Even though he was honest that he didn’t want anything serious from the beginning, he completely led Alexa on, acting more like a partner as the “relationship” blossomed. When Alexa gets upset about things he’s said, he passes those off as jokes when they CLEARLY weren’t. He’s clearly possessive and has aggression issues. There’s no real character growth until the epilogue, which I would’ve rather seen throughout the story. Or they try to solve their issues with sex … ugh! The worst thing is ALL of their issues could have EASILY been resolved by TALKING! Instead, they CONSTANTLY jump to conclusions. They constantly have temper tantrums and run away from their problems rather than COMMUNICATING. The most infuriating part of this novel is how OVERLY DRAMATIC AND IMMATURE the two MCs are. As much as I was expecting to adore this novel, Guillory’s fake-to-real romance story completely missed the mark for me. I tried to write a short review, but I couldn’t. Genre / Themes: Contemporary | Realistic Fiction | Romance Published on January 30th 2018 by Berkley

They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want…

Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other… Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend…Īfter Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. But there’s something about Drew Nichols that’s too hard to resist. A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel.Īgreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do.

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