Book Review: Not Pretending Anymore by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

My thoughts:

I enjoyed this slow burn, fake dating/friends to lover story. Declan and Molly had awesome banter and intense chemistry. This book struck home to me in certain areas and I love when I can relate to characters in a story. One minor issue for me was that I would have liked more time with Declan and Molly as a couple.

One of my favorites things about this writing duo is how the writing is so flawless. The stories always flow well and I can’t tell which author wrote what part and it doesn’t feel like I’m reading two different stories.

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About the Book:

From New York Times bestselling authors, Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland, comes a new standalone novel.

Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I was starting to lose hope.

Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.

Except…uh…wrong prayer, God.

I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion…just not as my roommate.

Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.

While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined.

Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.

You could say he was persistent.

I eventually folded. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway.

Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically.

After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us.

Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.

I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked.

Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his.

But there was one problem.

I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan.

Those feelings we were trying to fake?

Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.