The Pocket Guide to Bad Boyfriends

A Fun Gift Book for Anyone Who’s Totally Over Modern Dating Culture!

“Filled with witty illustrations, interactive checklists, and quizzes that will delight anyone who's been spurned by the modern dating scene . . . Get it for your friend who's deleted and re-downloaded Tinder more times than you can count, your unlucky-in-love work wife, or yourself. Then spend February 14 laughing about it with a nice, big glass of wine and the peace of mind that comes with knowing you've dodged so many bullets.”
—PureWow 
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Inside you’ll find 40 different boys gone wrong, from The Boy Toy to Midlife Crisis Man, The Gym Rat to The Fixer Upper, and from The Activist to The Couch Potato. Whether you met him at home, at the office, or farther afield, this little gift book will show you how to spot a bad boyfriend from fifty paces.

Special features like the handy “not to be confused with” help you avoid crucial errors in boyfriend handling. For example, no matter how outrageously he compliments your mother, The Parents' Favorite is guaranteed to keep his hands to himself while she’s around. Not so the Boyfriend Who Thinks Your Mom is Hot.

Filled with adorably witty illustrations, interactive checklists, and quizzes, this is an ideal birthday or Galentine’s gift, stocking stuffer, or “cheer up” present after a breakup.
 

Ruby Turner, after collecting the starter set in high school, went to Brown University where she majored in bad boyfriends and did extensive research on The Preppie and The Activist. New York City and The Hipster followed. Ruby now lives in London and writes romance novels because, despite all those bad boyfriends, she still believes in true love.

Simon Coleman is a British illustrator who has sold his work in Urban Outfitters and is known worldwide for his quirky, Manga-inspired computer-generated artwork, and also for creating science characters that kids relate to. He has illustrated more than thirty books for children, and a selection of his science characters have been made into toys by Mattel. He currently resides in Holland.