June and Levi were best friends as teenagers—until the day they weren’t. Now June is struggling to make rent on her beachside tea shop, Levi is living a New York cliché as a disillusioned hedge fund manager and failed novelist, and they’ve barely spoken in years.
But after they both experience public, humiliating break-ups with their exes that spread like wildfire across TikTok rabbit holes and daytime talk shows alike, they accidentally make some juicy gossip of their own—a photo of them together has the internet convinced they’re a couple. With so many people rooting for them, they decide to put aside their rocky past and make a pact to fuel the fire. Pretending to date will help June’s shop get back on its feet and make Levi’s ex realize that she made a mistake. All they have to do is convince the world they’re in love, one swoon-worthy photo opp at a time.
Two viral break-ups. One fake relationship. Five sparkling, heart-pounding dates. June and Levi can definitely pull this off without their hearts getting involved. Because everyone knows fake dating doesn’t come with real feelings. Right?
MY REVIEW
June and Levi were best friends as teenagers until a misunderstanding tore them apart. They haven’t spoken to one another for years, but thanks to a series of humiliating events, June and Levi are brought back together in the most unexpected way…
I absolutely adored The Break-Up Pact! This is the kind of book that’s like sunshine on a cloudy day. Yes, some crazy things happen to June and Levi, but you can tell almost immediately these two are destined for each other. June and Levi knocked it out of the park with their fake relationship and had the whole town rooting for them to get together for real. I mean, they had some great chemistry and so many similarities, that it was hard to not root for them. I loved watching these two characters rediscover their friendship, explore their chemistry, and navigate their way through all the hurdles life kept throwing at them.
All in all, I found this story to be a really fun read, and was exactly what I was looking for in a friends-to-lovers, fake relationship romance.
*I was provided an ARC copy of this book via the publisher & NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review*
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