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A review by christiana
Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin, Brendan Halpin
2.0
Great set up right? I mean, read the book summary, it sounds adorable and rom com gold. In actuality? I think it missed the mark hard.
I think the writing was lazy or maybe over edited. I would flip back a page, see that I was reading straight through, but not understand how we got there. The romance was built really badly where I only really caught glimpses of their good times together through flashbacks instead of present time, even though they were supposedly falling in love in real time. There was also this almost kiss scene where the girl has her feet on top of his feet while in the water, but then somehow wrapped her legs around him? Or something? I read the description THREE TIMES because I wanted to be on board with a kiss scene, but it still made no sense.
And how dumb is it to be like "oh, by the way, Charlie, Aaron told me he loooooovvvves you". YES. THAT IS HOW THE CHARACTERS SUPPOSEDLY FIND OUT THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. Why would you not do that through dialogue? I thought it was a trick other characters were playing on the main characters until I finished the book when it dawned on me IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY A REAL THING. And the teen girl's confidante is a grandfather type character. Not. Buying. It.
Anyway, skip it and wait for the Disney Original Movie. It doesn't exist yet, but it totally could and should because that's what the whole plot sounds like. And learn a lesson from me and skip this read because I want my life back.
I think the writing was lazy or maybe over edited. I would flip back a page, see that I was reading straight through, but not understand how we got there. The romance was built really badly where I only really caught glimpses of their good times together through flashbacks instead of present time, even though they were supposedly falling in love in real time. There was also this almost kiss scene where the girl has her feet on top of his feet while in the water, but then somehow wrapped her legs around him? Or something? I read the description THREE TIMES because I wanted to be on board with a kiss scene, but it still made no sense.
And how dumb is it to be like "oh, by the way, Charlie, Aaron told me he loooooovvvves you". YES. THAT IS HOW THE CHARACTERS SUPPOSEDLY FIND OUT THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. Why would you not do that through dialogue? I thought it was a trick other characters were playing on the main characters until I finished the book when it dawned on me IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY A REAL THING. And the teen girl's confidante is a grandfather type character. Not. Buying. It.
Anyway, skip it and wait for the Disney Original Movie. It doesn't exist yet, but it totally could and should because that's what the whole plot sounds like. And learn a lesson from me and skip this read because I want my life back.