The Match Faker by Olivia Spring – Blog Tour/Book Review – BookMadJo

About the book:

Fake dating my enemy was never supposed to feel so real…

MIA
My ex-boyfriend screwed me over and now the future of my matchmaking agency is in danger. I’d do anything to save it. Even if it involves fake dating my childhood best friend, hot Hollywood action movie star Liam Stone.

With his good looks, charm and acting skills, he’d be ideal.

There’s just one problem. We hate each other.

But the arrangement would help me win the Matchmaker of the Year award (being single doesn’t exactly work in my favour) and scoop the cash prize and publicity that would save my business.

It’s purely professional. Two months and we’re done.

Except when Liam kisses me, nothing about the fireworks between us feels fake…

LIAM
I’m no stranger to kiss-and-tell stories. But when I get caught up in a sex scandal that threatens to end my career, I fly to London to escape the drama.

I never expected to bump into her.

Yeah, Mia’s smart and annoyingly attractive, but when she asks me to be her fake boyfriend, my first thought is hell no. Not after what happened before.

Then I realise pairing up with her would help shake off my playboy image and restore my reputation.

Dating Mia will be a challenge, but pretending is my forte.

Except when we’re forced to share a bed, the feelings that are supposed to be pretend become all too real…

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Get ready to stay up all night! Once you start reading this steamy, dual POV, fake-dating, enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy, you won’t be able to stop!

Swoon-worthy happy ending guaranteed.

Tropes

Fake dating
Enemies-to-lovers
Forced proximity
Only one bed
Celebrity romance
Reformed playboy

My review:

I have adored all of Olivia Spring’s previous books, and The Match Faker has definitely become my new favourite. I loved the dynamic between Mia, a stunning professional matchmaker, and Liam, the British answer to the Hemsworths, an action movie Hollywood superstar. Having been best friends from a very early age, falling out as teenagers left them both keeping track of one another as their lives took very different turns. When they reunite in circumstances that are not ideal for either of them, both still holding resentment from their teenage years, it quickly becomes clear that sparks are going to fly!

I loved the slow burn as the enemies to lovers trope came into the storyline. There was a sweetness to their personalities, but the spicy scenes which Olivia Spring is so good at writing really amplified the connection between both characters.

I loved the way in which both Mia and Liam were champions for one another, being selfless cheerleaders for each other and both being fully prepared to sacrifice their own needs.

I enjoyed the links to previous characters but there is absolutely no detriment if you have not previously read any of the books written by the author. I do think that some of the characters in the story deserve their own story, and hope that the author has this planned for the future.

The Match Faker was a funny, endearing romcom with equal parts humour and romance, with some spicy moments too.

Many thanks to Olivia Spring for inviting me to take part in the blog tour, and providing me with an advanced copy of the book. I voluntarily provided my honest review for the blog tour.