143 reviews for:

The Love Lie

Monica McCallan

4.1 AVERAGE

purplepandajen's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tricia_r's review

4.0

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mcunningham584's review against another edition

1.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brynk's review

4.5

medium-paced

jtaylor_98's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lady_valhella's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

misskatelizabeth's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jazzy0205's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aceystacyyy's review against another edition

2.5

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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fun premise bc fake dating is a great time every time and i enjoy sapphics always but this was kinda boring. 

angieinbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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This is the best Monica McCallan book in a while, so I was happy to see her back to form. I was a little less excited with the fake dating trope. I used to really like fake-dating romances, but I’ve grown a bit tired of them. 

Anyway, the intrigue here is that the fake dating is happening with the sister of Sydney’s ex to attend wedding events for said ex. I liked the set up, I liked the characters (including the side characters), I liked the development of the romance. 

I am docking points for the lack of basic editing. I don’t remember McCallan’s books having so many grammar mistakes, so that was disappointing. Is it bad form to blame her wife, who can’t grammar her way out of a paper bag, for this? (I’m kidding!). 

I’m actually hoping McCallan turns this into another book. But I won’t spoil my whole I want paired up in that one.