Reviews - Faking with Benefits

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UM, so that happened *fans self*. The author warned us about the spice and not to be fooled by the cover but I was like meh it'll be fine... whoops. This was actually such a fun read, it make me laugh in so many ways and the banter was wonderful. I enjoyed Layla taking back her power and owning the strong women she is. I definitely had to use my imagination on this one and I can't say it wasn't educational

kodeerants's review against another edition

5.0

This is a solid 5⭐️ romance novel for me. The main character, Layla Thompson, is extremely likable. She's not good at dating - like tragically terrible at it. It's almost hard to read sometimes, lol. She designs lingerie, has her own successful business, and is very busy. I almost feel bad for the girl. She was stressing most of the book.

But, luckily, she has 3 good-looking single male best friend neighbors who have a single guys podcast that have come up with an idea to help her... where they ALL date her. Yep. All of them. It's wild. Their plan is to originally have Zach and Josh fake date her to help her know how to date, kiss, and have satisfying lovemaking. They wanna use their time together also for a podcast segment about their fake dating. Which Layla agrees to and even participates in the podcast. Luke is hesitant to join in because of their past but eventually gives in.

Now let's learn about our leading men...

First, you got Zach, who is struggling with the death of his first love, has a man bun, and uses adorable nicknames for her. Then you have Luke, who was her old teacher in high school. Poor Lukey also suffered through a rough divorce with his see you next tuesday ex-wife Amy. Amy is also marrying Josh - our last male's brother Rob - and Josh has been in love with Layla for years. Poor guy has it baaaaad.

There is a lot of plot, lots of spice, and lots of drama. They deal with issues with the podcast, them all trying to help Layla learn how to date, one of Layla's bullies from high school harassing her, drama with Amy interferring with their relationship, you learn about how the high-school was hiding complaints against students, etc. Like i said, there is lots of plot. Even breakups happen. But dont worry... Layla finds the love she was looking for. Loved the ending!

You also got a lot of spice

tams_books's review against another edition

2.0

I kinda DNFd this book halfway through
It’s not a bad book, the spice of it all was just too much for me and there wasn’t enough actual plot to follow along with. But yeah.. go give it a shot though if that’s your speed.

readinglustwithjenna's review against another edition

5.0

Who knew you could mix a fake dating trope with a reverse harem??? Also my first romcom revers harem. I really enjoyed reading this book and connecting with the characters. And the downloaded bonus epilogue just made everything even better!