Faker

to begin with this review I want to start by saying Emmie was a bit relatable. from “faking” her personality at work because it's full of men to faking orgasms lol i relate a bit. i had a good time reading this. it made me laugh and cringe a little bit...but that's alright. for the amount of discomfort i would say between Tate and Emmie in the beginning, it had me stressed because how can Emmie overthink so much when you just met this man. as time went by they got closer as usual and it was all butterflies and roses. Emmie started crushing on Tate even though he would sometimes still be a bit rude to her. Tate was already in love but due to the past he didn't know how to get Emmie without fucking things up.

their relationship was really cute and goofy i really enjoyed them finally getting together. they reminded me of teenagers to be honest. the spiciness of the book was not much but it definitely suited the story. it was like a enemies to lovers type book with a slow burn i would say. it also had some parts that had me covering my mouth in gasp because of what was happening but i don't want to give spoilers since i think i already gave enough. overall great writing other than one line that did not pass but i won't let it affect my rating. good story build up, character development as well which i really loved especially with Tate. god how i love this man. Tate and Emmie reminded me of my boyfriend and i which i also really love.

another thing, Tate goiong down on Emmie because that's his own pleasure is AMAZING. thats it. i give it a 5 ☆☆☆☆☆ for a debut book, Ms. Smith please make this into a series because the way in ended did not sit right with me !!!! if you like comedy, romance, even enemies to lovers or all in three this book is for you go and give it read !

This book has been on my tbr for so long so I decided to pick it up finally and give it a go.

It was a cute and fun read. I enjoyed the chemistry between Emmie and Tate. They had so many cute moments that made me feel giddy.

It did bother me that they claimed to hate one another until they kissed once and suddenly they were crazy for one another. I think that's due to my annoyance that comes with books labeled as enemies to lovers when it's only that for the first few chapters.

I loved that this book showed the obstacles that follow women working in male dominant workplaces, especially surrounding workplace harassment or the fact that women have to work ten times harder to try to get taken seriously in their field.

This wasn't my favourite book. I feel like perhaps this book wasn't for me and that's okay! I'm glad I gave it a try

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god what the hell

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I went into this book confident I was going to enjoy it. The synopsis sounds cute and I like office enemies-to-lovers romances– there were no flags for me. Unfortunately, I really ended up disliking this one.

First off, right off the bat I had a difficult time with how the author describes things. I have read the entirety of the book and still have no idea how their office space is set up for the things they do to actually happen. Perhaps it is because I don't work in a traditional office, but I still don't see how two offices on either side of a hall, diagonally, can still be close enough for Tate to toss paper from his desk (inside his office) onto her desk (again inside her own office)... diagonally across a hall from one desk to another. My question I suppose is how small are their offices and the hall space??? This was the big one, but there were a few other instances where I couldn't always picture what was being described.

Characters, for me, make or break a story. I can ignore so, so much if I like the characters. The characters weren't super endearing to me. There isn't anything wrong with them at first glance and I see how people might like them. In fact, I was really beginning to like Tate and Emmie was warming up to me. They just make such horrible decisions that it makes it hard to continue liking them. They have cute banter and good chemistry, eventually. Although their personalities, or at least some of the things they say, they don't actually do. 

I think the focus of my dislike of this title, comes to the ending. See, I was a bit confused as to where this book was headed – what would the drama or conflict be? what was the book leading towards? Because I'm used to the conflict or at least some kind of problem being present for most of the book, but here I didn't find anything to question. I think my waiting for the conflict or figuring out what this book would lead to, was making me bored... because I felt like I was waiting.
The end though... first off I'm so over High School Reunions– why do people think they are such a big deal? Why are they even a thing? Let's move on from our past, please. Without giving spoilers, decisions are made by both characters that are quite shitty. That Tate didn't prepare her or warn her is messed up (especially since he... well, there is confusion). THEN, her reaction– the only thing she can think of to do, blew me for a crazy loop. This happens at 82% into the book and let me tell you, I was so close to DNFing the book. So, so close and I almost regret finishing it. 

So, no I did not like this book. But it is a quick and easy read. This is one someone might like as a beach read or if they just aren't looking into as deeply as I did.

I received an Arc copy of Faker. All opinions are my own.

Spoiler Free Section: I loved Faker by Sarah Smith. I should begin this by noting I hate reading workplace romances so for me to love this book is really saying something. While this book does follow a well-loved romance pattern of hate love, it does not fall into overused tropes of forbidden love, unhealthy power dynamics, or anything that would be an HR violation. Yes, I'm shading all the books that involve CEOs and secret, not HR friendly, relationships.

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Faker created a space all its own, bringing something that seemed fresh while familiar in the romance novel industry. While the romance plot of the book was enjoyable, I equally loved the transformation of our main character- Emmie. Emmie hides behind a facade in many aspects of her life to protect herself. She slowly comes out of her shell and realizes her potential to thrive in the workplace without being withdrawn and cold. She recognizes the strengths and innovative ideas she has and leverages in the workplace. I've always been a fan of empowered, strong women in literature of all genres and loved reading about Emmie.