A review by theresidentbookworm
Fake Boyfriend by Kate Brian

3.0

Okay, so I like Kate Brian (and I loved the Private series until it started getting weird), but something about the premise of Fake Boyfriend rubs me the wrong way. I understand being the friend of a person whose boyfriend is a total a-hole and that friend being unable to see it. My friend Caroline's last boyfriend (who will now be referred to as He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named) was such an asshat of the highest nature that sometimes I just wanted to hit him over the head with a shovel. Still, I'm not sure I would create a fake guy online for her to fall for to get over the ex and then hire a guy to be her prom date. It's just way too sitcom for me. Also, who would go to prom with a guy they met on the Internet? That's very creepy, and Caroline would never go for it. She'd be afraid he's a serial killer. So, Kate Brian, I like you, I really do. Fake Boyfriend, however, could have been better. Friends don't lie to friends to get them away from bad boyfriends. We just wait until the relationship fails (because bad boyfriends make mistakes), and then we comfort them with ice cream and bad movies and mental I told you so's.