and real life blurred really fucking quickly, and it was both entertaining and angsty-sweet to see it from both points of view. Chase was fucking gone, a mopey (and clingy) little touch-starved puppy; Amos pretended to be strong and aloof, but he continued to catch himself smiling.
They were adorable as hell. Their classmates thought so, their friends thought so, their fans thought so. I loved them (and the fact that they eventually talked it out).
Also, looooove the call-back to previous drama in the series as well as the hints at up-coming drama in "Twincerely Yours."
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