{"id":18238,"date":"2017-04-25T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18238"},"modified":"2017-04-19T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T22:10:12","slug":"review-twinsieforthedaybrenda-the-boy-friend-by-mika-jolie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18238","title":{"rendered":"#Review #TwinsiefortheDayBrenda &#8211; The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blurb<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"max100 rs_bookImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockstarlit.com\/site\/cache\/public\/images\/18\/18827\/fieldList\/file_path\/57529__300__848__down__95.png?w=474\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>According to the law of attraction, women and men can&#8217;t be friends.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to this myth, my friendship with Coriander Phillips does not rest on unrequited love or un-actualized lust. We&#8217;ve been inseparable since the day I pulled one of her pigtails and she punched me in the gut.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s hilarious, fun to hang out with. Together, we&#8217;re like peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti and meatballs, wings and beer. A match made in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s the bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Did I mention she&#8217;s smokin&#8217; hot? I&#8217;ve checked her out\u2026maybe once or twice. Hey, I&#8217;m a guy.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, no awkwardness, no secret yearning for our relationship to escalate beyond the purely platonic. I&#8217;m the<em> boy<\/em> friend\u2014the loyal shoulder she cries on, the dispenser of coffee, sympathy, hugs, advice, and affection with no expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Until the invisible line between friends and lovers became blurry.<\/p>\n<p>Now I want more. I want her.<\/p>\n<p>All I have to do is convince her we can be more than friends.<\/p>\n<p>Right?<\/p>\n<p>If only it were that easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Twinsie-for-the-Day.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6177\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Twinsie-for-the-Day.png?resize=270%2C96\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi, Everyone!!!!\u00a0 It\u2019s me, Twinsie Brenda!!\u00a0 I\u2019m back for the day!!\u00a0 Thanks to the other Twinsies for letting me pop on today!\u00a0 I am just too excited about this book that I wanted to let all of the Twinsie fans know about it.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026\u2026Let\u2019s get to it!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been dying for the book to be released.\u00a0 I was asked to beta read this story by the fabulous Mika Jolie last fall. I\u2019ve seen this story come to life and I love how it came together.\u00a0 Mika Jolie puts her heart and soul into writing her stories.\u00a0 I can attest to all of the blood, sweat, and tears she has invested.\u00a0 This is a romantic comedy.\u00a0 It\u2019s all done in the male point of view.\u00a0 Dean Conrad Morello\u2026.sigh\u2026\u2026. you will freaking LOVE him!!!\u00a0 He will have you lusting over him, screaming at him, crying for him\u2026. All of the feels\u2026. All.\u00a0 OF..THEM!!<\/p>\n<p>Dean and Cori (short for Coriander) have been BFFs for over twenty years.\u00a0 They do everything together.\u00a0 All of a sudden, Dean looks at her differently, feels different feelings for her\u2026.he now wants her\u2026. Like in a romantic way!\u00a0 Oh this book is so fun!!!<\/p>\n<p>I always worry when I see a story told in just one point of view\u2026especially a male point of view.\u00a0 But Dean keeps you investing in the story.\u00a0 He talks to you\u2026.the reader\u2026.and you really feel like he\u2019s talking to you.\u00a0 While reading, I talked right back to him.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to one-click yet?\u00a0 Oh please do!!!\u00a0 Go meet your next book Boy Friend!!<\/p>\n<p>And thanks again, Twinsies, for letting me hang out with you again!!!\u00a0 I miss you all!! \u2764<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rs_clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"rs_h3\">About Mika Jolie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rs_bio\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"max100 rs_author_image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockstarlit.com\/site\/cache\/public\/images\/17\/17990\/fieldList\/profile_image\/54252__220__225__down__95.jpg?w=474\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mika Jolie lives in New Jersey with her Happy Chaos\u2014her husband and their energizer bunnies. A sports fanatic and a wine aficionado, she&#8217;s determined to balance it all and still write about life experiences and matters of the heart. Let&#8217;s face it, people are complicated and love can be messy. When she&#8217;s not weaving life and romance into evocative tales, you can find her on a hiking adventure, apple picking, or whatever her three men can conjure up.<\/p>\n<p>She loves to hear from readers. 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Contrary to this myth, my friendship with Coriander Phillips does not rest on unrequited love or un-actualized lust. We&#8217;ve been inseparable since the day I pulled one of her pigtails and she punched me in the gut. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18238\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#Review #TwinsiefortheDayBrenda &#8211; The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-4Ka","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18241,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18238\/revisions\/18241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}