💛 Next up in my August TBR is More Than Just A Pretty Face by @syed.m.masood. This sounds like a fun YA rom-com that features an unexpected romance and lots of food! . #QOTD: Do you have gender preferences for book protagonists? For fantasy, I don’t care but for YA contemporary I tend to like ones with male protagonists more. 🤷🏻♀️ Not sure why that is, I just noticed my faves had male protagonists. .⠀ 💙 Thank you to @TheNOVL for providing me with an arc to review. This book was released 8/04 so it’s available now! #lbyrpartner⠀ .⠀ 🧡 SYNOPSIS:⠀ “Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father doesn't approve of his career choice, but that hardly matters. What does matter is the opinion of Danyal's longtime crush, the perfect-in-all-ways Kaval, and her family, who consider him a less than ideal arranged marriage prospect.⠀ ⠀ When Danyal gets selected for Renaissance Man--a school-wide academic championship--it's the perfect opportunity to show everyone he's smarter than they think. He recruits the brilliant, totally-uninterested-in-him Bisma to help with the competition, but the more time Danyal spends with her...the more he learns from her...the more he cooks for her...the more he realizes that happiness may be staring him right in his pretty face.”⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ . #newbook #morethanjustaprettyface #syedmmasood #thenovl #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders #yabooks #yacontemporary #kitlit #yabookstagram #bookstagram #bookcover #bookish #ownvoicesbooks #diversebooks #weneeddiversebooks #bookreviewer #bookblogger #romcom #yaromance #beautybookcorner (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD2A3j8A4jq/?igshid=wimuzyw4xnjz