How (Not) to Conjure a Boyfriend

Our take

A witchy rom-com built on a classic setup. A failed spell, a coma, and a fake dating scheme all collide fast. The story follows a gay protagonist whose crush ends up hospitalized right after a summoning goes wrong. He starts falling for the guy's brother while keeping the ruse going. Fake dating and sibling-swap tropes both get worked hard here, for readers who specifically shop by them. A nonbinary character rounds out the cast, and the queer representation lands more solidly than some of the banter does.

Expect witchy chaos over dark magic. This leans comedic rather than horror-adjacent, with spells that misfire for laughs more often than they succeed cleanly. Food shows up as a recurring comfort thread between the leads. It's loosely built around a conjuring fairy-tale premise, remixed into a contemporary fake-dating mess. The sibling dynamic between the crush and his brother adds an extra layer of awkward to the central romance.

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