Also stemming from a toxic childhood, Marcus isn’t living in his truth at the start of the story. He appears to the masses as this vain persona but in reality he’s protecting the softer intellectual he truly is. Marcus AKABook!AeneasWouldNever – THIS MAN! getting to know him meant falling in love with this character. April is body positive & won’t allow anyone, be it friend or family to body shame her. We get a glimpse of the toxic relationship she had growing up with her parents that shaped her into the woman she is at the start of our story.

She wants to live her geektastic life out in the open! meet her online friends IRL & last but not least, find the man who will love every inch of her beautiful body inside and out. April is an empowered woman who is tired of hiding the parts of herself that make her phenomenal. However….staying away from April is just simply NOT something he can do.Ĭontent Warning: body shaming, toxic parent relationships, fat shamingĪpril AKA Unapologetic Lavinia Stan- Honestly represents everything I wish I was a few years ago. For Marcus, the acting career he’s worked so hard to build means everything to him & he’s not ready to risk his contract. Furthermore, they have actually been friends all along but Marcus can’t let her know his real identity. Little does Marcus know but he and April have a ton in common, April is Unapologetic Lavinia Stan in the Gods of the Gates Fan Fiction world. In this fandom he’s known as Book!AeneasWouldNever, an anonymous writer who gets to take out his frustrations with the show he works in. Gods of the Gates Fan Fiction that contractually he needs to not be linked back to. One twitter exchange leads to another and Marcus sees himself asking April out on a date to spite the nasty trolls who are body shaming her on social media.Īpril has no idea that Marcus has a secret online persona he uses to write fan-fiction of his own. When her photo goes viral it captures the attention of many a troll as well as that of Marcus Caster-Rupp who plays main guy Aeneas AKA the other half of this beloved OTP. April has just tweeted out a photo of herself in a self made/designed Lavinia Cosplay who is one half of the show’s OTP. If like myself you’re someone who didn’t quite get on board with the finale of Game of Thrones or Dexter (haha), possibly even thought you could’ve written a better finale? then this book is for you! Set in a post Gameofthronesque (totally made this word up #noshame) world we follow April a plus size fan-fiction writer for the show Gods of the Gates. This may just be the book responsible for me dipping into the world of fan-fiction, I had an absolute blast reading from the POV of April & Marcus.

🖤 ALC & Galley provided by Publisher in exchange for an honest review🖤

Spoiler alert by olivia dade