Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: Just for Show
AUTHOR: Jae
PUBLISHER: Ylva Publishing
LENGTH: 311 Pages
RELEASE DATE: March 7, 2018
BLURB:
When Claire, an overachieving psychologist with OCD tendencies, hires Lana, an impulsive, out-of-work actress for a fake relationship, she figures the worst she’ll have to endure are the messes Lana leaves around. It’s only for a few months anyway. And it’s not as if she’ll enjoy all those fake kisses and loving looks. Right?
A lesbian romance where role-playing has never been so irresistible.
REVIEW:
Unlike most of my fellow lesfic readers, who have devoured almost every single one of Jae’s books, this is only the third story I’ve read by this talented author. So, while I don’t have many others to compare it to, this is without a doubt my favourite.
Both leads are awesome women. What keeps me glued to the pages of a book is being invested in at least one of the leads. Being invested in two, as was the case here, meant for a couple of late nights of reading into the wee hours of the morning.
As per the blurb, when Claire is unceremoniously dumped by her fiancée, she needs a fake fiancée to seal a book deal. The thing is, when two very different women who know next to nothing about each other, are thrust together, things are bound to go either extremely well…or not.
If you’re looking for convoluted drama, silly miscommunication, we like each other/we hate each other, push-pull conflict, you won’t find it here. And, in a nutshell, the absence of all those things made this story all the more better.
I loved the contrast of body image and size. Claire has rigid rules and is extremely thin, whereas Lana is unapologetically curvy. Again, their acceptance of each other, warts and all, okay no warts, was heart-warming.
While I could go on and on about all the things I loved about this story—I wrote about two pages of notes—I can sum it up in two words; LOVED IT!
Just for Show gets 5 big fat hearts from me.
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BUY LINKS:
Ylva Publishing