Review: No Faking My Feelings
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2013
First and foremost, you have to suspend disbelief that situations like this actually happen in order to truly enjoy this book. I know this is a popular trope, but it does seem to be a bit overdone. However, the author handles it in a competent manner so it isn't too annoying. That said, I still kept wondering throughout, why are these two allowing themselves to be manipulated like that? This is the part where I had to suspend disbelief to enjoy the story because I kept taking myself out of it by wondering that. Especially Derek. He is portrayed as such a strong, independent, fierce character, I couldn't believe he would allow Stephanie's boss to railroad him like he did. And the way Stephanie fought him every step of the way was kind of annoying, too. In several cases, Derek was just trying to do a nice thing for her and she was a little over the top in her stand against him.As for their romance, it was kind of bland and unremarkable. No real sparks. It was kind of hard to believe these two fell for each other like they did, especially since it started in such a mercenary way. I never really bought into it, especially since there was little build up to it. First, it was just a business/doing a favor for her brother thing (which is how they met - him doing a favor for her brother), and then, at the very end, all of a sudden they were crazy about each other. There wasn't a good enough build to that where they questioned their feelings and such. I couldn't believe they fell so hard, so quickly, for one another.Final Assessment: It was an enjoyable read, but didn't stand out from the pack of similar-themed stories.