I know many people love this kind of book with the fake dating trope, but to me it’s been done so many times already it’s not even enjoyable anymore.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

This book was one of the first I read from Entangled Teen, and it helped me to fall in love with all of the books they publish, as they are just perfect YA contemporary reads. The Rules of Persuasion follow Meg, who has become a 'bad girl' who loves going around town and vandalising different things, to leave her name on something, and cope with the tragedy her family have faced. When the 'good guy' of the school Luke, catch her in the act, she decides that rather than face the consequences of her actions, which would be extreme, she would rather blackmail Luke into pretending to be her boyfriend, which actually helps him to some extent. Luke's parents have been on his back recently about school, his broken relationship with his ex, and life in general, and being with Meg could grant him a reprieve. They set up some ground rules while in the fake relationship, but the longer they are pretending, the less acting it is, and they find in one another a kindred spirit who understands them, and cares for them like no one has before.

The romance in this book was so swoony! Fake relationships is one of my favourite tropes, and it was executed so well in this story. To start off with, it seems like Luke and Meg are polar opposites, and to the outside, they are, but whenever they're together, we see they're more alike that you might think, and really get one another. The chemistry between them is apparent from very early on, and you could really see them falling for each other as the plot progressed. Obviously, we have a bit of angst in the book - would it be a YA contemporary if there wasn't any? - but it was done well, and all in all, this was a dead enjoyable book.

Quick read but a shallow read.  Incredibly predictable and I'm just not into predictability.  Cute but just boring overall.

GUYS I really loved this book! Meg and Luke are such couple goals they are so awesome. I really do love books from Entangled they have such awesome variety of contemporary romances they never fail to disappoint. 

Luke the golden boy and star pitcher has everything or so it would seem, in reality he has a father who tells him what to do. Luke finds it hard to tell his father he has no desire in joining the business but he wants to be a pitcher instead. I really enjoyed him finally standing up to his father. Also he is super hot, do you want to be my boyfriend instead????

Meg is a ferocious girl, she has been through a lot. Her relationship with her parents is quite fragile, ever since the demise of her sister (who I absolutely adored), their family have never been the same really. She uses graffiti as her escape, she finds peace through it. I am sure Sydney would be proud of you Nutmeg.

This is dual pov which is a always a pleasure to read since you have the chance to get inside of the characters head and really know them inside and out. This was a relatively fast pace where you just could not stop for one moment to pause on the story. I read this in one sitting and it is what I believe got me out of my reading induce coma, I can't thank Chapter Blog tours enough.

THE RULES OF PERSUASION gave me a lot of feels. I feel for Meg, for losing her sister, for the family troubles she's experiencing at home. When the adults fail, it's usually the children who bear the brunt of that failure, when it's not even their fault. So Meg coped in the only way she knew how, by keeping her sister alive in the angels she painted…on public areas. I wonder sometimes if she wanted to be caught, so that her parents would pay her attention instead of wallowing in their own selfish world. Well, her mom at least.

Well, she was caught…by Luke Prescott, the son of one of the richest families in town. Luke is the best example of "money can't buy everything, including happiness", since his dad seems to be the worst kind of monster, and he couldn't wait until he's free of him and the family. To this end, he needed Meg's help, and he found the perfect thing to blackmail her with.

I love the way these two progressed from enemies-to-friends-to-lovers in a believable way and how cute it was when they couldn't stay away from each other? Takes me back to my high school days. I also love the notes they wrote in that ratty green notebook. I thought for sure that notebook would be found by the villain who will give their game away…*no spoilers* 

Overall rating: 3.5 stars

I really liked this book a lot. The characters were believeable and the chemistry was good between them. I remember I finished the book in about a weekend, I just never reviewed. It was very cute!

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the chance to read it.

*I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review by NetGalley*
The rules of persuasion is a light, fluffy YA, with  the superficial drama but accompanies said genre.
If only life was that easy *Sigh *

felt like I have read this book already, except the reason for the relationship is different. It wasn't any different from the countless pretend relationship, YA contemporaries populating the literary shelves. 

The secondary characters were props; their presence added zilch to the story. Yes, they listened to Meg complain about kissing the guy she now likes but that was about it. I didn’t connect with any of the friends and I kept forgetting their names. What good are they for except listening to Meg talk about boys and getting dressed up for her hot date? 

Meg was the cliché rebellious chick – rides motorcycle, check; wears black, check; has one main reason for behaving the way she does, check; gets into trouble for no good reason, like at all, check; is portrayed as sexy, check; has colored hair, check; is feisty, check, check and check; need I go on? She was quite forgettable though.

Luke, cliché hot guy – rich, sexy, athletic, good at schoolwork, wants nothing to do with his family’s money, wants to forge his own path in life, is whiny about having money yet uses it (clothes, food etc, car, fucking hypocrite, go live under a bridge if you want NOTHING to do with it). 

Rich does not equate to high-class in terms of behavior. The guy’s parents were rude and had a lack of basic manners. Is this how the author really wanted to portray them? As caring only about appearances instead of the well-being/happiness of their kids. 

The plot was fun, but the execution was lacking. The only kind of romance I can stomach is young love, reading and being taken along on the journey of two humans falling in love, especially those who had no intentions of doing so. 

I think this book’s best audience would be for the novice readers to the pretend relationship category; however, to those who have read countless of this type, steer clear.

This is a classic example of a love at first sight teenage love story.  Its sweet but also tright and predictable.

This story was so well written and easy to follow, I fell in love with these characters. This was an Entangled Teen Publishing story. I just love all of there books. I have read so many books by this publishing place and they are all so great. This is a young adult contemporary romance. There is something about cute contemporary stories that really touch my heart. I love them all. And this one was just something I needed to read so this story was just cute and perfect for me. 
The characters were really well written. The story moved along at a fast pace. I loved the relationship between Meg and Luke, they meshed really well together. I love how they fit together.
Overall it is just a lighthearted read and I really enjoyed it. It is not a deep story you have to constantly be figuring out. Sometimes this is just what people need. I loved it

I had a goofy grin the entire time I read The Rules of Persuasion. Both Luke and Meg were beyond adorable; they had me feeling butterflies and thinking about the times of first love. The dialogue was both fun and witty. I can't tell 
you enough how much I love a feel good YA romance story. I'm always a such for the fake romance trope. It never gets old to me. 

Meg literally gets caught red handed by the towns golden boy. He's popular, spoiled, and rich. Or is he? Luke is so much more then meets the eye. He's funny, kind, and once you get to know him, he's a good guy. Meg is the unattainable and beautiful redhead. She's got her group of friends and that's all she needs. After a tragedy hit her family, Meg acted out by vandalizing abandoned buildings and of course her own school. Where Luke catches her. 

When Luke proposes a deal for them to fake date in exchange for keeping quiet about the incident, sparks fly. Meg and Luke have beautiful chemistry and it's not long before that attraction starts setting in. If you're looking for a book that will make you both happy and giddy, then this is perfect for you. 

*Thank you to the publisher for providing a copy for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book has lots of funny moments.
I fell in love with this book and couldn't put it down. Meg and Like are amazing characters.
This book is told from two points of views. We meet Meg first, her home life isn't the greatest and the way she deals with it is great and not so great at the same time. Before long she gets busted by Luke.
That's when things turn really interesting and kind of fun.

Luke decides hey he could really use Meg's help to get rid of an ex girlfriend. Luke comes up with a plan for Meg to be a fake girlfriend. But Meg isn't having none of that nonsense until Luke decides blackmail is the way to go.
Meg decides to agree and that's when the rules come up. Meg thinks hmm there has to be something secretive about spoiled rich Luke that she can use against him. 
But what they don't realize is they actually need each other and that's where the fun and feelings start.

I adore YA romance and this one was super cute and sweet. I hope to read more by this author! I just love her style!

OMG, so I loved this way more than I was expecting to. The blurb makes it sound like a kinda trashy, generic teen romance, but I fell SO HARD for it, and I was shipping Luke and Meg like crazy! The story gives a bit of a twist to just your typical fake romance plot anyway - in this case they both know it's fake, it's not one-sided fakery which the other party is initially unaware of. I much preferred this idea!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was sweet, clean, and had just the right amount of tension. I loved the characters. They had depth and were both dealing with some deep family issues. I'll be looking forward to more books by Amity Hope.

I have read the plot of this story a thousand times before and it’s been done a thousand times better by other authors. I’m always iffy when a story contains blackmail as the foundation of a relationship because it’s so easy to go in the wrong direction with it, this book teeters the line of acceptable/unacceptable behaviour, Luke reinforces the blackmail scenario too many times for my liking and it comes across as domineering. Put me right off him and any prospective romance between the pair.
	Meg manages to be one of the most boring and one dimensional characters in existence. The author tried way too hard to make her edgy and “not like other girls” - which I think is fast becoming my biggest pet peeve in YA books - and in turn made her pretentious, judgemental and downright rude. She’s so average, there’s nothing about her that makes me care about her as a character, we don’t get to know her interests or much of her personality tbh, every aspect of her stems from her sister. I finished the book feeling like i didn’t even know who I just read about. I forgot her in an instant.
	Then there’s Luke, the author just threw every young adult cliche at him and went with what stuck. I’m so beyond fed-up of unattainable, sporty, perfect rich boys with bitchy ex girlfriends and some family issues thrown in for good measure. There’s nothing interesting or exciting about him.
	The story and their romance had some sweet moments but their absolute lack of chemistry and personalities made what should have been a very cutesy, albeit predictable, read into a total snoozefest.

Great book to fall into. A perfect romance. It was a quick read but just what you need sometimes.

The Rules of Persuasion is a young adult contemporary romance from Amity Hope. It follows one of my favorite tropes…the fake relationship trope. But this one starts out with a little blackmail, which is always fun. The Rules of Persuasion was a cute read that I really enjoyed.

Meg and Luke are the main characters of The Rules of Persuasion, and I have to say they were really interesting. Together and separately. First off, let me say that I really loved both of them. I think they are awesome people, but darn it if I didn’t not disagree with Meg once or twice. What I did like about the two of them was how strong of personalities they both had. Meg has no problem putting Luke in his place when he tries to steamroll her and get his way. Instead of the bad boy, meg was the bad girl. But it worked out. Meg and Luke balanced each other out. They were each so good for the other one. I also loved that The Rules of Persuasion was told in dual narrative between Luke and Meg. That is by far my favorite narration style for a book like this one.

This might sound weird, but my favorite thing about this story was the little notebook of rules that Meg and Luke would keep. I loved seeing what funny new things they would come up with. It summed up the story perfectly. It was so unexpectedly cute and fun. I really enjoyed it. I have to say it was a little predictable, but as I have explained before that doesn’t bother me at all. In fact, I kind of like it. The Rules of Persuasion was a great summer time read for me. I would highly recommend it to fans of contemporary romances who like bets and fake romance story lines. This one was a hit for me.

The Rules of Persuasion by Amity Hope is a sweet, fun, and  delightful YA contemporary romance.   I love this genre, even though I am far from a YA.  There is something so innocent about first loves. Luke blackmails Meg into being his pretend girlfriend to get his ex off his back.   I found this book to be a quick read, and recommend it to all YA romance readers, young and old.

This review is based on the ARC provided by the author and/or the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

A sweet story with an overdone, cliché storyline.
Great for a beach read.