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A review by mishale1
Make My Wish Come True by Alyson Derrick, Rachael Lippincott
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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? No
3.5
Caroline and Arden were best friends, but Arden left at 14 for Hollywood and hasn’t come back since. She also hasn’t even contacted Caroline in the past 4 years.
It hurt Caroline even more because she was just starting to realize her feelings for Arden before she left.
Arden has hit it big in Hollywood but she’s had to put on a bit of a mask and pretend to be a party girl. That reputation became real after awhile and now the bad girl image is potentially costing her the movie she is dreaming of starring in.
Her agent suggests that Arden is in fact a girl from a small hometown just like the main character. In fact it’s the type of town that’s like a Hallmark movie and goes all out for Christmas. She also claims that Arden is going home to see her former best friend now girlfriend.
Now Arden is stuck going home for the holidays and begging Caroline to pretend to be her girlfriend. Whats in it for Caroline though? She will get to write an article for a magazine about their twelve holiday themed dates. And writing professionally is Caroline’s dream.
At first things are frigid between them but soon they start feeling like long lost friends and the feelings start coming back too.
I enjoyed this book but there wasn’t as much of a focus on the twelve Friday dates as I’d have liked. It also delves into something I hadn’t thought about at first: Caroline pretending to be Arden’s girlfriend isn’t just a cute way for them to potentially fall in love, it is also massively life changing because now Caroline is someone the paparazzi cares about. She can’t ever just be a normal 18 year old after this herself and she never chose to be famous.
It hurt Caroline even more because she was just starting to realize her feelings for Arden before she left.
Arden has hit it big in Hollywood but she’s had to put on a bit of a mask and pretend to be a party girl. That reputation became real after awhile and now the bad girl image is potentially costing her the movie she is dreaming of starring in.
Her agent suggests that Arden is in fact a girl from a small hometown just like the main character. In fact it’s the type of town that’s like a Hallmark movie and goes all out for Christmas. She also claims that Arden is going home to see her former best friend now girlfriend.
Now Arden is stuck going home for the holidays and begging Caroline to pretend to be her girlfriend. Whats in it for Caroline though? She will get to write an article for a magazine about their twelve holiday themed dates. And writing professionally is Caroline’s dream.
At first things are frigid between them but soon they start feeling like long lost friends and the feelings start coming back too.
I enjoyed this book but there wasn’t as much of a focus on the twelve Friday dates as I’d have liked. It also delves into something I hadn’t thought about at first: Caroline pretending to be Arden’s girlfriend isn’t just a cute way for them to potentially fall in love, it is also massively life changing because now Caroline is someone the paparazzi cares about. She can’t ever just be a normal 18 year old after this herself and she never chose to be famous.
Content Warnings
Minor: Abandonment