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The Fill-In Boyfriend follows Gia Montgomery through a fake-dating scheme born in the prom parking lot, using high school popularity and a fill-in boyfriend to test her assumptions about herself and others. It works best for readers who want humorous, character-focused YA romance with social drama, but may feel slow or frustrating if you dislike popularity politics or flawed, learning-on-the-page,
Books that match its emotional intensity and momentum — or deliberately shift tone, pace, or depth.
Closest emotional matches — similar intensity, tone, and pacing.
Jump to Continuation →Keeps part of the DNA but changes direction — lighter tone, faster momentum, or deeper complexity.
Jump to Shift →Ranked using Canecto's Emotional DNA model — not just genre labels or popularity.
The Fill-In Boyfriend
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Results are ranked by similarity to your tuned reading DNA across intensity, darkness, pace and depth.
- Intensity aligns emotional charge and tension.
- Darkness aligns tone and aftertaste.
- Pace aligns reading momentum.
- Depth blends complexity + intellectual demand.
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