Review: The Faker Rulebook by Baylin Crow
SYNOPSIS:
The Faker Rulebook: A perfect guide to a successful fake relationship with your straight best friend.
Noah—Rook Oliveira stumbled into my life when I was eleven years old.
Being the scrawny new kid at school with a mouth full of braces, I never expected to become unlikely best friends with the most popular boy in seventh grade.
At eighteen, I gathered the courage to tell him I was gay and admitted I’d never kissed a guy. He offered to be my first. Straight or not, that kiss had burned with nearly tangible fire and tattooed the moment on my heart.
I’ve spent the last four years trying to forget it.
Now we’re seniors in college, and I’ve learned why secret relationships are a bad idea.
My brother is getting married, and my cheating ex is the best man. Honestly, Rook is more upset about it than I am. He comes up with this crazy plan to be my fake boyfriend for the week of the wedding.
If we’re doing this, then we need to set some rules. Between fake kisses and sharing a bed, things could get messy. Because I’m in love with my best friend—and he has no idea.
The rules are simple. I never expected Rook to be the one that started breaking them.
REVIEW:
This book was a sweet, quick friends-to-lovers romance. Baylin Crow is a new-to-me author and this story was exactly what I hoped for. It was the type of palette cleanser I needed. Light-hearted, fluffy, and sweet, I quickly fell in love with Noah and Rook.
The story starts with Noah and Rook becoming childhood friends. Over the course of their childhood, teenage, and college years we learn that Noah is in love with Rook and Rook has no idea. They are the best of friends but during their last year of college, things change. Rook starts to realize that maybe he cares for Noah in a deeper way and Noah is too scared to admit that he has feelings. Cue the endless misunderstandings and fears over risking their friendship for something more.
The story was a blend of some of my favorite troupes, fake-date…check and oh, we have to share a hotel bed…check. And while the story did seem super short, the romance didn’t seemed rushed. If anything, their years of friendship only seemed to build the foundation to something more.
It was a quick read, if you are looking for depth and plot twists, this isn’t the book. Instead this is the type of book that reads effortlessly and leaves me feeling light and looking forward to my next book.
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