Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen

Fake It Till You Break It

by Jenn P. Nguyen

Mia and Jake have known each other their whole lives. They've endured summer vacations, Sunday brunches, even dentist visits together. Their mothers, who are best friends, are convinced that Mia and Jake would be the perfect couple, even though they can't stand to be in the same room together.

After Mia's mom turns away yet another cute boy, Mia and Jake decide they've had enough. Together, they hatch a plan to get their moms off their backs. Permanently. All they have to do is pretend to date and then stage the worst breakup of all time - and then they'll be free.

It's the perfect plan - except that it turns out maybe Mia and Jake don't hate each other as much as they once thought . . .

Reviewed by layawaydragon on

3 of 5 stars

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>3.5 stars
>Cute. 
>Amazing food. 
>Dual POVs
>Over the unnecessary, ”I eat like a pig, I must exercise” type comments and mentality all the way through. Frustrating as all hell, especially when Mia plays it up when flirting to fish for compliments. Realistic, but it never gets pushed back as a bad thing, which is the exact opposite of helpful to combat this nonsense and torpedoed my enjoyment every time.
>At first they were so good at being at each other’s throat, I had a hard time rooting for them to get together. 
>Then things got all cute and broken and I was won over. 
>Feel like Jake had his moment & his resolution, but we never got to see Mia succeed, besides getting the guy but that’s a hallow victory for me. 
>Moms pushing kids together are creepy, IMHO. Once we got to know them better, as women and not just moms, they were sweet BFFs. I love their character progression and plans at the end. 

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