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The DM Diaries
By: Teagan Hunter
Publication Date: July 2, 2024
Published By: Montlake
351 pages
Find It On: Amazon | Goodreads
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“I’m tired of pretending. Tired of hiding. But I’m scared the real me isn’t enough.”
Booksta made me read this one! Olive O’Brien is a plus size fashion influencer. She has a small following, but big dreams. She writes messages to Jasper Rafferty about her life and thoughts. Basically, it’s her journal and because he is so famous, she never expects him to read it. After all, after tons of months of doing this, nothing has ever been read. Until Jude, the lesser famous brother, see Jasper’s DMs and answers Olive. Only, he doesn’t tell her that it’s not Jasper. But what happens when she finds out.
I’m always honest in my reviews. The first 100 pages weren’t great – it took too long to set up the premise. At that point, I was wondering why everyone gave this book such great reviews. But then on page 102-104, things changed and I fell in love with this book, and I fell in love with Jude. I laughed while reading this book, and I cried while reading this book.
I love Olive. She has so much confidence to be who she is, and doesn’t beat around the bush. She is unapologetically herself (something I wish I could be). It’s her personality that really give such great banter between her and Jude. Jude can give it back as well, but she definitely steals the scenes in terms of personality. Hunter also handled the plus sized representation well. It was mentioned in the book, but it wasn’t at the forefront and it was nice to read the FMC not have so many insecurities about her looks. Jude on the other hand is the cinnamon roll guy that I love. I wanted to be like “Pick me, choose me,” if he was real haha.
The “side” characters were also great. There was Cait, Jude and Jasper’s sister, Dylan, Jude’s publicist, and Annie, Olive’s best friend. They all added value to the plot line.
This was my first book of Hunter’s but won’t be my last.
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