Review: Fake Love by Claire Contreras
SYNOPSIS:
In the twenty-five years I’ve known Cory York, the only thing I didn’t fake with him were my orgasms.
In seventh grade, I faked a stomach flu to stay home and keep him company while he sick. I ended up with a virus that kept me out of school for an entire week.
In twelfth grade I faked an injury to avoid going to prom by myself. He took pity on me, dumped his original date and escorted me to the dance where the spurned girl dumped an entire pitcher of red punch over my head.
In college, I faked being in a relationship with him to get him out of a bind with a classmate. Most recently, I faked a proposal, an engagement, and wedding date.
Between the ring on my finger and the home cooked meals every night, I fell for him. So I left, because Cory York is a good friend, but a terrible boyfriend. I had to leave before he broke my heart.
We went from best friends to complete enemies and silent strangers. Now he’s calling in all his favors, asking asking me to be his date for his sister’s destination wedding. This time I’ll have to fake not loving him.
REVIEW:
I really enjoyed this quick little read. This is actually my first Claire Contreras book, she has been on my TBR forever…I think I actually own some of her books too, but I just haven’t read them yet. This was sticky sweet and I adored it. Second chance romances usually aren’t my thing because it frequently stems from some corny misunderstanding between the main characters, I was happy I gave this book a go. While again, there was a corny misunderstanding, I really liked how the characters came together and actually communicated.
There was plenty of angst and tension that mashed-up with the light-hearted, flirty story that was the perfect balance. There was actually depth to the story and they characters didn’t just jump in the sack and call it a day. There was only one thing that wasn’t addressed that kinda irked me as the story ended, and that was phone call Cory had with his brother. In the end, I definitely was left wanting more.
Disclaimer, there are several moments of confusion as his name is Cory, but the blurbs are saying its Cody on retailers. Secondly there was a little confusion as to if a secondary character was Cory’s cousin or sister…
LINKS:
Read Me Romance Podcast | Goodreads | Amazon
