The Love Con
Books | Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
3.8
(158)
Seressia Glass
A LibraryReads Pick!One of...Popsugar's Best New RomancesBustle and Bookish's Most Anticipated Books of DecemberLibrary Journal's Best Romances of 2021He’s cosplaying as her boyfriend but their feelings for each other are real in this romantic comedy from Seressia Glass. Sometimes Kenya Davenport believes she was switched at the hospital—how else could a lover of anime, gaming, and cosplay come from STEM parents? Still, Kenya dreams of being able to turn her creative hobby into a career. She finally has a chance to make it big when she joins the reality show competition Cosplay or No Way. There's just one catch: the challenge for the final round is all about iconic pairs, and the judges want the contestants' significant others to participate. Unfortunately, Kenya is as single as can be at the moment. Luckily her best friend, Cameron Lassiter, agrees to be her fake boyfriend for the show. Roleplaying a couple in love will force them to explore what they're hiding under the mask of friendship. Can Kenya and Cam fake it until she makes it, or will she be real about her feelings, knowing it could cost her the best friend she’s ever had?
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Author
Seressia Glass
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2021-12-14
ISBN
0593199057 9780593199053
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"I was excited to read this. The description of this talks about cosplay, nerds, and comic con events so I was super hyped to check this story out and while it was good, it didn't quite live up to my expectations.<br/>It's a good read about Kenya and Cameron, who are best friends that are also roommates in business together that have been there for each other and supported each other for a long time since they were younger. Then Kenya enters a cosplay contest to get her designs and work noticed by others and also in hopes of winning to help with what she wants to do with her career and cosplay/cosplay designs. After Kenya gets into the final round they want her to be with someone to help her to do her work so to pass and hopefully win Kenya decides to name Cameron as her partner to help her to win and have her dreams come true. Cameron gladly agrees to play the part with Kenya for the contest and this story is about their romance and figuring things out and seeing what there is besides their friendship if anything.<br/>This was a fun, cute romance with the nerds/nerdiness aspect and cosplay and all, but there were a few things in here that bothered me and personally, I didn't see a need for them in the storyline. My only thing is that I wish they wouldn't have put in some or any of the steamy bedroom scenes. I tend to try to find clean reads so I didn't like some of the language or the steaminess, but other than that it was a fun and good read. If you like cosplay, gaming, nerds, the tropes with the best friends that are roommates, and childhood friends with fake dating then you'll likely enjoy this one. Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for letting me read and review this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own."