Out of Character (True Colors #2)

"Out of Character" by Annabeth Albert is the second book in her True Colors series (followed by "Conventionally Yours"). It debuted this summer and continues the TC series' niche of including all of those fabulously amazing and cheesy as hell tropes I can never get enough of.

["• Ex-best-friends falling in love
• Gaming, conventions, fandom & cosplay
• Nerd culture at its finest
• Learning how to be true to yourself

Jasper Quigley is tired of being everyone's favorite sidekick. He wants to become the hero of his own life, but that's not going to happen if he agrees to help out his former best friend turned king of the jocks, Milo Lionetti. High school was miserable enough, thanks, and Jasper has no interest in dredging up painful memories of his old secret crush.

But Milo's got nowhere else to go. His life is spiraling out of control and he's looking to turn things back around. Step one? Replace the rare Odyssey cards he lost in an idiotic bet. Step two? Tell his ex-best-friend exactly how he feels—how he's always felt.

Jasper may be reluctant to reopen old wounds, but he never could resist Milo. There's a catch, though: if Milo wants his help, he's going to have to pitch in to make the upcoming children's hospital charity ball the best ever. But as the two don cosplay for the kids and hunt for rare cards, nostalgia for their lost friendship may turn into something even more lasting..."]

What's better than enemies-to-lovers? Best-Friends-to-ExBest Friends-to-Best-Friends-to-Lovers. Obviously.

GOD, this book! I don't think I took a break while reading this thing. Like at all. (okay, so I read half last night without a break and then half today without taking a break, but I did make the adult situation to sleep last night, so there's that). Glad I didn't give into that impulse to read something else before this (because I bought 5 books yesterday--because what else would one do after finally reading 4 books off of their TBR pile, then to buy 5 more)

Similar trigger warnings from the last book: homophobia, homelessness, bullying, car accidents, alcoholism, adulting/future-planning, etc

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