Official Synopsis: Quinn Norton is starting over at a new high school and hopes that joining a D&D game will be the trick to making friends. The plan sounds even better when she’s invited into a group that includes Logan Weber, the cute and charming guy she met on her first day of class. But this isn’t your average D&D campaign— this group livestreams their games and enforces strict rules: no phones allowed, and no dating other group members.
Quinn is willing to accept the rules, even if it makes Logan off-limits. And she quickly learns that doing so won’t be a problem, since Logan goes from charismatic to insufferable as soon as she agrees to join. As their bickering—and bantering—intensifies inside and outside the game, Quinn can’t help wondering: Is Logan’s infuriating behavior a smokescreen for hidden feelings? Quinn is risking it all, and the twenty-sided dice are rolling!
This book is the second in a nerdy Dungeons and Dragons inspired romance series by Kristy Boyce. I adored the first book, Dungeons and Drama, which followed both a theater kid and a Dungeon and Dragons player. This story follows Quinn, who has recently moved and is starting at a new school for her junior year of high school to be closer to her grandmother. It helps that she had a falling out with her friends and former D&D group at her old school. When her grandmother gets a cute boy, Logan, to take a photo for her first day of school, she can't help but keep seeking him out. When she is invited to join their D&D group, who has a strict no dating within the group rule.
Logan seems to think she shouldn't be playing with them, but she is determined to prove them wrong, even when the group livestreams to the internet. As they continue to play together, they also keep 'running' into each other, thanks to her grandma. When they are alone Logan is different, nicer, and somehow seems to be trying his hardest to not get to close to her.
After an unfortunate run-in with her former group at a comic book store, Quinn isn't sure she is doing the right thing. Flirting with Logan feels too similar to what happened at her old school. But Logan is different, right? But how will they tell the D&D group they want to date, when there is a rule in place to keep the group from falling apart.
There were a lot of moments in this book I really enjoyed. Quinn and her brother becoming closer, Quinn finally having a good best friend in this group and they have real conversations and her and Logan try their best to keep their friend's happy, even when its hard. One of the best parts of this book is the grandma, she is everything I want to be when I am older, she doesn't care if she is being nosy, loves playing pickleball, and is actively working to get her granddaughter a boyfriend.
Now, for the one thing I didn't love, or well found issue in. Logan talks VERY mature for someone who is 16/17 years old. They are juniors in high school and some of the things he says to Quinn when they are alone are more early to mid-20s vibes to me. No 16/17 year old is that mature or close with their own feelings or control over how they respond to those feelings. Quinn and Logan could definitely be a little more spontaneous with how they interact, with their feelings probably taking more control then they did. A lot of their interactions made me see them outside of high school and closer to that 'new adult' area. There is no spice in this book, they are in high school, but some of the conversations definitely feel more mature then anything I remember having as a teen.
Overall, I do love these nerdy, D&D inspired books that keep coming out and am excited to see what else comes from this little series. I did wish there was some crossover between the two books, but from what I could tell there wasn't (or I missed it). Also, this definitely inspired me to try to make dice jewelry.
I rated this book 4 out of 5 stars.
Dating and Dragons comes out December 31, 2024.
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