The Fake by Rebecca Jenshak review

The Fake by Rebecca Jenshak

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Book 4 in the Smart Jocks series brings this lighthearted series to a close. And Nathan and Chloe do a bang up job with their story. 4 ½ stars for this Smart ahem Dumb Jocks entry.

Nathan has done some dumb things in his life, but sitting across from his coach and assistant coach slash friend, has him feeling extra loser like today. He could potentially lose his spot on the team for getting caught doing something idiotic. Is this really how he is going to go out?

Chloe has transferred to Valley after getting kicked out of her other school senior year. Her parents have money and people talk so it looks to others as if she is getting a free ride. Regardless of what others think, she knows she is one heck of a beach volleyball player and wants that to speak for her. Too bad the team has given her the cold shoulder, well until she calls Nathan her boyfriend.

Um wait a second, hold up, boyfriend? Nathan is beyond confused at that but well willing to go along with it. Chloe gets his motor running and he wants to see where this can lead them. When she offers to pay him for his time, he sees opportunity to continue to help at home with the bills while getting some one on one time with this fascinating girl.

What could possibly go wrong with all this?

Nathan and Chloe start a fake relationship to get her teammates to include her in their daily lives. While starting off as fake, they quickly develop feelings for each other but neither having the guts to ask the other if they feel the same.

This is a great way to end the series and get caught up with some of the past Smart Jocks and their lives. I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy without expectations.




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About the book:

You know those stories where the smart girl tutors the dumb jock? This isn't it.

Blair: 

What's the probability of insulting the one guy on campus I need to help me pass statistics? If I knew, I wouldn't be standing in front of Wes Reynolds begging him to tutor me.

Basketball player, sexy, arrogant, always sleeping through class... these are the things I knew about him. What I didn't know is that he is a seriously smart jock.

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What's the best way to get rid of the peppy and unrelenting girl that keeps asking me to tutor her? If I knew, I wouldn't be staring at her tan legs and attempting to teach her statistics.

Sorority girl, fine as f**k, determined, ball buster... these are the things I knew about her. What I didn't know is that she is all the things I didn't realize I wanted or needed.

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I’ve made a lot of dumb mistakes but none dumber than losing her.

Senior year. I should be partying and living it up with my friends before graduation, but one more mistake and I’m off the team.

Enter Chloe. She comes into my life at a low point, but she becomes the bright spot I reach for every day. She’s the kind of girl who makes a guy want to be a better man. And for a while, I even start to believe I’ve changed enough to deserve her.

I’ve got my eye on the future, and I’m letting my past stay where it belongs.

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The Play Maker by LM Carr

The Play Maker is the first novel I’ve read for LM Carr and I’m not sure how I feel about it overall.   I could only rate it 3 ¾ out of 5 stars for some reasons I’ve written below.  But up first, a summary of the novel.

Addison Jane “AJ” loved Julian way back in the day.  She has never gotten over the heartbreak of losing him, though she tries to keep him far from her every day thoughts he creeps in.   She has some wild days trying to get him out of her system, but now her career is the most important thing in her life.

Julian is a hometown hero coming back to town to accept the head coach job for the local NFL team.  The first thing he wants to do is win back his girl.  Has too much time passed between them for him to have a chance?  The only way he will know is to try, he goes for it full steam ahead.  Will she give in to a second chance?

Having never read the author before I wasn’t sure what to expect.  First, this novel is written solely in the female first person POV.  I’m not crazy about first person novels, I enjoy feeling what they feel but all the I sentences usually end up driving me crazy.  With it being only female POV, I really missed getting into Julian’s head and thought process.  I want to know more about why he did what he did, how he felt during difference scenarios etc. 

The novel also bounced around in the storyline really, really quickly.  Some shifts made sense others did not.  There were a couple plot points that I was scratching my head over, where they actually needed to move the storyline along?  

I don’t know if all that would discourage me from reading another novel by the author but I will put all that into the mix whenever another pops up on my feed.  I voluntarily read and reviewed a provided copy without expectations.  All opinions expressed are my own.