I loved this book. Suuuuper cliched, but so lovable and romantic. I would love to bake like Cupcake. I would actually start a vlog like hers, but books instead of movies.

I love how its swoonworthy, and how Rhys never even doubted her in the first place.

CUPCAKE

by Cookie O’Gorman

(Entangled Teen, 11/2/21)

9781649370327

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The Perfect Play by Cookie O’Gorman

The Perfect Play Cookie O’Gorman (Southern U O’Brien Brothers, #2) Publication date: July 8th 2021 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Sports She’s playing to win. Okay, so I probably shouldn’t have made that bet with Emmy. But come on! She was challenging me. Attract a guy in seven days? No problem. Well…maybe just one. The guy she chooses is her brother, Chase O’Brien aka…

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Wallflower Cookie O’Gorman Publication date: March 25th 2021 Genres: Romance, Young Adult Wallflower (wohl-flou-erh): Identifier for someone who is shy and/or awkward. For reference, see Viola Kent. Seventeen-year-old Viola Kent likes being invisible. Well, not literally, but she’s content being a loner, reading her books, and hanging out with the animals at the shelter. She just wants to keep…

Summary: In order to keep from getting set up on awful dates by her well meaning friend, Sally recruits her best friend since birth, Becks, to play her fake boyfriend. Which wouldn't be such a problem if Sally hadn't been in love with Becks her entire life.

Thoughts: I'm a sucker for fake relationship stories. Throw in the whole pining for your best friend thing and I'm hooked. So it's safe to say I came into this book pretty much knowing I was going to like it and it didn't disappoint. It's cute and funny and Sally, the female protagonist is quirky and dorky and easy to relate to. Plus, I love reading books where you figure out what's going on before the main character does and then you're spending the rest of the book just waiting for the main character to finally realize the truth. As much as not communicating is so frustrating, it's also excellent at keeping you gripped to the story.

Meet Cute: Sally and Becks grew up together, so they're already best friends when the story begins.

Circumstances That Throw Them Together: One of Sally's friends decides that Sally needs a boyfriend and begins to set her up on awful blind dates. Figuring that having a fake boyfriend will keep her from having to go on said dates, Sally asks Becks to pretend to date her and he agrees in exchange for Sally doing his calculus homework for him.

The Sizzle: Sally has been in love with Becks forever and because the book is told entirely from her point of view, you're not really sure how Becks feels until much later on. That being said, you do get a few clues to how he's feeling along the way that make you wonder how Sally could possibly be so oblivious. 

The Kiss: The first kiss is actually completely genuine, but because of the circumstances surrounding the situation, Sally misinterprets Becks's feelings and thinks he's only kissing her to keep his cover as her fake boyfriend.

Conflict: As with any good fake relationship story, the central conflict has to do with the fact that Sally is has genuine feelings for her best friend who seems to think that what's going on between them is just a game.

“Because you want to keep playing pretend when all I want to do is make it real.”

Love Confession: It happens towards the end of the book when Sally gets fed up with playing pretend and decides its about time she tells Becks the truth about how she feels.

“There’s only one thing I know— have always known— that I wanted out of life. And it’s you.”