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Faking with Benefits

Lily Gold

3.86 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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4/5

Such a solid read! OMG! It definitely makes you laugh and blush uncontrollably. This was so much better than I thought it would be, I'm not even slightly upset because this totally lived up to the hype.

Layla's an absolute hoot and deserves the world. Josh was an absolute sweetheart and was absolutely never a dick. Zack is an ass but I guess it's not the worst thing in the world, his struggle is rough but I guess he was fine. Luke was the worst, and I'm not sure I forgive him myself. He could have groveled a bit more.
funny lighthearted medium-paced

Fun RH read. It wasn’t as light-hearted as I thought it would be, as it dealt with topics like bullying, sexual harassment, death of a loved one (in the past), and online harassment.

Overall I did enjoy it very much, and even stayed up way too late reading it, which is rare for me lately.
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sydneynicole's review

3.75
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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kater07's review

3.5
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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
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gigi4books's review

3.5
emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced
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sydneyamend's review

3.75
emotional funny reflective 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

ok this one was good !! i loved the relationship everyone had. i love the characters. the reason for 3 stars instead of 5 is because the third act breakup was kinda ridiculous / crazy. not only did two of them break up with her bc of their own issues (and act crazy immature about it … instead of just having a conversation), but layla was also completely slut shamed by the entire internet, people irl, and lost a job offer bc the boys were trying to “ignore” the drama and hope it went away.

it just kept going

Why did I start this? Why did I continue? And why did I finish it? I don't know, maybe because of the cost I spent on the audiobook.