While scrolling through #BookTok on a quiet evening, a heartwarming—and slightly humorous—trend caught my attention. Dubbed the “BookTok Boyfriend Challenge,” this viral phenomenon involves people (mostly women) asking their partners (mostly men) to recreate romantic scenes from their favorite romance novels. Picture this: leaning dramatically on a doorframe, whispering sweet nothings, carrying a partner off over the shoulder, or stroking their chin with a smoldering gaze. Romantic? Sometimes. Awkward? Often.
For some, like creator Hannah, the trend works magic. In her video, her husband leans beside her on the doorframe, and she ends up giggling and blushing like a high schooler with a crush. “Feeling flustered 🥵,” she captioned the viral post....
