3.9 AVERAGE

emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

My reading journal entries as the reason for dnf-ing the book

1.
this book has me actually lol, which is not often happening.
funny books mostly only make me smirk
but this...hehe

2.
*sips on her water*
so yeah...the first sex scene happened hihi I...hihi not bad, not bad

3.
a few pages later the second sex scene...anal play happened...
still the second sex scene...no don't do this to me pls do not actually use the word daddy in a sexual way 
this word has to only be used in a ironic way
still the second sex scene his pov why is she continously coming I am getting kind of bored

(exactly the kind of book I like...but some things are absolute icks to me, I am actually sad I am not able to read it bc it seemed quite promising)
emotional lighthearted medium-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

rmdga's review

4.5
emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes

🤍🤍
emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

bel_aminori's review

2.0

I wanted a bit more of that fake dating I was promised. They got together at like before I got to half of the book and had a third-act break-up that occupied the rest??? Also where the fuck did the enemies to lovers go?? The math isn't adding up.

Where was the yearning and jealousy and denial? I wanted more unintentional moments of kindness between the two.

Instead, we got Harley jumping from one conclusion to another and Reed swooping in to fix everything, apologising to her every time and swearing to protect her. She argues she doesn't want to burden him but the healthier option would have been to go to him with the problem and face it together as a couple.

What's frustrating is that the concept is so juicy too. Like fake dating the mayoral candidate of New York??The political drama?? Not to mention how emotionally intense that job could be?? It would have opened up so many scenarios for this story and now it just feels like lost potential.
challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No