This is an easy to read, light book that will take you to small town Tennessee. Maybe Tennessee will offer Brooks all the things he thought he wanted to leave behind. It seems like he’s not the only one with that idea as Ava has also brought her gay BFF, Mal, as her stand in boyfriend, and Mal is everything Brooks wants.īrooks and Mal click instantly, but they both have parts to play, even when the chemistry between the two of them is as hot as the Tennessee summer.

The best thing Brooks can think of is to take his straight best friend, Paul, as his fake boyfriend. He’s not looking forward to returning to small town life and people questioning if he really is gay and he’s certainly not looking forward to seeing his ex-girlfriend, Ava, who never got over their break up in high school. Brooks keeps in touch with his parents, but it’s not the best time when they call and ask him to return home to take part in the annual festival. Growing up in small town Tennessee, Licking Thicket to be exact, wasn’t the best fit for him and he made his way to NYC as soon as he could. This book left me with a curled lip and resentment that I wasted so many hours on it.Brooks Johnson hasn’t been home in ten years. Nasal voice and annoying laugh, and awkward sounding humour. How it got resolved just didn’t work for me either. It’s like the authors just didn’t know how to make the ups and downs in this book. Finally the drama at the end and Mal’s freak out, the things he said, and his decisions were just ridiculous. The whole premise seemed a bit awkward and unnecessary, and the drama of faking didn’t seem to be enough to base a story on. Actually, all the female characters weren’t likeable.

Paul is portrayed as overwhelmed by her beauty, and her liking being adored by him despite his “thinning hair”. She was petty and shallow, and we were supposed to like her? The only “redeeming” feature the authors gave was that she was pretty. However, this book had too many annoying things. She seems to have a loyal following that leave over inflated positive reviews so it’s always difficult to really gauge how good a book of hers is. This book would have been heading towards a typical 3 star ok read which is what I usually give Lucy Lennox stories, with their small town characters and slightly cringeworthy humour.

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