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lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Thank you for the early copy NetGalley in exchange for a honest review! 🤍
Fake flame is a fake-dating romance ft. A pop culture professor and a firefighter who engage in a fake dating scheme to keep the FMC’s cheating creepy ex away from her.
This book was a quick read! Timmy the dog was probably my fav character, I love a cute dog in books 🫶🏼
Apart from that I’m gonna be honest, nothing in particular stood out to me about the book. I wish the fake dating didn’t feel as rushed as it did, I feel like the dual pov within 1 chapter is one of the reasons why it felt so rushed. If you were to ask me, I’d say this book was very insta- love.
Along with that the ending felt super anti-climatic, given how the creepy ex-boyfriend was supposed to be a bigger plot of the story, I figured that the ending would have involved him a little more.
I also wasn’t a fan of the modern day references such a TikTok and “taking the L (this sentence was actually in the book)”
Overall, this book was pretty meh 🫤
Fake flame is a fake-dating romance ft. A pop culture professor and a firefighter who engage in a fake dating scheme to keep the FMC’s cheating creepy ex away from her.
This book was a quick read! Timmy the dog was probably my fav character, I love a cute dog in books 🫶🏼
Apart from that I’m gonna be honest, nothing in particular stood out to me about the book. I wish the fake dating didn’t feel as rushed as it did, I feel like the dual pov within 1 chapter is one of the reasons why it felt so rushed. If you were to ask me, I’d say this book was very insta- love.
Along with that the ending felt super anti-climatic, given how the creepy ex-boyfriend was supposed to be a bigger plot of the story, I figured that the ending would have involved him a little more.
I also wasn’t a fan of the modern day references such a TikTok and “taking the L (this sentence was actually in the book)”
Overall, this book was pretty meh 🫤
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
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