His eyes are open and honest and laser focused on mine. Alex always sets out to take the things that Nico wants and he had to turn his back on Demi when he was younger to keep Alex away from her. Nico had a lot rougher go of things than Demi. Will Demi’s history break them? Or will it be Nico’s secrets? Can they strive on a broken foundation? Are they destined to stay fake? Oh, you know, Macy being Macy, and advising I jump into the water before I jump on you. Like any fake relationship, emotions start to seep in, lines blurred, and secrets unleashed. Nico convinced Demi to play into their new roles as a fake couple as a way to get what they both wanted.

Even though they run in the same circle and are both athletes, they are the opposite. Nico Sykes is your typical broody boy with hidden secrets he is unwilling to share. Demi Davenport is intelligent, beautiful, and athletic - even surrounded by amazing friends, she still feels lonely. Memories don’t die when the possibilities do. I’ll always leap if the jump leads me to you, Noah Riley. It may have been fake, but it slowly begins to feel real.Dancer babe gets paired up with star football player as lab partners. Fear not the fall, but the life that comes from having never leaped at all. So they start a fake relationship, and soon, everyone takes notice of the newest couple in school.

He says it'll guarantee Demi gets the attention of the guy she's been crushing on, and Nico says he'll gain something from it as well. But then they're paired as partners in chemistry, and when Nico suggests they have a fake relationship, Demi is taken aback. They may both be eighteen, seniors in the high school, and neighbors since they were children, but they're not friends and have barely anything in common, tied together by the fact that their respective best friends were a couple. No one would ever think Demi Davenport and Nikoli Sykes would make an ideal couple. With Brandy's new book, it was more mature young adult and had all the angst I needed! Most of the fake relationship romances I've read tend to lean towards adult contemporary, and the few young adult I have read are fairly innocent. Since Brandy was a new-to-me author, I decided to bite the bullet and dive in-and I'm glad I did. It takes an extra bit of convincing for me to even consider reading the trope, unless it's penned by one of my favorite authors. Admittedly, this was a bit of a risk because the fake relationship trope isn't exactly one of my go-to choices.

Fake It 'Til You Break It was my introduction to Meagan Brandy's writing and it turned out to be a good one.

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