The love study

First Title Value for Searching:

The love study

Personal Author:

Ripper, Kris

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Summary:

"Declan has commitment issues. He's been an office temp for literally years now, and his friends delight in telling people that he left his last boyfriend at the altar. And that's all true. But he's starting to think it's time to start working on his issues. Maybe. When Declan meets Sidney--a popular nonbinary YouTuber with an advice show--an opportunity presents itself: as part of The Love Study, Declan will go on a series of dates arranged by Sidney and report back on how the date went in the next episode. The dates are...sort of blah. It's not Sidney's fault; the folks participating are (mostly) great people, but there's no chemistry there. Maybe Declan's just broken. Or maybe the problem is that the only person he's feeling chemistry with is Sidney."--Amazon.

Subject Term:

Gay men -- Fiction.

Clerks -- Fiction.

Gender-nonconforming people -- Fiction.

Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction

Publication Info:

Toronto, Canada : Carina Press, [2020]

Subject:

Gay men -- Fiction.

Clerks -- Fiction.

Gender-nonconforming people -- Fiction.

Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction

Romance fiction.

YouTube (Electronic resource) -- Fiction.

GooTube (Electronic resource)

YouTube Broadcast Yourself (Electronic resource)

Gay males

Gay people, Male

Homosexual males

Homosexual men

Homosexuals, Male

Male gay people

Male homosexuals

Urnings

Clerical employees

Clerical personnel

Commercial employees

Employees, Clerical

Office employees

Office workers

Gender-creative people

Gender-independent people

Gender-non-normative people

Gender-variant people

Genderqueer people

Non-binary people

SAILS ISBN:

9781335943194

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Attleboro Public Library	RIPPER,K	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... New Bedford Free Public Library	FIC RIPPER	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... New Bedford Wilks Branch	FIC RIPPER	FICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

"[A] warmly appealing romance." --BookPage

What happens when the search for the perfect date goes perfectly wrong?

Declan has commitment issues. He's been an office temp for literally years now, and his friends delight in telling people that he left his last boyfriend at the altar.

And that's all true. But he's starting to think it's time to start working on his issues. Maybe.

When Declan meets Sidney--a popular nonbinary YouTuber with an advice show--an opportunity presents itself: as part of The Love Study, Declan will go on a series of dates arranged by Sidney and report back on how the date went in the next episode.

The dates are...sort of blah. It's not Sidney's fault; the folks participating are (mostly) great people, but there's no chemistry there. Maybe Declan's just broken.

Or maybe the problem is that the only person he's feeling chemistry with is Sidney.

Carina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.

The Love Study

Book 1: The Love Study

Book 2: The Hate Project

Book 3: The Life Revamp

Also by Kris Ripper:

Book Boyfriend

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A new couple navigate relationship issues in this delightful series launch from Ripper (Gun for Hire). It's been six years since 28-year-old commitment-phobe Declan Swick-Smith left his fiancé at the altar, and he still shies away from dating. Then he meets Sidney, a genderqueer YouTuber with a popular advice channel who offers to set up Declan on dates and have him come on the show to discuss them. Declan agrees, leading to disappointing dates with a woman who's reluctant to share her interests; a bland, overly traditional man; and a bubbly woman who pushes Declan to consider what everyone in the show's audience already knows--that Declan has a major crush on Sidney. During a livestream, Declan awkwardly expresses his feelings to Sidney (who harbors their own concerns about relationships), and the pair start casually dating, much to the delight of Declan's supportive group of queer friends. The reserved Sidney strikes a winning balance with the often rambling Declan, and Ripper sensitively handles both of their relationship issues, steering the pair toward a unique happy ending. Though some readers will long for higher stakes, the casual queerness of the cast and no-fuss treatment of Sidney's nonbinary pronouns is so refreshing that many won't mind the lack of conflict. This is a sweet treat. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary. (Oct.)

Booklist Review

After ditching his last boyfriend at the altar six years ago, Declan Swick-Smith has become something of a commitment-phobe. Not only has he not been in a long-term relationship since then, but he insists on working as an office temp because the idea of a permanent job scares the dickens out of him. However, when his friends push Declan into becoming a guest on Sidney Worrell's, aka Your Spinster Uncle's, new YouTube show, The Love Study, to explore his relationship issues through a series of blind dates, Declan figures what has he got to lose? With a deliciously dry sense of humor, great sensitivity, and a surfeit of well-defined characters (including the non-binary identifying Sidney), Ripper (The Queer and the Restless, 2016) has created a contemporary romance that thoughtfully explores the idea of trust while at the same time celebrating the important roles love and friendship play in life.