Romantic paranormal comedy The Good Boy by Stella Hayward starts with a wish. Genie is still single on the eve of her 30th birthday. Her family is concerned that she spends too much time with her dog and not enough time looking for a date. So, when told to make a wish by her grandmother, a medium rumored to have magical powers, Genie laughs it off and doesn’t pay much attention, accidentally wishing to herself that her dog Rory was a human so they’d all stop worrying about her.
This magical realism tale is silly, with some deeper topics and serious subjects. However, the plot was so unmemorable that I can’t recall much more than that it was just okay (I gave it three stars. Look up trigger warnings if you are concerned and need to know more before reading this romcom.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC. All opinions are my own.
