This book is about a middle-aged mom of three who has wrote and published an erotic novel under the oen name Twinky Malone and follows her struggles in trying to encapture her inner sex goddess in order to write her follow up novel. She soon realises that she isnt as experienced as her novel may have suggested and secrets are becoming harder to keep under wraps while she is trying to find herself again.
I highly enjoyed this book for its comedic aspect with hannah's attempts at trying to become more sexually self aware within her marriage, however the story i would say is lacking in character development which left me feeling a bit disconnected from them.
But overall I wohld say its a very fast, feel-good book with give me a few good laughs along the way.

Thank you so much to Netgalley, One More Chapter and Harper Collins Publishers for sending me this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Ultimately this book was just ok for me. The premise intrigued me so much but the plot did not deliver in the way I hoped. I was thinking there would be more drama surrounding her book writing and secret identity, but it was much more slice of life, which unfortunately I do not usually enjoy.

Hannah is an ordinary, middle-aged mom with a part-time teaching job and three kids. She’s also the author of a bestselling erotica novel, which she is keeping secret from nearly everyone—especially her kids. When she’s asked to attend Sex Con by her publisher, she is horrified but thinks perhaps this would be a good experiment to adopt and live the pretend life of her author penname.

This book really wasn’t what I expected. Based on the synopsis and even the cover blurb, I expected Hannah to struggle but perhaps embrace her alter ego, learn to spice up her otherwise mundane life, even reconnect with her husband/sex life—and all the things that could go wrong from that.

However, most of the novel is very slice of life, which is unfortunately not my thing. Hannah goes about her life, fretting about her kids, dealing with sewage problems, taking her daughter on driving lessons. It’s all very ordinary. I expected drama—someone to discover her secret, to perhaps blackmail her with it, or for problems to arise when she embraces her alter ego too much. But even about halfway through, nothing particularly incredible happens.

The characters overall weren’t very likeable. Hannah is rather flighty, alternating between being exasperated at any inconvenience or weeping at the idea of her eldest son going to university. Her daughter snarls half of her dialogue, and the other characters weren’t very memorable at all. I also cringed at the excerpts of Hannah writing her second book. I love stories where characters are published or having to deal with the insides of publishing, but as someone who works in publishing…this was not it.

Unfortunately, a pass from me.

Really enjoyed this book it was a light read full of laughs ,well needed laughs.One of those books I just sat back met the characters and enjoyed their carrying on their stories #netgalley#harpercollinsuk

What a great romance novel! I love when romance novels are able to follow all the rules and tropes, but still feel fresh and exciting, and Faking It hit that balance perfectly! I loved the focus on the main character's personal growth, and not just pure focus on romantic relationships. The highs were high, the lows were low, and the laughs were loud. All in all, a book I greatly enjoyed reading!

I read this book without realising it was a sequel! However, that didn't detract from the enjoyment and it was easy to read as as standalone.

I enjoyed the humour and genuine laugh out loud moments that this book provided. I found it a little hard to completely relate to the main character Hannah but I still enjoyed reading about her crazy life and her journey to writing her second novel.

It's a quick and funny read that is a great antidote to the madness in the world right now. Definitely a book to while away a rainy afternoon snuggled on the sofa!

First off, I was not the target audience for this book. This book is geared towards middle-aged mothers. When I got this book, I didnt realize the above.

Reading the description of this book, I thought it was a rom-com with a bit of a second chance romance.

I completely wrong about this book’s genre, I wouldn't even consider it a romance. What book with a thong on the cover isn't a romance novel?

The plot of the book is that a woman is writing the sequel to an erotic novel, but doesn't want anyone to know. Plus she doesn't feel sexy in her day to day life, so she attempts to channel her pen name as an alted ego. Oddly, there wasn't really any steemy moments in the book. I do think that this book was meant to be funny, but I wasn't laughing.

Overall, this book introduced many conflicts, but resolved few of them. The main character is judgemental and annoying. The pieces of the erotic novel in the book were not interesting. The dialogue was awkward, but that could be because the characters are British and I'm American.

I think this book should be described as a contemporary, slice of life novel. People who are interested in the genre will probably enjoy this book.

I'd like to thank the author, publisher and Net Galley for the chance to read and review this book.

For me, this was 'just ok' for me. I didn't really dislike it, but I didn't like it either. One issue will, I'm sure, be fixed before publishing, and that is the that the formatting was very random. Lots of spaces in odd places, random letters and numbers, page breaks, misspellings. This isn't the author's fault at all, but it did make for challanging reading. But again, I am sure it will be fixed upon publishing.

Then there's the story itself. I didn't really connect with any of the characters, and while that's not a deal breaker for me with a book, it does help. I didn't care for the shaming the MC put upon herself for being an erotic/romance writer. Maybe you want to have your secret alter ego, but don't shame yourself for it. I really feel that the whole category of shaming needs to just stop - in media as well as in real life. So, that was an issue with the book that left me disappointed.

There was lot I just didn't like about the book, but I can't say I hated it. Rating it as 'it was just ok' is probably the best I can do. I dont' know anyone I would personally recommend this book to, but regular readers of this genre might like it more than I did.

Faking It is a funny, truthful look at life as a woman. I found myself reading parts to my husband and saying, this is exactly how I feel at times. I loved how the she found herself again and gave a very accurate view of a real sex life instead of the Hollywood version.

I did not finish Faking It by Rebecca Smith. It ultimately wasn't to my taste. I won't be posting a review elsewhere since I didn't finish the book, but I wanted to let you know.

Thank you!!

3 stars

Cute story. More of a comedy than a romance. It was very ling. I mean 400 pages long. It was fun and light. Funny at times. Relatable for 40 year old women.

Really couldn’t get into the book, tried really hard and just want my book. Maybe I should have just stopped reading

Hannah has a secret, she’s a published author of an erotic novel but none of her family knows, except her husband and mum. Now she has to attend Sex Con to publicise her book...what could go wrong?!

Hannah has a secret, she’s a published author of an erotic novel but none of her family knows, except her husband and mum. Now she has to attend Sex Con to publicise her book...what could go wrong?!

I had such high hopes for this book from reading the description. I imagined it would cover Hannah’s escapades as she navigates the world of the Sex Con event and crazy S&M parties but unfortunately it just didn’t deliver that.

The ending felt very rushed as well, especially after everything that had lead up to that point.

The plot lacked any real progress and I had little connection with the characters that I didn’t really mind if they succeeded or not. I was also hoping for some more laugh out loud moments which never came bar that first chapter.

This was a struggle for me to read. I didn't want any of the characters to succeed. They were just so dreadfully boring.

Hannah is a 40-something teacher and mom of three who secretly writes erotic fiction under a pseudonym and is desperate to keep her children and community from finding out. When she gets invited to speak on a panel about "real sex" (whatever that means!) she engages in an effort to connect with her more sexually liberated alter ego.

I did not like this book. It's too long and there's not enough plot to keep the reader engaged. I also felt like it was trying to be so sex-positive when the whole book is built on the premise that there's something shameful about writing romance novels. Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review

Well this novel sure pulled a bait and switch.

The book description on the website is hot. The book is not. What one might expect from the description is that married mother of three Hannah is seeking inspiration for her next erotic fiction novel so she sets herself on a new course involving "S&M Parties" and reconnecting with her husband. While, I guess, this is what happens in some vague sense, the real plot isn't quite as exciting as it sounds. Every step of the way our main character doesn't choose to step outside her comfort zone, but is rather pushed, complaining the whole time. I thought I was getting a novel about a middle-aged woman reclaiming her sexual identity and trying new things with her husband, but instead the focus of the story is more on Hannah's struggles as a wife and mother, with sprinklings of her writers' block thrown in for intrigue. This book is not *bad* it's just not what I felt like I was signing up for, and perhaps I'm just not the target audience, being closer in age to her children than Hannah. I typically like books with older heroines because it either gives me hope for the future or something to look forward to, but this book was perhaps just a bit too real when it came to the struggles of being a mother of three for someone like me.

Setting aside the plot, this book certainly has some funny moments, like the S&M party mentioned on the cover (that really isn't), and Hannah's really rather rude daughter (are children actually like that?) taking great pleasure in aggravating her mother. However, the author reuses the same joke format of communication issues (either between characters or us and the author) making us think we're talking about one thing when we're talking about another a little too often. It was hilarious the first ten pages and then not-so-much thereafter. The excerpts from Hannah's erotic fiction novel were... painful... to read a little bit. I get that they were supposed to be unintentionally funny, but they were just uncomfortable, and the cluelessness of Hannah that came out her writing didn't mesh with the rest of her character. She just didn't seem that clueless in the rest of her life as to not understand why people found her writing humorous.

This book had so much potential, and I really liked the premise, but it just didn't live up to my expectations.

Faking It is a light hearted comedy that centres around a 40 year old erotica author and her quest to write the sequel to her first book.

There are plenty of cute parts in this book. The premise is adorable and the plot twists and turns into some entertaining settings.

I did find the pacing to be a little slow for my liking and the humour missed its mark a few times but overall it was a light and easy read.

First off this was really hard to read. Words were weirdly spaced out, the paragraphs were all over the place, and the flow of the book was off putting. For much of the book I felt like nothing was really happening. I didn't really feel like the characters were well enough developed. Nobody had a very distinct personality. It was kind of just a list of the issues that Hannah was facing. The book was just boring in my opinion.

I would like to thank #OneMoreChapter for sending me an #ARC of #FakingIt by #RebeccaSmith, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Faking It by Rebecca Smith is centered around 44 year old Hannah Thompson, mother of three, wife, part-time English teacher, and secretly, a newly published erotica writer. Faking It follows Hannah, struggling to balance her family life, with her secret alter egos life.

Faking It was a little out of the box compared to what I normally read. That description lured me in, though, and I had to request it. As a married woman in my early thirties, with also three kids, this book was incredibly relatable. Put aside the published author bit, and what Hannah goes through is what every woman goes through at some point in their lives, including me. It's hard to feel sexy when one is changing diapers, cleaning house, raising humans that other people can stand to be around, and working a job that doesn't give you much fulfillment. Not only do you struggle with yourself, your spouse, and children, but it can feel incredibly lonely. This book is a way to not only highlight that, hey, everyone goes through this, and yes, its okay, but it also kind of takes a dig at the erotica genre. In a good way. Sex in books is often ... okay, 99% of the time, romanticized. It can make the reader question if they are doing it right in real life. What Faking It does is throw that out of the window. Sex can be messy and awkward and thats okay.

I liked the realness of this book. The humor infused with situations that, if it was happening to you, you wouldn't find that funny, made me laugh out loud quite a few times. That being said, I wasn't an overall fan of the writing style. I hate when I feel like I am reading someone's rambling thoughts, which reading this book was. Even if some of those thoughts were pretty funny. I found it too long for the story that it was telling, and a lot of it wasn't moving the story along. The characters were all written very colorfully, and just like kids in real like, Hannah's kids came off as a bit annoying as well. Her husband Nick is written as a wonderful, doting husband, who is the calm to Hannah's storm of anxieties.

In the end, while I enjoyed some aspects of Faking It, I didn't enjoy it enough to give it a higher rating. It was a bit too slow paced for me, which led to me reading a few chapters, only to put it down for more interesting reading. That being said, though, Rebecca Smith nailed what it sometimes feels like as a woman who is expected to run the world, while still feeling like a sex goddess, while injecting a fun, lighthearted humor that, in Hannah's crazy life, is needed.

Hannah is a mother of three with a loving husband. Before the story starts, we know that she took the terrifying leap to publish her first novel, and it's one she doesn't want her kids finding out about because well, it's erotic.

This book had me quite literally laughing out loud throughout the whole thing! It was fun to read about an author writing a book as well as about a mom figuring out how to raise her teenagers into grown adults, and most importantly to watch what felt like a very real account of a loving marriage. While being hilarious, there are also many moments that were heartfelt and again, felt so real rather than like a fantasy version of what reality should look like.

Get ready for LOLs, I highly recommend this book!!