Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - The Fake Mate

This is a 4/5 spicy book for those interested or disinterested in that kind of thing where 1 is a single kiss to seal the deal and 5 is smut on every page. It is a book that I needed as a palate cleanser in between grad school reading, although the train enthusiast slander is not called for imo. The characters were loveable, you know pretty much the exact plot from the word go and that is exactly what I want in my romance books 99% of the time. It would possibly be a good introduction for people wanting to expand their romance reading into pararomance or fantasy romance if they like their romance heavy on the smut because it is very much romance centric with sprinklings of fantasy until like halfway through. The third act conflict is the only thing that wasn't super strong for me and it leans on deception which is like, bottom of the list for me. Very Twilight "I left you for your own good" vibes.

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

DELIGHTFUL!!! I am OBSESSED. I am wary about Omegaverse becoming mainstream in trad publishing but if they’re all gonna be this fun, bring em on!!! It was nearly perfect to me. The MMC was so adam driver-coded that I was questioning the origins of this story. But goddamn he was so hot. And she was a fun FMC. It was a little bit like Omegaverse Lite but that’s probably just due to the traditional publishing. Can’t be too deep into the lore for a standalone rom com as compared to a 1M word ff. I will definitely be checking out everything by this author from now on though!

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fast-paced

3.0

Well that escalated quickly. I didn’t know what the Omegaverse was but now I do. I’m not mad, I just went in blind (cute cover and all that) and you might not want to.

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