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The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

39 reviews

shaykay's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.0

Overall, this one felt overhyped. I read it back when it first came out, and I was excited because I thought it would be a new omegaverse that's traditionally published. So far, every omegaverse that I've read has been indie-published. So I was excited for it. However, this is more of a shifter's book than an omegaverse. To me, omegaverse is like they don't shift, and you have alphas, betas, and omegas, and they tend to have extra senses like scents that draw people to one another. So I thought it would be different, but it was alright. I like shifters and stuff like this; however, this one leaned too hard on the miscommunication between Mackenzie and Noah. I wish they had more issues or focused more on fake dating because that had a lot of fun drama. It's a good book if you're starting to get into this genre and like things on the lighter side, but it wasn't for me. Plus, it's a cute cover.

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yoohanna's review against another edition

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4.75

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sinoclock's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

I like omegaverse so this gets bumped up over a 3.

The 3rd act breakup and the ending felt a bit too "is that really how it would happen" for me to give it a better rating.

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kim03's review against another edition

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1.75

An ungodly amount of sex scenes (would it be so hard to market these kinds of books as erotic romance? I'm just saying that was A LOT and I would've liked a warning)
The blackmail. I do not care if this is a spoiler, I think everyone who thinks about reading this book should know about it. You could smell it coming from a mile away (=not skillfully interwoven into the story so that there's still a mystery around it and so that I won't think the characters are grade a stupid). The climax/ conflict that ensues (third act breakup) could've EASILY been avoided but alas the author just HAD to make me hate the characters and the book. So.
Let's get back to the erotic romance point. What if some of the side plot was shortened and the author actually chose to focus on the stupid/ cringe factor and the erotic aspect? I feel like this shouldn't have been a rom-com (in the pure sense), and if the book knew not to take itself so serious (which I felt was a problem here, like there was little self awareness of how dumb and cringe this shit actually was) it could've been better.

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vminsky's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

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alexasolis98's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

The story was alright. Not a lot of depth to it. The whole concept of shifters, alphas and omegas is a bit unclear. I don't think certain aspects of their biology is fully explain, so I often don't understand the why of things. I feel like the author expects you to have background knowledge on these concepts instead of building them herself. The third act could have been entirely avoided had someone been willing to communicate.

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lauwbinx's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

At first I was like “fake dating but make it omegaverse? Sign me up!” but it was just meh.

The third act breakup and the fucking miscommunication are driving me CRAZY. Don’t they (the authors) know how to get to the ending of a book without it??? Also, was it necessary to always put such emphasis on their goddamb scent? We get it…. Started great, went downhill and I got bored real quick at about 60%.

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jwanpeters's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No

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fairynanook's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

To be fair, I don't usually read Omegaverse stuff, so that was on me. But I like the fake relationship trope and all my apps were pushing this one at me as a suggestion, so I gave it a try. It was ok, but honestly, I just didn't love it.

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missmarshey's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the book. I liked having both Mackenzie and Noah’s perspective.

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