A review by bookishlychar
Faking It With My Best Friend by Kate O'Keeffe

4.0

Faking it with my Best Friend is a sweet friends to more story. Ryn and Gave have been friends since childhood. The small town has been matchmaking Ryn and Gabe forever. They have both been pining for each other forever, both afraid of ruining the good friendship they have. When Ryn starts dating Joe, Gabe cannot find it in himself to support it, he knows Joe is no good, now only if Ryn will see who her perfect match is.

I loved the friendship between Ryn and Gabe. Not only is Ryn an important person in Ryn's life, but her whole family has become part of his. His fear of losing his "found family" is a normal one and made sense. I thought the history between Ryn and Gabe was written perfectly and made me love the story even more.

The whole town knew Ryn and Gabe were in love with each other (even without admitting it to themselves) and I thought it was cute how they pushed them together at times. I also thought the third act conflict didn't drag on and was dealt with in a good way (not breaking up, but rather asking for space).

I thought this was a cute friends to lovers, slow-burn romance and enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you to the author for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.