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Fake Out
by Eden Finley
Review also found on my blog.
content warnings: homophobia, explicit sexual content, forced outing, family member with cancer
representation: bisexual main character, gay main character, m/m main relationship, gay main and side characters
Well damn, this was much better than I expected. Hearing the premise of a guy pretending to be gay to break up with his girlfriend and then years later having to get a fake boyfriend to go with to her wedding, I was skeptical to say the least. But Eden Finley fucking pulled it off.
I really liked both the main characters, and pretty much all of the supporting cast, which is good for a book like this for two reasons. The first is because if you don't care about the two mains then you won't care about their relationship, making the book completely worthless. The second being that there are several more books in this series, many which follow side characters from this book, so either you like them or you stop reading at this book.
Maddox and Damon, the two main characters, have really good chemistry. From fake boyfriends to friends to actual boyfriends, they're dynamic stays amazing throughout and I really enjoyed getting to see their relationship develop.
As with all romance books, especially smutty ones, there has to be some big conflict, and odds are I'll hate it. This was the case here, but Eden Finley was smart and knew to keep the conflict simple and not have it last for too long, which made it far more bearable than usual. Going from a not-so-positive to a positive, the sex scenes were really good. Honestly, don't really have much to say on that front other than they were really well-written.
If you're looking for a good smutty male/male romance, then I would definitely recommend this one. I don't think I would recommend the audiobooks though because even though the narrators were really good at playing their characters, their voices for others characters (particularly women) kept taking me out of the story.
content warnings: homophobia, explicit sexual content, forced outing, family member with cancer
representation: bisexual main character, gay main character, m/m main relationship, gay main and side characters
“Fuck, he’s good-looking when he smiles. So much so, I’m wondering if my family will call bullshit on our little act. Clearly, if I was with Damon for real, I’d be punching above my weight.”
Well damn, this was much better than I expected. Hearing the premise of a guy pretending to be gay to break up with his girlfriend and then years later having to get a fake boyfriend to go with to her wedding, I was skeptical to say the least. But Eden Finley fucking pulled it off.
I really liked both the main characters, and pretty much all of the supporting cast, which is good for a book like this for two reasons. The first is because if you don't care about the two mains then you won't care about their relationship, making the book completely worthless. The second being that there are several more books in this series, many which follow side characters from this book, so either you like them or you stop reading at this book.
Maddox and Damon, the two main characters, have really good chemistry. From fake boyfriends to friends to actual boyfriends, they're dynamic stays amazing throughout and I really enjoyed getting to see their relationship develop.
As with all romance books, especially smutty ones, there has to be some big conflict, and odds are I'll hate it. This was the case here, but Eden Finley was smart and knew to keep the conflict simple and not have it last for too long, which made it far more bearable than usual. Going from a not-so-positive to a positive, the sex scenes were really good. Honestly, don't really have much to say on that front other than they were really well-written.
If you're looking for a good smutty male/male romance, then I would definitely recommend this one. I don't think I would recommend the audiobooks though because even though the narrators were really good at playing their characters, their voices for others characters (particularly women) kept taking me out of the story.