Thank you to Entangled for the fantastic ARC. I loved it!

What I loved most about this story of blackmail and falling in love was that is wasn't like all the others. At least not so much so that I felt like I was reading the same blackmail story I have read a thousand times. Don't get me wrong, I love all the blackmail stories (that's why I keep reading them!). 

Meg has some really crappy things going on in her life. She made some bad choices and now she has to suffer the adorably cute Luke. I know, such tragedy.

Luke has a pretty crappy home life and needs to get out on his own, so he blackmails Meg into fake dating him. His plan worked, but it ends up backfiring on him! Oh no!

This was such an adorable romance of two unlikely people falling in love.

A cute, swoony ya romance! Perfect palette cleanser between heartier reads.

I gave this book 4 stars. I flew through this book so quickly, mostly because it wasn't very long to begin with, but also because it was a very character driven book. What I love about contemporary novels is that the books are always about the people, so if you don't like the people, you won't like the book. I'm happy to say that I loved the main characters in this book, meaning I really enjoyed this book.

I’m stupid and I missed the publication date so I didn’t even start reading this book until the release date. I suppose better late than never, but I do like to have read my ARCs before they are released. I guess a couple days late isn’t too bad. 

I could have definitely used this book a few months ago when I was on a contemporary kick. This is exactly the sort of book I felt like reading. No worries though, because I still read it pretty quickly this time.

This book covered some serious topics while still managing not to be too heavy. These teens with their awful backstories managed to have fun together and find the freedom in being a teenager. 

What I thought was so cool was that Meg rode a motorcycle. I love motorcycles and I think one day I might want to get my motorcycle license, so I loved seeing a female protagonist with a motorcycle. I don't think I've seen a book where the female protagonist has had a motorcycle which is sad considering they are so cool. That little fact was what won me over onto Meg's side from the very beginning, she wasn't afraid to be a bit different, she wanted to do something she enjoyed despite all the terrible things going on in her life.

You know what trope I'm getting tired of? The mean girl ex girlfriend of the love interest who wants the guy back for her own sinister reasons. I have a hard time believing that there are this many people who know they're being shady but do it anyway. I'm tired of waiting for catfights to break out every time there is a character like this in the book. I guess I can live with it, and it hardly ruined the book for me, but I'm just growing a bit tired of the same static antagonistic character.

Overall, if you love contemporary novels this is definitely something you should read. I wouldn't really recommend this book to someone who doesn't really like contemporary, you probably wouldn't like it.

For me this was a quick distracting read. I really, really loved the writing style it was very addictive? in a way I would say and this is one of the main reasons why I kept reading this book.

I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either, it left me somewhere in-between. There are definitely some parts that could have been improved or written differently, but over all I did enjoy it.

THINGS I LIKED: 

-The writing style
-The cover
-The relationship between Meg and Luke
-The lack of sexualisation? not sure if it is the right word I am looking for, but in other words I appreciated the fact that there was no sexuality in this book it was just pure progressing romance between 2 teenagers that involved more than just thinking about making out ect. Hope this is more clear and makes sense now :)
-Meg's motorcycle
-Meg's complex personality
-Luke's personality
-The short chapters
-The characters development


THINGS I DID NOT LIKE 

-The too fast paced romance thing unfolding between Meg and Luke
-At the beginning the immaturity of Meg and Luke, but that has changed by the end of the book as there were improvements in their characters
-The time lapses it confused me a bit it felt like suddenly losing consciousness and waking up not knowing what is going on and what I have missed out
-I definitely wanted to see more of Jaclyn - Luke's ex she was probably the most interesting character in terms of messed up ones, so I would absolutely have loved to see of her more


Overall I gave it a solid 3 stars, if you are looking for a light contemporary book that is well written and will distract you from your daily tasks I totally recommend you this one and I am sure you would enjoy it!

I didn't care for this book.  I couldn't understand how nobody in the school except her two best friends knew she had a sister who died. It was a fairly recent event, and seemed like a smaller school/ community. And why is it a secret?  Secondly the parents were all rediculous. Most importantly I couldn't connect to her at all. Just didn't do it for me,

This was a really cute book...as in cutesy!! If you want a young adult book that's not over the top with explicit scenes...this is the book for you. The thing that gets me is this is great if you're looking for a book where it's said: "This is a book like no other" and that "the characters are different than any other" - ummm I might be way off base but although this was so cute and sweet it made my teeth hurt...it was actually the same plotline of almost every single book trope out there. Fake boyfriend...check, girl who is like no one else, but really is...check, they can't stand each other, but they really do...double check...and it goes on. While I would give this to my cousin to read because it didn't have cussing like a sailor and sex galore, it was very predictable. I would buy it for them. Overall, I felt the age range would be 13-18. 

I was provided an ARC from the publisher/NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  All opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect anyone else's.

Rules of Persuasion by Amity Hope utilises one of my absolute favourite romance genre tropes - the fake relationship! I absolutely love these stories. When the chemistry starts a-flowin' and the lines or "rules" start getting blurred and confused, they often end up like some sort of competition as to which character can carry on pretending they're pretending the longest! Think of some of the best ROM-COMs like The Proposal, The Wedding Date, Pretty Woman, Green Card - they all use this same theme.

I also especially love it when they're combined with a healthy dose of opposites attract, as is the case here.

The set-up: After Luke Prescott catches Meg Matthews graffitiing school property, he sees the perfect opportunity to solve two of his most pressing problems present itself in one pretty, red-headed package - he needs a fake girlfriend, and Meg will do nicely. For Meg, this proposition isn't exactly well-received, but what choice does she have? And so, a deal is struck - she'll pretend to be Luke's girlfriend for reasons unknown, and he won't tell the school who the town's mysterious graffiti vandal is.

I really enjoyed Luke and Meg, and Rules of Persuasion is narrated by both of them equally. As the fakery begins and their real relationship underneath the ruse progresses, we start to see who both of them really are, instead of the misconceived opinions they both start out with. For Meg, she kinda gives off bad-girl vibes with the black clothes and the motorcycle, and she's sure Luke is nothing but a spoiled little rich kid. There's much more to both of them, of course, and watching them discover this was highly entertaining and very sweet.

I've got to say as well - I absolutely loved the little green notebook where they'd write their rules for one another! I'd grin each time they whipped it out to add or amend something. So cute!

Rules of Persuasion would be perfect for fans of sweet YA Contemporary Romance, opposites attracts storylines, and romances based on some sort of deal, bet, or, as in this case, outright blackmail, that turn into more!

I'm giving Rules of Persuasion 4 stars ★★★★

An Advance Reader Copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

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Rules of Persuasion is based on Meg who has just lost her sister, whilst her family are down spiralling with grief, anger and lack of communication. Meg starts graffiti murals in memory of her sister but went too far with getting caught graffiti on the school building by our love interest Luke. Seizing the opportunity he blackmails her into being a fake girlfriend in order to get away from his school grade stick parents and stalker ex. Hearts will be broken and secrets have been reviled. 
Amity Hope’s writing is very straight forward, crisp and clear to follow and most of all flows. There are moments where I think more could have been added where personality and lack of emotion I felt for the characters where involved. I love to feel what the characters feel and although it is a great YA book I just don’t feel that in the book.
Being mainly about the two characters Meg and Luke I found their relationship to be realistic, under the circumstances, it wasn’t love at first sight and adored how Megs personality made Luke question himself. Reading YA romance books I am all about the sass and humour involved in the main characters personality especially when you see them develop throughout the chapters. I would of liked more of the jealousy of the ex-however a fantastic book.
Plots like this are always going to be cliché teen books and I love them all the time! Overall it was a nice story to read and I enjoyed all characteristics of Meg, the book as a whole was well structured however this is probably not a book I would re-read.

I'm a sucker for faux-romance, esp when it's YA, and of course BASEBALL! Toss in some witty banter, and I'm definitely in. The Rules of Persuasion was just plain adorable! It's a flirty, fun, quick summer read.

Blackmail? Everyone knows about it but no one wants to be on the receiving end of it. Our two main characters are in a game of cat and mouse. One uses the other for their own personal gain not knowing that their heart can get tangled up in the sham relationship they created.

We have a rebel girl ‘with a’ cause. Magyn doesn’t want to be at home. With the death of her little sister, Sydney, her family is falling apart at the seams. She tries to find an outlet sometimes it is radical and others are just breaking the laws. However; she feels closer to her sister when she does it. Problem is she gets caught by Luke Prescott one evening.

Luke hates his life. Everyone thinks his life is luxuries because of his families name and social statues. There may be some perks, but to him it feels more like a gilded cage. His family has expectations for him which include but are not limited to: who to date, what to wear, how to speak, who to socialize with, what college to attend, what degree to obtain, and what job he will one day have. All these things are shoved down his throat and he finally throws them back up at his parents. He needed to get his parents and “approved girl to date,” off his back, he decided to find someone to have a ‘fake relationship with him.’ But whom?

When he sees Magyn spray painting part of the high school one evening he finally saw his chance. Someone that won’t expect anything, but will pretend for him. He decided the only way to convince her to play this charade is by blackmailing her. The ultimatum of turning her into the authorities for vandalism and graffiti or her playing along as the dutiful girlfriend.

When Magyn sees no way to get out of Luke’s blackmail she is stuck pretending to be his for the school year. However, the more time she spends with the Luke the more she realizes he isn’t the cocky, rich, self-absorbed, snob that she always thought. He is actually kind, and funny, and annoyingly cute.

Luke has always appreciate and admire Magyn’s beauty from afar, but now he knows there is more to her then meets the eye. She has a secret reason for her crimes that she won’t tell him, but the more he gets her to pull back her layers the more he comes to like her.

I enjoyed this story. Is was cute, but not over the top. These two had some hard situations to overcome. You can tell Magyn just struggled so much because her family was literally being torn apart. Her parents were fighting all the time. Her mother was in a deep depression which was bleeding into the family. It was difficult to read at times because you can just feel the turmoil that Magyn was around.

With Luke he had some difficult decisions to make. His elder brother was someone he looked up to and used as a life line. I liked their relationship. Luke’s parents were SO messed up! And the way they would try to manipulate him was just wrong on so many levels.

Luke and Magyn had some really sweet moments that I enjoyed. The more they let down their walls and trusted each other the more it was obvious how much they truly cared for one another.

Good Read. Enjoyable.

4 hearts.

Parental Advisory: Active drinking, mild to moderate swearing, heavy kissing, nothing graphic, depression, breaking laws.

The Story-The Rules of Persuasion was 95% predictable, but 100% full of angsty cuteness. Honestly, if you have read any YA contemporary where a boy or girl get’s someone to be their fake boyfriend or girlfriend then you have read this book. The only the thing that is different is the circumstances surrounding the initiation of fake relationship. This review may contain what is considered spoilers, but honestly I think everything I write in here should be entirely expected....so I'm not going to mark it all spoiler. Let’s review this trope recipe:

-someone needs a favor/blackmails
-they actually run in different circles/don’t like each other
-they write down all the rules
-the rules doesn’t stop them for getting a dose of the feels
-shit is going to hit the fan right 

Well, you get the idea....

The Characters-
Meg-Somehow this girl was supposed to be a girl that wasn’t like other girls. But let’s face it, she was just your average girl, minus her family issues, not some crazy special snowflake. The downside is, that she is sort of a forgettable character. I just finished hours of reading about her and this is what I know:
-she likes to wear high heeled boots that click clack, preferably in black.
-she has two friends, but she only really hangs out with them in school…except to get ready for a date..
-she’s not really into anything in particular…….like really, what are her interests? Sure she watches black and white movies…on rainy days…she likes the beach because of her sister…she graffiti’s because of her sister…in fact she wears black because of her sister… She wants to be a counselor, why? Because she got good counseling…after what happened to her sister. Don’t get me wrong, that’s great and all. But who is this chick? I don’t know, I hardly remember her.

Luke-What can I really say? This is a contemporary YA novel. Let’s hit every cliché thing that accurately describes Luke: 
-he’s rich, but wants nothing to do with his family
-he’s good looking
-he’s good at sports too
-he’s also smart – party because he has to study hard for his family
-he has an ex gf who’s a heinous bitch. 
-You know what else? He’s got dimples & smirks a lot. That’s right. He was smirking within 2% of the book. I almost decided to keep count of all the times his smirkiness was mentioned….but it got old really fast. Let’s be completely real, if someone smirked at you that much you would be sort of weirded out right?

The Connection-Despite the book being cute, it wasn’t entirely relatable. I understand the need for these kids to act out in their own way but there were a few things that just plain bothered me. The biggest part was how the rich kid was somehow supposed to feel bad for being rich. Like I’m sorry that you had to move from a house where you had a walk in closet at one point. Also, not everyone has parents that allow them to commandeer their old motorcycles… there is something that really irks me when a character bashes another one about being rich, like somehow that makes them a bad person. You know what that makes them? Rich. It shouldn’t be used as a way to make the poorer character seem like a better person.

I’m sorry for all the lists in this review. It was sort of unavoidable to do while pointing out everything. Now if you’ve never read a fake bf/gf book before, it could all be fresh for you and you might like it. Unfortunately, this book didn’t have enough spin to it to make me actually like it that much.

This story just wasn't my cup of tea, I lost interest in the first chapter and fought hard to finish the story, the heroine was whiny from page one and the hero was an over confident jerk. That being said the author writes very well I just happened to not like the characters.

This cute story begins with Luke catching Meg in the act of graffiting around the school wall and warning her that he's going to want a favor in exchange for his silence. From that moment, this two unlikely schoolmates will approach and experience many adventures and rebellious moments. Meg lost the meaning of life after a tragedy in her past and began acting as a badgirl to flee from her reality. Luke is also wanting to escape his reality but for other reasons and after blackmailing Meg they both  will start a journey of self knowledge and strength.
What begins as blackmail turns into friendship with benefits and slowly becomes a strong love that will provoke many twists and turns in the life of this couple.
I loved the book so much with its warm plot and fluid writing it takes the reader to connect with this unlikely couple and hope much for a happy ending for them.

the rules of persuasion pairs up grief-stricken graffiti artist meg matthews with all-american rich baseball player luke prescott. he catches her in the act of tagging the school, and blackmails her in order to get his ex-girlfriend and mother off his back. 

what starts out as a relationship filled with suspicion and distrust changes over time as meg and luke get to know each other. it's partly because they have that terrible start that they can be their most honest selves around each other. slowly meg realizes that life isn't as perfect for luke as she imagined, while also managing to move past her grief after losing her sister and coming back to her old self. 

being with luke sets her free, but as their relationship deepens the threat of meg being exposed as the graffiti artist increases. even though luke has no intention of spilling the beans, meg's design is easily recognizable and she hasn't been great about keeping it secret. 

when being with luke wakes her up to the dangershe is in, she regrets being so reckless, even as there is nothing she can do to change things. luke and meg have crazy chemistry from the get-go and what I love about their relationship is that they not only fall in love, they become friends. seeing them together is perfectly dreamy.

Meg and Luke are opposites, bad girl and good boy, together through a blackmail scheme and finding love? Or is it just an act?! I really enjoyed this story and the characters. Sometimes this type of story can grow old but both of the main characters were strong and believable.  A quick romantic read with more to it than you would expect! Thank you netgalley!

The Rules of Persuasion
Amity Hope

Book Review: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ❣

I love fake dating books.

Meg is a feisty rebel, but unfortunately for her, she has just been caught getting up to mischief. Meg has her reasons, but she is not big on sharing.

Luke needs to get his ex-girlfriend off his back. After catching Meg damaging school property, he decides she is the perfect girl to help him with his problem. He blackmails her into being his fake girlfriend.

This story has been written a million times before, but I really enjoyed this version. Luke may be popular, and good looking, but Meg isn't even slightly interested. She sees him as a spoilt rich boy. I like the way this book comes together. They are two people with a difficult family life who just need a friend to lean on. Hopefully, it will lead to more ;)

4.5 stars out of 5.
*I received an ARC in exchange for a fair review*

Cute, fun read! I really liked how these two really got each other. There were a lot of serious issues going on in the book, but they found refuge in each other. Wonderfully written.

I recieve an advanced reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

Five Things I Loved About The Rules of Persuasion:

1. I have read many books where a fauxmance turns into a romance, but I still love it. I really adored seeing Luke and Meg's relationship evolve and change. In an effort to make their relationship look "real", they began spending time together, but eventually, they began seeking solace in each other. It was all sorts of awww-sweet for me. 
2. The sibling connections were so lovely. Luke and his older brother, Gabe, had a united front in trying to escape their parents overreaching control, while each thing Meg shared with us about her sister just made my heart explode. I swear, I was moved to tears. 
3. There was a lot of great banter between Meg and Luke. It was initially sparring, but grew to be friendly teasing and flirting. I absolutely enjoyed the fun and sassy stuff, but I probably equally adored when they bared their souls to each other. 
4. These two really grew to support each other. The more time they spent with each other, the more they shared their personal woes. They were both dealing with a lot of family drama and emotional pain. I was so happy once they had each other to lean on and run to when they need comfort. 
5. And the pièce de résistance - the grand gesture! I love when there is that big gesture, that is meant to win the other person over by showing them the depth and breath of your affection. This one was pretty major, and did double duty by tying up some loose ends too. 

Overall: So much to love in this fake relationship turned true love story.

Ready for a fun and flirty romance with heart? Look no further than THE RULES OF PERSUASION by Amity Hope. Opposites attract and sparks fly when a self proclaimed "bad girl" meets the rich all-American boy. Throw in blackmail and it's like setting a match to gasoline. Definitely recommend.

I LOVED The Rules of Persuasion! This story never had a dull moment which made it impossible to put down.

First, you have Meg, who is dealing with a serious family tragedy and tries to cope by driving around town on her motorcycle, spray painting graffiti. Even though her doing all this was the result of something so sad, I still totally dug her bad chick vibe. Underneath her tough exterior though is someone who is really sweet, funny, caring, and hurt. I felt so bad for her and wished I could jump in the book and give her a hug. I do want to say this though, the girl that is supposed to represent her on the cover is all WRONG!  The cover chick should be wearing some bike leathers and some boots.

With Luke, I had a feeling right away that he wasn’t going to be what Meg thought he was. He seemed to be perfect, but when it came to his family life, I felt almost as bad for him as I did Meg. Luke was a sweetheart though, even if he was making jackhole decisions, like blackmailing her. He had a few moments in the book where he needed to be put in his place and I was so relieved that he realized that as well. In the long run, he really was a great guy.

Meg and Luke’s whole dynamic had me hooked from the second they bumped into each other, literally. The whole thing was like an exciting game of cat and mouse, where the cat already had the mouse by the tail. With the added drama of parents and a crazy ex-girlfriend, it was insane not to love this book. The chemistry and sparks practically flew off of each page, along with a lot of snarky banter and quick witted comments, those are always the best. Five stars to you, Amity Hope!