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4.5 'It all comes back to love' Stars

HOLY AUSSIE HOTNESS! Faking It proves, once again, that K. Bromberg always has the magic combo between gripping emotional, scorching hot and hilariously entertaining! This book truly had it all!

First of all, I was insta in love with Harlow. From her very first thoughts, and how she met and deal with Zane, from the very first second, omg, I was THERE with her, and like, 'Tell him, girl!'. Yep, total girl crush - and not just because she is me with her sarcastic and 'take no crap' attitude - on Harlow, but her overall kickass and outspoken manner, and specially the not falling for his irresistible charm and panty melting accent. Damn, it was hard not to cave to those green mischief filled beauties, and cocky smile!

“Hence?” he says with a mocking grin.
“Yes, hence.” I take a step closer. “This isn’t the Outback. You’re not wrestling crocs, Dundee. So—”

“No. I don’t. I don’t even think Smudge does. He’s cute and has manners while you’re just . . .” I look him up and down. “The real dog of the house.”

Just like Harlow, I wanted to punched Zane, entrepreneur and unapologetic player extraordinaire. With the way she heard him chat with his buddy, and how he treated and mistook her without even a word from her, I would have handled it just as smoothly as she did, so kudos for her for the instant come backs - and Ms. Bromberg's spot on talent - that earn her not only my love, but definitely Zane's attention. Let's just say he was more used to women throwing their panties at him, not their shoes to his head. That was a first... 

“Sometimes the people who make you feel all riled up inside end up lighting a fire in your heart.”

And so the their story begins, an personalized apology becomes a invitation to a party, and there, both her impulsive and filterless mind and his arrogant player 'never stay behind' attitude, puts them in a situation they never anticipated and wanted, being forced to pretend being in love and working together, basically twenty four seven for the next couple of months. Let's just saw sparks - of every kind would be flying - anyone could see that.  

“I love you, but princes don’t exist and I don’t need any man to catch me. I can manage perfectly all on my own.”


“Do you believe in love, Zane?”
“Love is a bullshit emotion.”

Add to it her both very different, but both discarding notions of love, we could see just what would happen. And OMG, the BANTER!!! The banter and back and forth between Harlow and Zane was just BRILLIANT, and I soaked every second of hit! Ms. Bromberg sure knows how to capture our attention from minute one. These two had me go through all the emotions, and had me on the edge of my seat pulling for their love.

Fucking Harlow.
It’s all her fault. This. The tour. Me wanting her. All of it.

Welcome to hell, Phillips.
Where the temptation is hot as fuck, the consequences are damning, and the sins are at your fingertips waiting to burn you.

Zane, oh Zane... Much like Harlow, I can't say it was love at first sight, given that again, much like our heroine - whom I fell instantly hard - this man made me want to throat (not to say worst) punch him for a big part of the start of the book. But as the book moved forward, their proximity grew and we got to see another side of Zane that I did not expect. Sure, his 'love is a bullshit emotion' motto was present, but you could see how much he was struggling to come to terms with the notion, versus his growing feelings towards Harlow. His internal struggle was as usual brilliantly felt and described through his thoughts, and revealed once again K. Bromberg's deep and organic character build up. 

The woman’s a force to be reckoned with and damn do I want to be reckoned by her.
Hands down. No question.

She fazes me all right. Grabs me by the balls and makes me want like I’ve never wanted before.

Harlow was just superb! From start to finish, feisty and outspoken, yes, but also so mature, so level headed till the very end, and one of the most rational, yet still emotional, female main characters I had the pleasure to read. She was a lady through and through and I can honestly say, one of my all time fav romance heroines.

“Life’s not a fairytale.”
“For some people like my mom it is. For others . . . they have to write their own.

Love is . . . love is the one thing in life that doesn’t need to be taught. It just is. You can’t help it when you feel it. You can fight it—God knows I have in the past—but fighting it doesn’t do you any good. You’re still going to feel it even when the fight has run out.”

“Zane Phillips, you deserve the kind of love that makes you believe in love.”

Awww... How Faking It was anything but. I felt it ALL! The delicious banter, the scorching chemistry and sexy scenes, the slow but enrapturing emotional build up, and the overall 'contemporary fairytale' romance feel was an outstanding winning formula! And that beautiful, and spot on epilogue just wrapped it up in the most charming of ways. Ms. Bromberg did it once again, and got me hooked from start to finish and craving even more! Can't wait to see what she brings us new! Already hyper excited! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I’m not a knight in shining armor, Harlow—far, far from it—but I know I can be the man you deserve.

Sure, you played me at my own game to start this all . . . but it’s been me that’s been played ever since.”



ARC kindly provided by the author via Social Butterfly PR for an honest review