I was given a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I didn’t love this one. I wanted too. I really did. But I couldn’t connect with the characters and it was a struggle to pick it up and continue reading it.

Very Funny and cute. It is a very easy and relaxing book to read in one sitting, perfect for a Sunday morning when your brain just wants to chill. I found myself laughing out loud at different points while also being able to relate with some of her "adventures".

Hannah Thompson is a middle aged housewife that is caught in a rut. She decides to try writing and is now a published erotica author.. Now they want a follow up book, but in order to get inspiration she needs to become more like her alter ego pen name. This is a fun book to read.

Faking it by Rebecca Smith has a great premise. It just wasn’t for me. As someone who is 29 and without kids, I felt it really hard to relate to the main character of this story. I also felt as though the story was very slow moving to get to the main story line. Overall, I don’t think I am the right audience for this novel and think ladies who are older would find this more relatable.

This book started out really good but ended up being just OK by the end. I loves the relatable aspect of Hannah with juggling motherhood, marriage, and finding yourself after all that. I felt like she got in her own way a lot and that bothered me after a while! A good easy ChickLit read though!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was such a lighthearted easy read and I found myself laughing out loud reading it. It was just the kind of book I needed after some quite heavy reads. It was a book based on unlikely friendships and how middle aged mums can still be sexy and fun. I recommend.

I hardly ever do not finish romances, but I was not able to finish this one. The main character was not very likeable and I felt like she never experienced much growth throughout the novel itself. There just was not enough compelling content to keep me going through this book.

First off, I didn't know that this was a sequel to the book, More Than Just Mom, until after I finished the book, but that being said, I didn't feel like I missed any information as I read. The story held up on its own, but sure, more background on the characters and how Hannah had come to write her first book would have been nice, but alas, here we are and we'll make do with just Faking It. 

Embrace your inner Sex Goddess!

Faking It focuses a lot on family and the family dynamics of a typical British family and I think many women who are wives and mothers can recognise themselves in our MC, Hannah because it deals with real life problems and scenarios. It wasn't over the top or exaggerated, but more real. It’s a great motivational story about getting out of your comfort zone and, as the amazing Spice Girls said, spice up your life.

Faking It is a great look at how to balance being a mother and an author of erotica.

The book is definitely not as raunchy as I first thought it would be when I read the blurb and saw it involved erotic fiction. Instead it’s very mild and borderline PG13 in the writing. I had honestly hoped for more, not to the extent that we're talking Fifty Shades, but just a little more. 

The story sort of just dragged on and nothing too exciting happened. The “sexy” bits of the erotic novel Hannah is writing aren’t even that sexy. The language is mild and not explicit in the slightest. I’m sorry to say that it is almost bordering on boring. Like it has been censured or maybe it's just me that can't read an "adult" novel without needing it to involve constant explicit sex scenes etc.... ehm yeah, moving on.

I think what disappointed me was the whole build up to Sex Con. It made it out to be this grand event where Hannah would have to reveal herself as her alter ego, Twinky Malone, but the big event comes tumbling down as it’s quickly over in one chapter and it falls rather flat. Nothing exciting happens, no one is there to see Hannah (unless you count the 8 people in the audience). I had really expected more and it kinda bummed me out. I would have liked to explore the event more and had anticipated that there had been someone in the audience who had recognised her and how Hannah would have handled that situation.

The characters are likeable, but not in any way memorable.

That's okay though because this is a lighthearted novel, that is not meant for you to question your life decisions or anything like that. It's here to entertain you and make you laugh and it does. 

As you can tell from reading my review, I struggled slightly with this book, but nevertheless I did smile and chuckle and there were great bits, especially the whole "gathering" at Hannah's house. I loved that bit. And also I like that it was actually more of a family story than an erotic tale. 

If you plan on reading this book don’t expect the next Fifty Shades, more like three shades at the most, but with good laughs along the way and with family as the heart of the story.

This book was not for me,, the lead character was hard to like, as were the other characters,I expected a light hearted read via the cover but sadly that wasn't the case and it was quite a chore and gave up

Disclaimer: I've received a copy of this book thanks to Netgalley, all opinions are my own.

There's something about Faking It that kept me hooked to the story. Maybe it was the realness of this family or maybe it was general interest in how all this would unfold but there was definitely something there. I almost marked this as a do not finish on multiple occasions but I was very invested in the story and the life Hannah was living.

This book may be about a mother of three who has a secret identity that writes erotica, but the story focuses a lot more on her everyday life and happenings with her family. I will say the second half was better for me than the first, it's where things really start to unfold.

The characters are alright, nothing spectacular but not awful either. Again, it's a very lifelike feeling novel with real characters and life experiences.

0verall. I did end up enjoying this read but it wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be. I feel like if I were ten years older and had kids I may have connected to it better, but I'm not and I don't and most of it fell flat for me.

Slow to start, this book did win me over in the end. What kept me reading to get to the end? The humor. I always enjoy sarcastic characters and this part did not disappoint. However, the lead was a bit boring and the plot just didn't capture my attention enough. In the end, it wasn't horrible, but it isn't something I will read a second time.

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read this and give my honest opinion.

Faking It is a fun romp through a field of duplicity and all the crazy antics that come with trying to live a double life. Hannah Thompson is a teacher of high school English and suburban wife and mother. But, she has another side to her life that she struggles to keep separate and secret - she is a published erotica author.

What I Loved

As a suburban mom, I completely understood Hannah's need to keep up the perfect wife and mother facade – reserved, involved, prim, and proper. She is afraid her kids won't accept her and that their friends' moms won't either, resulting in social suicide for her whole family. The pressure to keep up the facade of propriety is so intense that Hannah would rather jeopardize her book's success than to let anyone know that she is the author.

The humor rings true, starting with the opening scene that had me laughing out loud. It goes throughout the story, making for a light, fast, and fun read. The pace stays fast, and the dialogue is very natural. The characters are so genuinely complex - full of strengths and weaknesses, but none that they wear on their sleeve. Instead, they are revealed slowly and methodically as the story progresses, making you feel like they could be friends or neighbors, not just fictional characters.

The theme of being comfortable in your skin is an important one. It is so empowering for women to own their sexuality - feeling free to speak about it even though society makes them think that moms should at least appear like (as the Victorians used to explain it) "the Angel of the hearth" or a paragon of all the is pure and righteous. It is incredible to think that an idea developed hundreds of years ago still holds firm, though it is explained differently today.

To Read or Not to Read
If you are looking for a light read and a mom, know a mom or have a mom, you will appreciate the lovely humor of this fun tale.
A world where the subjugation of women is considered proper and pious is the backdrop for this feminist epic fantasy by Jenna Glass. Thanks to the sacrifice of three women, this way of life changes in an evening of earthquakes and tidal waves that leave destruction as well as a complete societal turn around in its wake.

What I Loved
I loved the unique magic of this world. People create magic potions and enchanted objects from a combination of motes that they pluck from the air. Motes come from a series of wells that dot the land, and some people are more adept at seeing different motes and determining what they can use them for than other people. There are also female motes, male motes, and neutral motes – each serving a different purpose. Most males cannot see female motes, and most females cannot see male motes. To find a mote and use it, one must open their mind's eye, which causes their seeing eyes to have a white film over them until they close their mind's eye. It is both an intricate and straightforward method of magic. The concept is quite simple, but the practical aspect can be incredibly detailed and complicated to explain and master.

In The Women's War, I loved the fiery determination found in the main characters, though in The Queen of the Unwanted, these same characters lost much of that fire and instead succumbed to depression and indecision. The change in states of being is understandable considering all they had been through, but it made for a much darker and denser read. I wanted them to rally and make the deaths matter through the changes that they create rather than appear ineffectual and refuse to grow and take the story forward. Instead of being the harbingers of change that they were in the first book, they are the products of the resulting mental health issues, such as depression and possibly even PTSD. It is tough watching Alys and Corlin go through such a dark period, though it is totally in keeping with what they have been through and is handled in a very respectful manner.

I love the world-building, particularly in The Queen of the Unwanted. I felt like I had a good understanding of how their magic worked and why men maltreat women. It is remarkably interesting how the different areas approached the religion in different ways and how things had been evolving consequently. It was just a matter of time before women fought back against their oppression. I loved how it finally happened, in a way that held a great deal of inherent revenge attached to it.
Let's say that the men received their just rewards.

To Read or Not to Read
This series is an insightful look at oppression and the many stages that oppressed people go through to acquire the freedoms they deserve. Many intriguing dialogues could result from such an impactful story.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of Queen of the Unwanted in exchange for an honest review.

This book was as struggle for me, it took SO LONG to get into. I almost gave up. To be honest, it was just boring. A weak heroine, lacking self confidence, clueless, but someone at the 70% mark the book picked up and was a pleasure to read! The sarcasm in the family was fun, the story finally moved forward. If the whole book was written that way I would have given it 5 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC for an honest opinion.

Thanks netgally and the publisher for granting me the chance to read this hilarious story. I thought this book was funny and well put together. I would highly recommend people to read it.

It was an OK book. Though it was funny about a mum secretly writing erotica. More power to anyone who goes outside their comfort zone to write. Although I enjoyed it as got a few laughs... In the beginning it was a bit hard to get into it after that it flowed nicely...

ARC from Netgalley for an honest review
I thought I would totally connect with the heroine but she was just constantly whining about everything. It was difficult to read as the plot almost did not exist and I did not find anything funny. It was like going through the diary of a really boring person who wanted to become more interesting but constantly failed.

I would have given it zero stars if possible. Absolutely horrible writing- the premise had promise but it went no where

I absolutely loved this book. The story was so original, the characters were loveable. I'm so glad I read this book, I flew through it in a day!

While I did thoroughly enjoy this book, I just wish there was more. I love the premise that Hannah wanted to get her erotic novel published, but I don’t believe it should have been used as a sort of “second chance arc” when she already had a fulfilled life. I also wish it went more into the connection Hannah felt to this book. Unfortunately, this book just wasn’t for me.

Based on the cover of this book, I was fully expecting to enjoy a fun, ridiculous romance. Unfortunately, I was so distracted by how much I didn't like the main character that I could barely finish it.