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The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

122 reviews

tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Grumpy x sunshine ✅

Fake relationship ✅

Cute? Yes.
Sexy? Obviously.

I will not be speaking about knots lol but I was surprised to see it again as I thought I was an avid reader of the werewolf universe.
I’ve been humbled.

Taking a step back from that, this couple has nothing in common!

They’re not into the same things, and Noah has the personality of wet cardboard.

I kept waiting for more of him to be revealed, (he’s really into music or cooking or hiking or whatever) but he’s just hot and tall and a doctor.

And yes, being a doctor is a great passion but we don’t get any backstory or “why” so it rings hollow.

For the premise of the book and the main conflict to unfold because of Noah’s career, I would’ve liked a little bit more about why it was so important to him, and to drive home the consequences of potentially losing his job.

I did like that MacKenzi’s arc felt logical. Terrible (sad) Dad leaves her and her fear of commitment and abandonment means that watching her slowly come to terms with loving another person made sense. I was glad that that wasn’t the thing to drive a wedge between them.

As a couple, chemistry was very obvious and I guess that’s because of the alpha-omega thing. She’s the bigger catch in the relationship (there’s gotta be one, that’s fine) but I don’t understand what she’s getting in return from their relationship so (like all the other characters) I find their romance a little hard to believe.

If Ferguson’s goal was to write a steamy werewolf book then cool; mission accomplished and I dig it. However, I think she fell flat with the actual substance of the story.

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readingonfordearlife's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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allisonk9's review against another edition

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funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

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fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

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3.75

I need this to be a series. I need more stories from this hospital. Parker. Priya. Noah's cameos. Mack??? I'm not done with this world.

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krballard's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Lots of 🌶️. Overall a delightful omegaverse rom-com.

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ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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achristi's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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salinafloye's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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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yasmin_reads's review against another edition

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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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meripm's review against another edition

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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

The writing was incredibly sloppy. The punctuation was all over the place and sometimes not even the grammar was correct. It felt like a first draft, not a published book.

Oh, and you can always tell when a book used to be Reylo fanfiction: the author will not stop telling us how big and enormous the male love interest is compared to the tiny main character.

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