First off, you only need about 0.3% of your brain power to read through this. This is basic writing at it’s best (I’m so sorry to say this to a newish, independently published author, but NO). one of my pet peeve is when a newer book is eerily similar to an older book, and this one just felt too much like The Wall of Winnipeg; from the plot, to the characters … it was like getting deja vu. while the book wasn’t entirely the same, i just had a hard time separating the two. So, you could imagine Scarlett Sawyer's surprise when he asked her to go from personal chef to pretend girlfriend on the day of her resignation. I'm happy that Mae decided to study further & stop her business. She was banned from the industry because she outed her former boss for stealing money from underaged models for illegal activities, so he started spreading lies about her everywhere. She started her own company but it was going downhill. I'm happy that he went to jail. The epilogue was cute. ✨ But I do how to say, it's very fast-paced. I was on chapter two last night at like midnight and was able to finish it today at two pm.

one day, abel's coach approached and told him to find a girlfriend to show that their team is family oriented and each player is committed. he is single, he don't date and he never sleep around, because he's pining after scarlett and nobody knows about it. the media has branded him the "unattainable bachelor" and the team's PR wanted him to fix his image. with this information, abel asked scarlett to be his fake girlfriend, which she didn't say yes to immediately. in exchange for this favor, he promised her that she'll get his house in return. it was scarlett and her bff's dream to live close to each other, and currently she's been living in her friend's pool house. abel gave her all the time she needed to think about his proposition and after a week scarlett said yes to him, and that's where everything started. And the ending…the ending elicited an audible groan from me. ( he proposes, she says yes, they have a shotgun wedding the next day, then cheerfully try for babies, all cocooned in some of the worst writing, and *twitching members* I have ever had the misfortune to read). Mae met him when she was 5 years old and developed a crush on him, but due to a misunderstanding, they both started to hate each other, always competed with each other, and argued. After high school, they went on to build their careers and met 7 years later. idk if it’s on purpose to focus more on the romance aspect but they’re supposedly grown adults with actual careers but it almost always feels like they’re college kids. who skip class often. it genuinely feels like even from the beginning, their whole lives revolve around each other which just feels off to me bc there was no structured timeline & like i said, a whole mess.

Fantasy League

October was caring, gentle, & attentive toward her. The aftercare scene was JUST SO CUTE. 🥺😩 Even though they hated each other, he never wanted to hurt her feelings. His dirty talking >>> at the beginning he threw away all the food she cooked him bc she made him so nervous he couldn't eat?? both MC have a change in their manners that I really had to think and read again if i changed book all of a sudden

this so sweet, cute, romantic, and freaking slooooowburn. the first time they do the deed was around 84% of the book. they fooled around but the actual act happened almost at the end of the book. anyway, it was adorable reading how they are very sweet and caring with each other or how they are "fake" dating but none of what they do screams fake. they were both attracted to each other and are both slowly falling while still being in this ruse, and it was satisfying and swoony to read. the thoughtfulness of these mcs are so endearing and i'm here for all of it. The only question was, would an enigma from Abel's recent past tear them apart for good or bring them closer together than ever?

Open Library

The book felt very rushed at it genuinely had no purpose what so ever. And I also can't get over the weird names he called her. I hope y'all who gave this book a high rating, found a sense in the whole shitshow bc I surely had not. With tensions between the two of them as high as ever, it was only right for them to try and relieve some of their pent up energy between the sheets, right?

When she burned the dress.... you better believe I took a moment to meditate on that level of pettiness... I truly hope to achieve it one day.I’m gonna be a bitch just to save a lot of you your time and list a few reasons why this book was a 1 star read for me: One would‘ve thought that after two decades of knowing each other, we’d have worked through our animosity toward one another by now.