Bummed I didn’t like this more. Nathaniel was probably my favorite character but other than that it didn’t make me want to ignore my responsibilities & read for hours.

Part of this wrecked & shocked me but overall it was cute & I will read the next one!

✨𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘✨ “𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦.” The Rivaled Crown is the 3rd & final book in The Veiled Kingdom series. The series is filled with enemies to lovers, who did this to you, fated mates, one bed, touch her & die, morally grey MMC, magic & spiceeee🌶️ Omg where to begin!? I think I’m a little sad right now that this series has come to an end. A trilogy I will always love, with characters I will definitely miss! I loved having more of the fantasy side of things in this book because that’s something I was wanting more of in the last book. This book really ramped up the fantasy side of things & although I loved having more of that, some of it was a lot happening really fast. I definitely could’ve used 100 more pages if things progressed a little slower to have room for more explanation. That being said though, the relationship part of things in this book was so cute & I wouldn’t complain if we got a novella out of this one with some side characters 👀 I loved Dacre & Verena’s relationship in this book & always love seeing how Dacre cares for her. The ceremony (iykyk) was the coolest & I think it was my favorite💖 If you haven’t picked up this series you definitely should give it a try! 💖 Thank you to Holly Renee & her amazing team for my ARC 💖 so happy to be apart of Holly’s Little Traitors🗡️💖

“𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” This book was so sweet! 🥹🥰 Elle is just a girl living in Chicago, riding the train & recording her podcast 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓 when she gets a phone call that her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse. Elle’s grandmother Lovie raised her & she knew this time would be coming, so she decides to go home & help care for her grandmother until she can find a more permanent solution. What she doesn’t expect to find when she shows up at her childhood home is Adam sleeping in her bed. Adam is the nurse who has been assigned to help care for her grandmother & these two can’t stand each other. But when Lovie thinks they’re a couple, these two have to fake it like they mean it for the sake of Elle’s grandmother. I really enjoyed this book! When I thought back after finishing it what I would rate it, I went through my rating system & really enjoyed so much about this book. I tried to think of something that bothered me or I didn’t care for & I couldn’t find a single thing. I loved the relationship that Elle had with her grandmother & seeing the moments they had together was so precious. Watching Adam struggle with things in his own life, but still be there to help Elle with Lovie was the sweetest! I loved these two & honestly every character involved, and I can’t wait for everyone else to get their hands on it! 😍 Fake It Like You Mean It is a super cute romance novel by debut author Megan Murphy! This book features a fake relationship, enemies to lovers, one bed, forced proximity, & Alzheimer’s disease awareness. Thank you to NetGalley, Megan Murphy & Alcove Press for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.