Fake It ‘Til You Break It by Meagan Brandy

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fake.
That’s what we are.
That’s what we agreed to be.


I thought it would be harder, convincing everyone our school’s star receiver was mine and mine alone, but we played our parts well.

So well, the lines between us began to blur until they disappeared completely.


The thing about pretending, though, someone’s always better at it, and by the time I realized my mistake, there was no going back.


I fell for our lie.
And then everything fell apart.

It turned out, he and I were never playing the same game. 

He didn’t have to break me to win. 
But he did it anyway.

Fake It ‘Til You Break It

Can’t buy me love!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚❤️💜
Steam: 🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 🤓😉☺️😍🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Demi Davenport – in Chemistry, lab partners are assigned, and Demi expects to be assigned to Alex, the guy who is second in their class and has been her partner for the last two years, but instead is assigned to Niko Sykes. Demi isn’t a fan of Niko, especially since he bit her in the third grade. When she is mooning over Alex, Niko tells her not to bother as Alex is already chasing after another girl.

The Hero: Niko Sykes – he is a tall, handsome football god in their high school. He has an on again, off again girlfriend. He lives in the hour behind Demi Davenport’s. They were friends as kids but haven’t been for a long time. He loves to rile her up.

The Story: Though Demi really dislikes Niko, she can see how attractive he is and can’t help herself from watching when she sees him in his hot tub with a girl through her bedroom window. Of course, he sees her watching and gives her the business the next day at school. The next few weeks at school go in a similar way, with them getting thrown together at different times and not getting along too well. Though it becomes obvious that he has more interest in her than he pretends.

When he sees that Demi is interested in his teammate and nemesis Alex, he offers her a proposition to have a fake relationship. He tells her that acting desperate isn’t the way to get Alex’s attention. That he won’t want her if getting her is too easy. That Alex only wants what belongs to someone else. So she agrees and they fake it.

I call the fake high school relationship romance the ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ trope. I used to love that movie. Like the movie, this one is a bit juvenile in parts, though what else can you expect from a high school romance. It was pretty obvious to the reader that despite his reputation and the fact that he had the on again, off again romance with Josie, he has had a crush on Demi for quite a while and this was his way to get her attention. Though Demi had no clue. The book gets better as it goes on and there is some relationship drama as well as family drama with each of the main characters.

This book was told in dual points of view via dual narration. It was narrated by Christian Fox and Jennifer Mack. Jennifer Mack’s voice isn’t my favorite but isn’t too annoying. She is able to show emotion through her voice, but there is something about her voice that I don’t really like. Christian Fox has a great voice and does a terrific job.

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