Faking it never felt so good in this red-hot new standalone by New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg—available in audio first! Zane Phillips mistook me for his dog walker. It shouldn’t surprise me that the man with a suit more expensive than my rent would assume that I was there to serve him. The positive? I put him in his place. The negative? I missed my job interview because of it. Now I find out he’s a rich Australian entrepreneur, and he wants to make up for tanking my interview. Yes, he’s impossibly hot – but he’s also an arrogant jackass—so . . . no thanks. But after a little white lie I tell spirals out of control, I’m somehow offered the chance to play Zane’s girlfriend to help promote his new dating website – and the best part? He can’t say no because he’ll get caught in his lie too. Little did I know this would entail sharing a tour bus with him for the next few months. The fact that the bus has just one bed isn’t the most ideal of circumstances, but this spokesperson gig might be the kick in the pants my career needs, so why not take a chance? Famous last words. Now I’m crisscrossing the country–and sharing that bed—with the one guy I can’t stand. And even worse, my traitorous body is wondering at every turn what it’s like to be down under the gorgeous Australian. But as the miles unfurl, so does our passion…and if I’m not careful, I might end up believing that fairytales really do come true.
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OVERALL: 2.5 stars, forgettable, weird writing style, 'meh' main characters.
This was a quick and easy book, I flew through it in a few hours in two sittings.
While it was perfectly enjoyable during my reading, I'm realizing just two days later that it's a pretty forgettable story. I usually don't mind a bunch of tropes, but this book was too stereotypical and not original enough for me--could easily find the same thing but better.
I was annoyed that Harlow from the very first interaction with Zane was like "this jerk! I mean, I do find him attractive and he's right that I am interested in pursuing him..." This wasn't enemies to lovers in my opinion because she never really considered him as an enemy? I wanted there to be more tension between these two. Zane was grumpy she had manipulated him, but is totally driven by his lust for her that he lets it go.
Zane also was all over the map on his voice and actions--he would be harsh in what he'd say but then turn around and be very kind in action immediately thereafter. I didn't view this as Harlow did as evidence of his real feelings, but more that his character was inconsistent.
The writing style was odd to me--it was partially told in this voice that was second person? As if the main characters were breaking the fourth wall to talk to the reader, but then that wasn't maintained--it was mostly at the start of the book and when we would switch characters. Almost as if the narrator was interviewing them? I didn't hate it, but it wasn't carried through the book and therefore was a weird element.
Also, there were a number of sentences that had awkward word choice/arrangement. If I've got to back up and re-read a sentence to figure out the cadence or meaning, that's fine if it happens rarely or there's just maybe a missing comma. But for me this was happening WAY too frequently--probably almost every chapter. I think the writing was informal and too casual for the non-dialogue narrative, which combined with less punctuation caused hiccups for me.
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