Title : My Imaginary Boyfriend
Author : Patrick Rangsimant, Thapana Pr (translator)
Genre(s) : gay romance, paranormal
Release Date : May, 8, 2020
Rating : 5/5 Stars
"If you leave it without saying goodbye, it will come back to deprive the life out of you."
At first, Phai though that Klong was only his imaginary friend who stepped up to be an imaginary boyfriend. But seems like Klong doesn't want to be only imagination, he wants to be more even he has to do something terrible...
This is a paranormal thriller romantic novel about Phai who falls in with his imaginary friend whom he left behind without saying goodbye since he was young. After the reunion with Klong, even Phai feels really happy but there is a feeling that touches at the back of his neck. It's fear.
Because it's like in the bedtime rhyme said about the imaginary friend "If you leave it without saying goodbye, it will come back to deprive the life out of you."
I was thinking that That Thing is just imagination. My imagination. But how does something existing in my imagination can actually knock at the door and call me by my name? How could it possess flesh, skin and even senses?
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First, I need to tell you that I’m SOLD to the story right after I read the prologue. My instant thought at that time was, “What the hell I just read?!”
Curiosity then made me open the next chapter eagerly, and after that….I can’t stop myself from reading it. This book had caught me, consumed me and succeed engulfed me deeper to the story. And like Phai, I was trap in my own imagination until the word 'The End' come in my sight…
I keep wondering what or who Klong is?
A kind of supranatural things?
A ghost?
I thought I know what will happen next. But the more I read, the more it confused and curious me….
I almost sure what Klong is, but then one question that came from Klong’s mouth ‘ruined’ ALL my confident and ‘theories’. I must admit that the twist and explanations at nearly end of the book is reaaaaaally something!! And I didn’t see it coming…
You really got me here, Doc! *hands down*
The story between Phai and his Imaginary Boyfriend, Klong are unique, the character development was really extraordinary and the story-line was totally engaging!
The mystery and uncertainty succeed make me glued to the book and make it completely hard to put down. The relatable between the characters and the story make me feel the emotions each character feels ~ the happiness, the sadness, the anger, the doubt and the fear....
Well, it even gave me goosebumps at some part because the creepy sensations I felt, especially if you read this book at middle of the night! (Yeah, I can see that smirk, Doc!)
I like how the author trying to confused me and constantly tickling my curiosity and forced me to make a lot of assumptions about what or who Klong is, and slowly pushed my wild imagination to questioning almost everything that happen here until the very last page, then suddenly ~ BHAM! ~ the author dropped the answer of all my questions in one hit. And it stunned me to the "Oh, I'm speechless" level.
I even googled about ‘That Thing' just to understand more about it.
Yes, I’m that ‘kind’ of reader, Doc. I’m not an easy reader to please. So, if I said that ‘you got me and I’m sold', that’s mean the book had leave deep impression in me.
Well, I will not give any spoilers about what happen in the book, I just want you, yes YOU ~ my books fellas to experience what I felt during the reading. You have to meet Klong and Phai and following their journey to find the truth about the mystery that happened between them and bound them together. Trust me, It WORTH the penny!
I really can’t wait this story made into a series!
Will looking for the author other works. Glad there’s an English version of this book. For an international reader like me, it’s like heaven. Thank you!
Patrick Rangsimant is my penname. My Actual name is Utain Patrick Boonorana (that because I'm Thai so my family name is a bit long) I was born in 1981 and I think I'm gay since that day. Besides being a writer, I'm also a general neurologist in the university hospital. Now I'm still living happily ever after in Bangkok while enjoying writing and reading.
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