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If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
1.5

It hurts my soul to rate a fake dating story so low. But there is such little romance in this romance. It is a slow burn to the extreme. It’s mostly just about their terrible lives where apparently a single good thing has never happened to them. Also pushing scorned woman making fake SA accusations as the backdrop? No. 

Terrible pacing. Terrible. See below for full explanation of the pacing. No specific plot points just when the HEA happens

Everything happens in the last 20 pages of the book. There is no payoff until then, and then the nerve to have a miscommunication trope thrown in at the end. If you’re going to have a third act break up, it shouldn’t happen 15 pages from the end.