Summary

Rival photographers are forced to collaborate on a body-positive lingerie campaign, but they might have to readjust their focus when sparks fly.

Photographer Cassie Harris loves her job—her company Buxom Boudoir makes people look beautiful and feel empowered with her modern twist on classic pinup photography. Cassie’s best friend, Dana, is about to launch her own dangerously dreamy lingerie line and wants Cassie to shoot and direct the career-changing national campaign. But company politics and Dana’s complicated pregnancy interfere, and Cassie finds herself—a proud plus size Black woman—not behind the camera but in front of it.

Though she’s never modeled herself, Cassie’s pretty sure she can handle the sheer underwear and caution tape bralettes. She’s not sure she can work so intimately with the chosen photographer, her long-time competitor in the Chicago photography scene, Reid Montgomery. Their chemistry is undeniable on set, however, and feelings can develop faster than film…

Review

The Accidental Pinup was a book that I was extremely excited to read, and unfortunately, my expectation were far too high with this one. I’ll start with the positives first. One thing that I truly enjoyed was the body positive and the representation. Both of those were high points in the story. I admired with Cassie and Dana were doing. And it was empowering to read. In addition, I really enjoyed the friendship between the two of them. It was something real and honest. It was the best relationship in the book, and I enjoyed reading their scenes.

I thought Cassie was a great main character. And I liked how strong and no nonsense she was. Unfortunately, her love interest, Reid, was extremely boring. I wished he had more flavor or something because it made him and Cassie’s romance one of the most anti climatic aspects of the book. I didn’t feel the connection, and all and all Cassie seemed too good for him.

Final Thoughts

The Accidental Pinup is held back by a stale and uninteresting romance; however, it does succeed at other points within the pages.

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