The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

By: Adam Sass

Narrated by: Max Meyers

Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

A charming YA rom-com perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and What If It’s Us.

Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far)—though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with Boy 100 goes wrong, Micah embarks on a Prince Charming-like quest throughout Chicago to find true love—for real this time.

Will Boy 100 be the One?

Micah is rich, dreamy, and charming. As the “Prince of Chicago”—the son of local celebrity sports radio host known as the King of Chicago—he has everything going for him. Unfortunately, he’s also the prince of imaginary meet-cutes, since he’s too nervous to actually ask boys out.

Instead, Micah draws each crush to share on Instagram with a post about their imaginary dates. Ninety-nine “boyfriends” later, his account is hugely popular, and everyone is eagerly awaiting Boy 100. So is Micah. He’s determined that Boy 100 will be different. This time, Micah will sweep the boy off his feet, for real!

So when Micah flirts with a hot boy on the L who’s wearing a vegan leather jacket and lugging a ton of library books, he is sure this is Boy 100. But right before he can make his move and ask for the boy’s number, the guy rushes off the train, leaving behind his pumpkin-embroidered jacket. The jacket holds clues to the boy’s identity, so Micah and his friends set off on a quest to return it. Along the way, Micah will discover that the best relationships aren’t fairy tales. In fact, the perfect fit—and true love—might be closer than he thinks.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Adam Sass (P)2022 Listening Library

Critic reviews

"A charming and hilarious romance—as enchanting as a fairy tale!"—Robby Weber, author of If You Change Your Mind

"A touching story about discovering the beautifully messy truth that can blossom out of fantasy. In a sun-kissed Chicago that is, itself, a fairy tale, Micah’s quest for true love will grab your heart and squeeze in the most tender and earnest way possible."—Simeon Tsanev, Bookseller at Unabridged Bookstore, Chicago

"[In this] wistful rom-com with a “Cinderella” twist...Sass capably portrays complicated teenage interpersonal dynamics through realistic dialogue, and fills this sincere romance with teen pining, madcap shenanigans, and earnest first love."—Publishers Weekly

Oh Micah!

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers was such an enjoyable book! I adored Adam Sass's debut novel, Surrender Your Sons, and had been patiently waiting for his sophomore offering, and I'm thrilled to say it was worth the wait. It was messy and sweet, and everything you'd want in a young adult novel about first love.

Micah wants to be in love so badly, it's really quite endearing. He's on a mission to find boyfriend #100, the one he hopes will be real this time, not just a sketch on his Instagram page. After a chance meeting on the L, he thinks he might just have found the one, What follows is an entertaining romp through the city, as Micah, with a little help from his friends, tracks down BF #100.

Micah had all these hopes and dreams about what it would be like to be in love, but he slowly comes to realize the fairytale might not be all it's cracked up to be, and he has to rethink everything he thought he wanted.

I just have to say, Elliot is the sweetest little cinnamon roll, ever!

I liked that this story was messy and chaotic, it made it that much more realistic. It was also sweet and funny and heartfelt. I think Adam perfectly captured what it's like to be a teen falling in love for the first time.

Max Meyers is a new to me narrator and I really enjoyed his performance. He sounded age appropriate, not like someone changing their voice to sound younger. He did a great job with all the different characters he had to voice, without making any of them sound over the top or like he was trying too hard.

Stellar performance!

Max Meyers absolutely swept me away with their dynamic, soaring narration of this sweet romcom!

Waste of a credit

I almost returned it a few times but I tried to stick with it. The narrator was driving me nuts with his whiny voice. The storyline was hokey and so drawn out.

modern cinderella story

really got you in the feels. I love it. slow start and abit triggering for emotion abuse but really great book and narrator

Magical as can be

The first thing that I love about reading this book was how I could picture it so vividly in my mind.. like a RomCom. Adam has a way with words that make you get as excited as Micah, hopeful as Elliot and as bad*ss as Hannah. Listening to it gave a whole different feeling as Max truly made these characters come to life with his voice. It was a delight to hear as well as to read. A favorite of mine and to Adam, I just want to thank him for the new friends he has introduced to my life; Micah Summers + friends

LOVED IT!!

I loved it from beginning to end. There were some cheesy moments, but that was inevitable in relation to the story. It was really heartwarming and lovely. I highly recommend checking it out.

Charming

If you know you’re fairy tales, you know where this one goes. Not so much a surprising twist as much as an obvious story structure, but the journey is cute. The good: large cast of characters all with their own storylines to give enough action the keeps you interested. The way fairytales are woven in is romcom material at its best. The bad: we verge away from charismatically cute into painfully naive and childish sometimes. I can’t say I was particularly rooting for the main character so much as I was just waiting for him to figure his shit out. Not a time waster, but not a heavy thinker. I will say that the performance of the narrator was playing a bit too young for me to connect fully, but generally I was able to look past it.

Tl;dr: this was fairytale fluff and has the makings of a very cute romcom, if you’re into that.

Omg

Holly crap! This story was such a whirlwind. Following Mika through his life to what he thinks is boy 100. The suspense through this story is never ending. It seems like. Every time you think something is leveled out, Something Happens, this story has is the best combination of real life with fantasy aspect thrown in. It is a wonderful story of how real life love can be wonderful yet messy.

An earnest rom-com for queer teens

Although I tend to get frustrated by the poor decisions driven by overly emotional rom-com characters, the cast of 99 Boyfriends was likeable enough that I wasn't too turned off when sh*t hits the fan.

This is the sort of unabashedly queer romance that I wish I'd had growing up. The kind where the queer kids get to be flawed and still have a happy ending.

For teens

I think this is a YA that is definitely meant for teens. Let’s just say I read a book a day and this book at me at over 2x the speed each time I turned it on just trying desperately to finish …which I never did.