Morgan
Ten Rules for Faking it by Sophie Sullivan
Everly is having a rough start to her year. On her thirtieth birthday, she caught her boyfriend in bed with his assistant. She goes to work at the radio station and is telling her best friend Stacey this without realizing they are on air. The listeners get upset on her behalf, and start flooding the station with calls and e-mails.
Chris is their boss at the radio station, but his dad owns the station. His dad wants to fire Everly and Stacy for this accident. Chris stands up for them and comes up with a plan to get the rating for the show up. Guys can apply to take Everly on dates, and she will discuss each one on air. At the end, she will pick her favorite. Think The Bachelorette, but on the radio instead of on TV.
While this does improve the ratings, Everly has anxiety and she has to learn to let down her walls and trust people. This is a struggle for her throughout the whole book, but she does finally learn to let people who are worth trusting into her life and her heart. I loved watching her grow in this area. However, I felt like the romance was really a side plot to this storyline. While this is a great story with lots of character growth, the growth doesn’t really happen until the very end of the book, and I was hoping for more romance.
Chris also learns to stand up to his dad, and to find out what makes him happy instead of what pleases his dad (because nothing pleases his dad). This plays out into how and why the romance works at the end. However, once again I felt like this kind of overshadowed the romance plot.
Overall, this is a cute story. I would recommend this if you like a slow burn, very low steam romance with lots of character growth.
3 stars
I received this book for free in return for an honest review.