Book safety, content warnings, and tropes & tags down below.

“Is it depressing that you’ve only been my fake boyfriend for about a minute, and already you’re treating me better than most real boyfriends I’ve had?”

I don’t have tons to say about this book, but I really did enjoy it. It was delightfully sweet, and a really good representation of the ‘fake dating trope’. It’s low angst, the characters were believable (they didn’t act out of character), and they were both lovable and endearing. What it lacks in angst and shit going down, it made up for in emotions. It’s a very uncomplicated book and not very long, but I still made a good connection with both MCs. Definitely recommend.

For years, I’d followed my desires blindly, and all it had gotten me was being hurt, time and time again.

I was a little bit disappointed by the praise kink teasing that didn’t go anywhere, but the spice that was there was good. It did sort of make up for it with one of the cutest epilogues I’ve read in ages, though.

Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Fake dating
Construction worker/college student
Filming reality tv show
Bisexual awakening
Attention starved
Frat bro/punk rocker

⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Mentions of past binge drinking

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile, no switching on page

Jax was as conscientious as ever, even when he was talking about sucking dick. And bless his heart for that, truly.

My throat was tight. “It’s complicated.” “So fucking explain it,” he pressed, and I kind of loved that he’d called me on my bullshit.

Did good deeds matter, when they were built on a lie?