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Finge que me quieres

Lucy Score

3.96 AVERAGE

juliecole's review against another edition

3.0

A little too much focus on the sack, the Christmas lights made me "aw" and briefly forget what I was reading.

cmab's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So many parts of this book were 5* moments and you can definitely see how this book informs the Knockemout series! Her writing was a little clunkier in this, lots of info dumping and it felt like she started setting the scene all over again about a 3rd of the way through, which was noticeable enough to be jarring. The cast of background characters and setting are immersive and there are beautiful moments of connection throughout. However, at first I felt unconnected to the main relationship

which actually fits perfectly with Luke distancing himself from Harper

And then there’s the deployment and you fall in love with Harper’s near perfect character!

But Luke is just so frustrating and is such a dick throughout the majority of the book - he uses Harper, leaves her, blames her for his emotional immaturity and grief, threatens and shouts at her and then blames her for him using her!

All of this is more realistic to men than most men written by women are, so from the perspective of character realism, it worked, but it made the ending unsatisfactory. Whilst the HEA was expected in a book like this,

Singing a song and saying - sorry, I do love you actually, I just put you through hell and in danger because I couldn’t have a grown up conversation, please marry me- doesn’t really meet the necessary level of grovelling

The family, friendship and sub-plot were great, the FMC was too sweet and perfect to be true but definitely loveable. I will 100% be reading Aldo and Gloria’s story but also felt this book told a lot of their story too, so we’ll see how that impacts the enjoyment of the next book.

Content Warnings

becbec624's review against another edition

5.0

if you love the fake dating and grumpyx sunshine tropes, this is the book for you. With Harper finding herself being a hero of a small town after a fight in a parking lot , she finds herself surrounded by a close knit community that accepts her and supports her like she has been there all along. With the town insisting on taking care of her until her injuries heal and she has a set place to go, Harper finds herself living with successful business man, and National Guard member Luke.
With Luke having a month until he deploys for 6 months, Harper living in his empty house shouldn't be a problem since there is a set timeline on their companionship. That is until Lukes house starts feeling like a home and he is feeling emotions he has not felt in quite some time.
Following the Harper and Lukes story was so sweet and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Filled with an amazing group of side characters, some very HOT scenes, and a heroine who is strong, this is a great book for anyone looking for their next spicy small town romance.

chloebethx_'s review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hiimizzy's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

suzysuzy34's review against another edition

5.0

What a refreshing change to find a book in third person. First book I have read in a long time that’s kept me hooked and I’ve wanted to keep reading. I loved Harper and Luke and the whole community of Benevolence. Looking forward to book two and three.