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Это по-настоящему by Erin Watt, Эрин Уатт

shelfleigh's review against another edition

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4.0

Vaughn Bennett agrees to “pretend” to be teen idol Oakley Ford’s girlfriend in order to boost his image in this surprisingly charming new adult contemporary romance.

I’m surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. Contemporary romances, particularly focused on celebrities, are more miss than hit for me. Plus, I had read some less than positive reviews about this book. I’m glad I took a chance on it!

The book balances between the two narrators, Vaughn and Oakley. Vaughn may have an unusual home life, but she deals with everyday issues. What do I want to be when I grow up? What am I passionate about? I appreciate the novel not giving Vaughn all the answers by the end of the novel. It’s refreshing to read about a protagonist learning about herself without having defined everything about herself. On the other hand, Oakley knows exactly what he wants to do, but he’s struggling to do it. His resolution may be more defined than Vaughn’s ending, but his change of heart didn’t feel overly rushed or out of character.

Their romance develops along side their character growth. Oakley falling in love is probably the highlight of the novel. He struggles at times with expressing his emotions, but you really see him learn to channel it into more constructive ways (like his music) than destructive ways (like partying). Vaughn’s feelings are not as direct as Oakley’s feelings, but she is the more private of the two. Some of the drama is contrived, but it’s not overly dramatic.

tl;dr A well-written character-driven book focused on the experience of falling in love.

teresainohio10's review against another edition

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4.0

After reading the Royals series by this author, I was anxious to read anything by this duo. While the Royals are raunchy, violent, and even R rated at times, this book is clearly PG heavy on insta love and HEA. Oakley is a rock star that needs to rebuild a wholesome image and Vaughn is the naive hometown girl hired to do it. At first this is just a publicity stunt for Oakley to get his music career back in the mainstream and kill his bad boy image. As the two spend more time together they begin to like each other and even with his whole team orchrestrated their every move they find time to fall in love and live happily ever after

jongins's review against another edition

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4.0

Is this perfect? Nope. Did I enjoy the hell out of it? Yes.

i_dont_read_blurbs's review against another edition

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4.0

What a cute listen! Loved it!

katikay's review against another edition

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4.0

Really just sucked me in and a lot of heart-throb moments, I will definitely be reading everything Erin Watt comes out with.

totorturtles's review against another edition

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4.0

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mirinconlector_'s review against another edition

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3.0

Para mí, esta ha sido una lectura muy normalita. Ha pecado de previsible para mí, y se va a quedar en un cajón de libros que han pasado sin pena ni gloria.
Oak y Vaughn me han parecido personajes simples y cuyo desarrollo se me ha vuelto extremadamente típico.
Entiendo que haya gente que le ha gustado este libro (ojo, que a mí me ha gustado) pero no me ha parecido la historia tan bonita que cuentan todos que es. He leído historias muchísimo más bonitas en otros libros. Simplemente creo que esta no ha sido para mí.

Ninguno de los dos protagonistas me han encantado, cosa rara en mí en este tipo de libros. En la inmensa mayoria de este tipo de libros, me llego a poner en el lugar de los protagonistas, empatizo con ellos y siento. En este, nada de eso ha pasado. Siempre suelo acabar este tipo de libros con un pellizco en el corazón o simplemente llorando. Pero aquí no ha pasado. Aunque me ha entretenido el libro, me ha parecido demasiado poca cosita.

Creo que cuando para mí el libro iba remontando, la caída libre fue decepcionante. El final, ¿por qué? ¿qué ha pasado ahí? ¿no va a haber consecuencias? (La gente que lo haya leído entenderá de qué hablo). Me ha decepcionado que no hubiera resolución final a este problema que surge en torno al final.
Tampoco soluciona nada el epílogo. El epilogo para mí ha sido simplemente decepcionante. ¿Qué clase de epílogo ha sido ese? Me esperaba otro epílogo, quizás ¿más elaborado? No sé.

Después de leer este libro, he llegado a la conclusión de que en realidad, la forma de escribir de Elle Kennedy, una de las autoras bajo este seudónimo, es lo que me gusta. Me gustan sus historias y su forma de escribir, pero en compañía, me chirría todo. Puede ser por la influencia de la otra autora y que ambas tienen que llegar a un punto intermedio para que no parezcan dos personas distintas sino una sola escribiendo esta historia. Me pasó algo parecido con Los Royals de estas autoras.

hamate_714's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

lovemikaylaeve's review against another edition

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2.0

:-/ what a letdown

forsakenfates's review against another edition

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4.0

Review to come.