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How to Fake-Date a Vampire (Charming Cove, #2)
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Sometimes when you’re dealing with difficult situations, it’s nice to take a break and read something outside of your comfort zone.
Apprentice witch Emma Willowby has resided in the supernatural community of Charming Cove for two years and still feels like an outsider. When her coven provides her an opportunity to become an official member by planning their annual Beltane Ball, she jumps at the chance. She even has the perfect venue in mind.
The only problem is that the estate belongs to the notoriously private Duke of Blackthorn, who has recently returned to Charming Cove unexpectedly. Emma and the duke agree to an unusual bargain: he’ll allow her to use his estate for her ball, if she’ll agree to pretend to be his girlfriend to keep up appearances for his beloved grandmother.
All for show, of course.
No genuine feelings involved.
When I downloaded How To Fake Date A Vampire by Linsey Hall, I had no idea when that the book was the second in a series. However the author did a great job of providing necessary background workout it coming off as excessively expository.
The book is divided into dual povs, those of Emma and Alaric. I personally feel that Emma’s point-of-view flows more naturally, but that is possibly a matter of personal opinion. Emma is a delightful main character and Alaric is an engaging romantic lead.
Both of them have their own insecurities-about themselves and their “fake relationship,” but they do try to deal with them and thankfully avoid the super-dominant/angry male character/submissive female character stereotypes that are very common in romance-themed stories.
The secondary characters, mostly Emma’s best friend Holly and Alaric’s grandmother Vivian were wonderful and I found it very refreshing that Emma had so many people who cared about and supported her.
So many novels with female main characters have them alone and disliked by most people-often other women-and it was a pleasant change.
This is a story for those fond of fake dating-with both parties slowly falling despite themselves-found families that can be our friends, coworkers and fake boyfriend’s relatives and much-deserved happy endings.
Thank you very much to NetGalley, Bonnie Doon Press and Linsey Hall, for providing this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
Apprentice witch Emma Willowby has resided in the supernatural community of Charming Cove for two years and still feels like an outsider. When her coven provides her an opportunity to become an official member by planning their annual Beltane Ball, she jumps at the chance. She even has the perfect venue in mind.
The only problem is that the estate belongs to the notoriously private Duke of Blackthorn, who has recently returned to Charming Cove unexpectedly. Emma and the duke agree to an unusual bargain: he’ll allow her to use his estate for her ball, if she’ll agree to pretend to be his girlfriend to keep up appearances for his beloved grandmother.
All for show, of course.
No genuine feelings involved.
When I downloaded How To Fake Date A Vampire by Linsey Hall, I had no idea when that the book was the second in a series. However the author did a great job of providing necessary background workout it coming off as excessively expository.
The book is divided into dual povs, those of Emma and Alaric. I personally feel that Emma’s point-of-view flows more naturally, but that is possibly a matter of personal opinion. Emma is a delightful main character and Alaric is an engaging romantic lead.
Both of them have their own insecurities-about themselves and their “fake relationship,” but they do try to deal with them and thankfully avoid the super-dominant/angry male character/submissive female character stereotypes that are very common in romance-themed stories.
The secondary characters, mostly Emma’s best friend Holly and Alaric’s grandmother Vivian were wonderful and I found it very refreshing that Emma had so many people who cared about and supported her.
So many novels with female main characters have them alone and disliked by most people-often other women-and it was a pleasant change.
This is a story for those fond of fake dating-with both parties slowly falling despite themselves-found families that can be our friends, coworkers and fake boyfriend’s relatives and much-deserved happy endings.
Thank you very much to NetGalley, Bonnie Doon Press and Linsey Hall, for providing this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
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