Quinn Norton knows that making new friends at a brand new high school is almost impossible, especially when it’s the middle of the year but when she’s invited to join a D&D game she’s determined to make this friend group work. Even though they livestream their games and enforce strict rules like no phones and no dating inside the friend group. She’s slightly disappointed in that last rule because when she first meets Logan she thinks they have a great connection but as soon as she joins the group he becomes insufferable and rude. After a while she begins to wonder if his behavior is a smokescreen for hidden feelings?

I had a great time reading this author’s first novel Dungeons and Drama so when I saw this second D&D themed young adult novel I couldn’t resist, even though I don’t fall within the target demo. Dating and Dragons, while not quite as good as the first is a very cute, and very quick read. It’s a simple premise but the author does such a good job making the subject matter easy to grasp for a D&D novice, and the characters were very likable and interesting.

I think we’ve all been the new girl at some point or other so it’s easy to identify with Quinn’s situation- starting a new school and wanting to make friends. As an adult, every time you start a new job you find yourself in similar situations and despite the whole aging process, it sometimes feels like you never left high school and all of those insecurities you had as a teen. I loved how this new group Quinn wants to join reflects the society that we live in today. D&D, in my day, wouldn’t be something you’d admit to playing, but now all kinds of games, hobbies, and different groups of people are not looked at as being different at all. For me, that was one of the things that made this story so refreshing. The easy to read story and likable characters didn’t hurt either!

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