Dink: Diary of a Reluctant Target
Book Two of The Dink Diaries Trilogy
Dink Rosser survived his first semester in Auckland.
Technically.
After everything that happened at Tennyson Brown Hall, he should probably be taking life slowly. Making sensible choices. Studying hard. Avoiding unnecessary drama. Maybe even acting like a normal Health Sciences student for once.
Unfortunately, Dink has never been great at normal.
Semester two begins with a broken lift, a mysterious guy named Paul who appears to live in elevators, a stolen foldable chair, one deeply questionable floor party, and a new neighbour who seems a little too interested in Dink. Then there is Saff, Persephone's sweet crochet-club friend, who arrives with soft smiles, careful attention, and an unsettling habit of being exactly where Dink is.
Dink is trying to move on. He has his best friend Persephone, his difficult twin Braden, his gym mentor Ethan, and a new rivalry with three basketball guys he privately calls Leg Day. One of them, Solomon, is annoyingly tall, annoyingly good-looking, and annoyingly hard to stop thinking about.
For once, Dink might actually have something good happening.
Then the photos start.
Blurry shots. Notes. Strange messages. Someone watching from a distance. Someone slipping proof into his life like a warning. The more Dink tries to laugh it off, the clearer it becomes that this is not random. Somebody has decided they know who he is, what he wants, and who he should be with.
And Dink is starting to realise being wanted can be just as dangerous as being hated.
Told in Dink's chaotic, funny, and unreliable diary voice, Dink: Diary of a Reluctant Target is a New Adult campus novel about obsession, queer identity, first love, friendship, boundaries, and the terrifying feeling of being watched by someone who thinks they understand you better than you understand yourself.
For readers who like messy narrators, New Zealand university settings, queer romance with teeth, twin drama, emotional chaos, and humour that keeps running even when the danger gets too close.
