And why does that make me pessimistic, you ask? Well, because there are not many men out there that meet my high standards and so I’ve sort of given up in trying to make something happen or trying to change someone so they can meet my standards. More because I know what I want and I’m not going to settle for anything less. Yes, I do have to agree I’m a little pessimistic when it comes to relationships and love but not because of what she thought. However, for me, it feels like it’s a great way to escape and pretend my life is going to have the perfect ending, just like those books. If you have an even bigger imagination, you can pretend that it is happening to you. But reading these kinds of books is a way of pretending that something like that could happen to you. My reasoning behind it is that those books represent the impossible, the things you know will never happen to you or anyone because they are a work of fiction.

I only read romance books, whether they are YA or adult books–for me to be able to read a book it has to have some sort of romance in it. I read romance sort of for the same reason Becca reads romance. One of the things that I really enjoyed from this book was Becca, her character and I really related throughout this book, and yes, I’m about to get deep and personal for a second. They are good friends and there’s never “bad blood” between them, so it just feels natural that they end up being really together in the end. They’re honestly super cute from the beginning and nothing like you thought this would play out to be. Little did they know that what they get is more than what they bargained for. Becca because she was being bullied about not having a boyfriend or ever being in love and Brett because he wanted to impress his father. Their relationship started all of a sudden because they started fake dating. In this book, we follow two perspectives–Becca and Brett. I have to say I was a little skeptical when I first started this book, but it was a nice read and I’m glad I got to read it. It wasn’t mind-blowing, nor was it excellent but it was a quick and easy read for me.

I finished reading this one and I’m happy to say I actually enjoyed it.

The up side of falling