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The Wrong Woman
by Cass Lennox
Disclaimer: I received an e-copy of this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Katie is pissed. All she wants is for this evening to finally be over, or to go home with the cute bartender, but for now, she is still stuck with the drunk - and getting drunker - band that she is supposed to film for a music video. But as bad as the evening might seem, the next day somehow actually manages to get worse, despite a great night in between. And in between a crime investigation, bothersome ex-girlfriends, and mothers who just can't wrap their head around their daughter actually wanting to be with a girl, Katie and Zay find themselves in a fake girlfriend situation.
And oh my god, was it good! I'm a big fan of fake-dating and it really worked out well with these two. They had great chemistry and they obviously enjoyed sleeping with each other, but friendship and love actually developed much, much slower, which was awesome. Zay was also super supportive of Katie, when all the terrible stuff happened, and I loved that. But I also would have liked for Katie to be there a bit more for Zay too, especially with her ex-problems, since you could see that this really hurt her, but Katie seemed mostly pre-occupied with all the terrible stuff that was going on in her life at the time. This is totally understandable in those circumstances, but it still bothered me at times since it could have made their characters even more lively.
The only thing that bothered me a bit, was the intense amount of drama that was going on in this book. Next to the will-they, wont-they, the fake-dating, the my-ex-is-terrible-but-i-should-still-help-her, the crime stuff, the are-you-cheating-on-me, and so on, it sometimes got a bit overwhelming and so their relationship sometimes felt a bit forced to me, which took away from my enjoyment quite a bit. I also wish we would have gotten to see more of Zay and her family, or just generally Zay doing something that didn't only focus on Katie or Perry.
Trigger warnings for violence and a short instance of anti-Muslim racism as well as mentioned (past) drug use from a side character.
All in all, I have to say that I quite liked this book, the writing flowed well, the characters were likeable, there was a bit too much drama for my liking, but the romance was (mostly) nice and I actually really liked it.
Katie is pissed. All she wants is for this evening to finally be over, or to go home with the cute bartender, but for now, she is still stuck with the drunk - and getting drunker - band that she is supposed to film for a music video. But as bad as the evening might seem, the next day somehow actually manages to get worse, despite a great night in between. And in between a crime investigation, bothersome ex-girlfriends, and mothers who just can't wrap their head around their daughter actually wanting to be with a girl, Katie and Zay find themselves in a fake girlfriend situation.
And oh my god, was it good! I'm a big fan of fake-dating and it really worked out well with these two. They had great chemistry and they obviously enjoyed sleeping with each other, but friendship and love actually developed much, much slower, which was awesome. Zay was also super supportive of Katie, when all the terrible stuff happened, and I loved that. But I also would have liked for Katie to be there a bit more for Zay too, especially with her ex-problems, since you could see that this really hurt her, but Katie seemed mostly pre-occupied with all the terrible stuff that was going on in her life at the time. This is totally understandable in those circumstances, but it still bothered me at times since it could have made their characters even more lively.
The only thing that bothered me a bit, was the intense amount of drama that was going on in this book. Next to the will-they, wont-they, the fake-dating, the my-ex-is-terrible-but-i-should-still-help-her, the crime stuff, the are-you-cheating-on-me, and so on, it sometimes got a bit overwhelming and so their relationship sometimes felt a bit forced to me, which took away from my enjoyment quite a bit. I also wish we would have gotten to see more of Zay and her family, or just generally Zay doing something that didn't only focus on Katie or Perry.
Trigger warnings for violence and a short instance of anti-Muslim racism as well as mentioned (past) drug use from a side character.
All in all, I have to say that I quite liked this book, the writing flowed well, the characters were likeable, there was a bit too much drama for my liking, but the romance was (mostly) nice and I actually really liked it.