Blair is an actress turned producer. She has the perfect movie to make but the author of the novel has passed away and now it all seems doomed. In an effort to move forward she's got a meeting with Jack and is hoping to make his novel into a movie.
After a rocky first meeting, the two slowly become friends over texting and in a shocking move Blair invites Jack to write the next book in her pool house. While living in LA the two become much friendlier and help the other unravel their issues.
I loved that this book had a quiet theme of mental health issues. It really felt like something I'd never read before. I loved that the whole story wasn't about mental health issues it was just something that existed in the story but wasn't the whole story. There should be more books like this that normalize anxiety, ocd and seeking help.
Book Club Boyfriend was definitely more than I expected from the title and the cover - although both feel completely appropriate to the story. I just mean that it was a story of substance. It wasn't a quick and easy fall in love story that I expected from the cover.
I also was 70% through the novel before I realized the subtle connections to Into the Woods and that they were the same author. Definitely no need to read that novel first but you definitely should read both.