Faking with Benefits: A Friends to Lovers Reverse Harem Romance Paperback – December 17, 2021

💋👙📝🌟 BOOK REVIEW 🌟Faking With Benefits by Lily Gold🎶 Make Me Feel by Elvis DrewYa’LL! This is such a good sweet RH book! I was in the mood for a spicy RH without the dark feeling which most of the RH on my TBR is! This book hit it right on! I absolutely loved all the characters and it’s a solid friends to lovers read!Layla is awkward with dating at best, and a straight up icy cold bitch at her worst. After witnessing her getting ditched mid date best friend and neighbor Zack come in for the rescue helping her forget by getting her drunk. At the apartment with Josh and Luke there, Layla makes some suggestions to have them help her learn to date since they DO have a relationship podcast (not gonna lie I truly thought Josh didn’t like Layla but I realize how wrong that was!) After an embarrassing night, the guys find themselves in need of new content, fake dating to help Layla. Can’t go wrong right?Well until fake dating lessons turn into sex lessons and not everyone wants a part of it. Luke takes some time to warm to the idea since he was her high school teacher. The way each man has a grown with her it’s not surprise when they fall for each other. Layla is just the only one willing to admit it and instead gets her heartbroken in the process. I definitely felt bad for Josh getting caught in the crosshairs too 😢.This book definitely has some deep elements in regards to bullying in the past. Yet it gave me a great range of emotions from crying to laughing and I loved it! I will definitely venture into more of Lily’s RH collection when I need more feel good RH reads!!⚠️ deep seeded mental blocks related to childhood traumas ⚠️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫/5

I enjoyed this one a lot, but it did seem a little out of touch sometimes. The whole beautiful girl doesn't know how beautiful she really is. This thing has been done a lot. I did like how male emotions played such a big role in this one. It needs to be brought up more in books! Overall, it was a cute, fast read for me.I loved the spicy scenes. The group scenes were hot, the bandage scene was a dream, and the beads at the wedding were incredibly naughty and hot.

I read the entire spectrum of spice and romance and smut. From dark possessive men and monsters, to love stories that feel like a gentle hug.This book, these characters, had me slapping at pillows, dancing around my living room, and squealing with laughter. Wonderful read 10/10

I guess a pro of this book is that its 500+ pages but doesn't feel like it. When I was finished reading and saw that's how many pages it was, I was really shocked. Is that accurate? I was reading on Kindle, but I got through this in two days. Probably felt half as long.That's the best I can say. I saw raves about this on Instagram and thought I'd check it out. I don't read a lot in this genre and I wasn't specifically looking for a "reverse harem" or anything. Just wanted to give some a shot.I didn't really laugh, it wasn't funny. The things that should have been emotional didn't land with me. I didn't really care for Layla. The gorgeous woman who is good at everything (but love!) and doesn't realize how great she is until some (equally hot) man (or men in this case) points it out. Ah yes, she's been on over 100 first dates and NONE of those men wanted to go out with her again. Sure, sure.I still don't know what the climax of this book is or was supposed to be (no pun intended), but by the end, I was eye rolling at most of the dialog and plot turns and that's when I was officially bored for sure.For me it felt weird because it seemed like they were trying to keep the book grounded in some type of reality, but the very end was not realistic.

Spice 4/5 - no cheatingAgain she writes a well balanced book. Yummy spice, angst each character has a decent back story and drama.No a fan of the sign up for my newsletter letter and get the extra bonus...I want to know who gets her pg first etc...for some reason I can't find where to sign-up for said newsletter.I like the emotional parts. The sex is great. This is my second book of hers I've read seems a similar pattern. One cranky grump who won't cave, one Golden retriever and one the the middle when it comes to the guys.Also I felt there was a similarity in the first joint sex scene where one guy pulls her rear down on his lap and goes for the back nine manually while guy number two plays in front...that exact move was used in her Swedish Mountain men book I had to double check I wasn't reading the other book.Ok yes maybe sex can be repetitive in moves positions etc, it just seemed too similar for moment but trust me Lily Gold has a naughty mind and doesn't disappoint.I read this book through just as I did the last so it keeps you hooked, the differences in the characters, the will they won't they or how will they mess this up keeps you trucking along.This fmc was very strong professional I don't need anyone, yet really needed these men to help her let those guards down.A HEA in the end.

The whole book had the sweetest moment and some incredibly spicy scenes. I love Layla, she the best type A character I’ve ever read about. She’s witty and hopeless but you root for her the entire book. Her three guys absolutely swoon worthy. Would read again!

First time I come across a female character that is as awesome as this one! She owns her sexuality, doesn’t let herself be cowered or undervalued by anyone. She stumbles sometimes, like any person; she is not perfect. And that makes her the most amazing and alive character I have ever encountered! You MUST READ it!

Brilliant book I'm not one for reviews but this book made me howl laughing which is unusual for a romance book usually they can be quite heavy and intense at times to read even though I love them this was a brilliant change to that

Loved it! Finished it in a day. Couldn’t put it down

Liebe diese Geschichte, hat mich zum Lachen und weinen gebracht! Obwohl es so lang geht, konnte man es so schnell lesen. Große Liebe 🥰