The Heartbreak Cure  is a young adult contemporary romance by Amanda Ashby. This book was super cute! It was exactly what I was in the mood for. The tagline for this book sums it up perfectly; " This Entangled Teen Crush book contains a swoony bad boy who will melt your heart, brownies, and witty banter. One, two, or all three might prove addictive…". It is sweet, addictive cuteness that will satisfy your YA romance sweet tooth. I love a bad boy with an ooey gooey marshmallow center, and that is Alex to a tee! Perfect for fans of the fake boyfriend trope.

In The Heartbreak Cure  we meet our main character, Cat right after she is dumped. In order to get over her ex, she has a plan. Dubbed her heartbreak cure, she grabs bad boy Alex as her fake boyfriend. As you can imagine, the lines between fake and real start to get blurred. This book was well written, a super quick read and so adorable. I really enjoyed the characters and the romance and I can't wait to read another book by Amanda Ashby.

Unfortunately this book has gone in my DNF pile. It just wasn't engaging me like it would have years ago when I first requested it. My reading tastes have changed a lot over the years as I've gotten older and unfortunately some of the books requested years ago have been affected by my reading tastes and the fact that a lot of books for younger audiences haven't been grasping my attention as of late. I thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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

The Heartbreak Cure is all about Cat, who after being dumped over the summer, asks bad boy, and friend Alex, to pretend to be her boyfriend, so that people thinks she's bounced back quicker than her ex. At school, she can show off her new relationship, and pseudo-friendship with Alex, but the more time they spend together, the more their fake relationship feels very much real, and it's soon a big problem that one may feel something more than the other does.

I love the fake boyfriend trope, and while it was alright in this book, it was nothing special. The two main characters, Alex and Cat, were cute together, and very shippy, but Alex had always hidden his friendship with Cat from everyone else, and there was a lot of unnecessary drama in this book that got my eyes rolling. Yeah, a cute read, but not one I would be jumping back to.

I’m a sucker for romances and this book is no different. I highly recommend if someone needs an easy read, with good content.

Amanda Ashby has written a very compelling novel.

I loved the theme of this novel and the underlying current throughout.

AShby has a beautiful and smooth writing style that was very easy to follow. It makes for a memorable novel.

Okay fake relationship turned real one YA romances are all kinds of adorable, let's be honest. This one kind of takes it to a whole other level. Definitely check it out.

In “The Heartbreak Cure” by Amanda Ashby we meet Cat, who not only just got dumped but did so in spectacular fashion. But when Alex, her dreamy, bad boy ex-neighbor delivers his Grandma’s heartbreak brownies and then offers to drive her to school after LuLu (her car) dies Cat comes up with a plan. Beg Alex to be her fake boyfriend so everyone will believe she is okay.

But Alex has some heavy memories and guilt on his shoulders and believes Cat deserves better than him. Can Cat breakdown the walls that Alex has built and make him see that he is better than his past or will she need more brownies?

This was a cute, quick read with some fun secondary characters and banter between friends. I received a copy through Net Galley and this is my honest review.

I enjoyed reading this book, although it didn't really tickle much of my interest after the first quarter of the story. I expected so much of this, but was sadly disappointed. The writing style's very easy to get into, though, and so I still enjoyed it.

The Heartbreak Cure is a traditional take on the fake boyfriend turned real trope, but I can’t get enough of books like this. Cat’s boyfriend destroys her heart over the summer so she enlists the help of her super-hot friend/former neighbor to be her fake boyfriend in order to protect her spot on the school newspaper. She doesn’t expect it to turn into a real relationship but readers are well aware that’s where it’s going. Still, it’s a fun read!
What I loved most was Alex’s relationship with his grandmother. They’re super tight and it helps the reader to see the side of Alex that his peers don’t always get to see. Alex is a well rounded character who puts on a face for different people and has made mistakes in the past, but when it all comes down to it, he’s just a guy who loves Birdie and cares about his best friend enough to offer to help bury the body, just in case.
I did find the stakes to be a little hard to believe. It was clear that Cat’s position on the paper was important to her, but it seemed strange that her position was in jeopardy at all. The drama there felt forced but I appreciated the attempt at spinning the fake relationship story in a new way.
Overall, it’s a good book. Another one of those quick reads that you can get through in one sitting, but it’ll definitely make you think. Cat’s character is a little blah, but Alex’s depth makes up for that in a huge way. His character alone is enough to make reading the book worth it.

I would be honest.

The moment that I saw this book was part of Entangled Teen Crush Novels I did't hesitate but request this. As all Crush Novels are amazing.

But when I started reading this I think that I regret requesting it as I was bored reading the plot. I was confused also that the author always used the pronoun "he" while describing a woman character.

The plot is kinda predicting and a little bit slow.

I may DNF the book but I will try to read it and give it a chance next time.

This book was so adorable and really quick to read. I loved the characters. The storyline had flow. It was really great.

Good book - worthwhile read. Enjoyable writing and good characters

“The Heartbreak Cure” reminds me why I love Entangles Crush stories. Cat Turner a girl who looses herself in her Writing and when a guy dates her for a week over the summer and puts a YouTube video about it saying it was for a “challenge” series he was doing her World gets turned upside down. In her humiliation to turns to her friend and the town bad boy Alex and asks him to be her fake boyfriend for a short time to get some of the talking away from the video and he agrees (the fact that Alex always wanted to be a bit closer to her then she was definitely aided his agreement).

This adorable novel is filled with sweet moments and awkward situations as Alex and Cat find that love may have always been an arms length away from them both.

I really enjoyed this short and sweet read. This kind of book where characters slowly find their ways together through fun little circumstances make me really happy. It’s always nice to see two characters who are friends finding themselves realizing they want so much more. It gives me all the warm and fuzzy feelings and I absolutely love it!

This was a cute read. I would definitely recommend it!

This book made me all warm and cozy while reading - definitely a beautiful and sweet romance you won't want to put down!

The Heartbreak Cure was a super adorable and sweet read!! I really loved Cat and Alex! They had such a swoony chemistry! I love how they were such good friends in the beginning and eventually became something more. Their interactions were hilarious and I love just how they seem to balance each other out so perfectly!
This is definitely one of the cutest YA contemporaries I've read from EntangledTeen. Perfect reading choice if you just want to relax, have fun and fall in love!

It is a good story between two close friends - a girl who is so good in writing and has a dream to be a journalist and the boy who has a complicated family's background but he is truly has a good heart, it just that he is afraid of pursuing a girl whom who owns his heart from long time ago.

Reading this book has made my heartache when Alex Locke has to go through all that kind of things in his life, how he fought hard to make sure he is in a stable path and trying to avoid to approach the girl he loves.

Overall, it is a wonderful story and I do enjoy reading it.

The Heartbreak Cure by Amanda Ashby is a sweet, fun, and delightful YA contemporary romance and part of the Entangled Teen Crush series. Cat Turner was dumped publicly over the summer, and she asks her ex neighbor to pose as her boyfriend. I love this genre, there is something so innocent about first loves. I love the quirky people and situations in this book, and watching the characters grow over. I found this book to be a quick read, and recommend it to all readers who enjoy a sweet romance.

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Such a cute book! The fake boyfriend trope in YAs can sometimes be so cliche and repetitive but not for this book! I love the fact that they started out as friends -not best friends because I feel like that would make this book extra cliche which is almost always never a good thing. The development of their relationship was gradual, it wasn't insta-love but they did admit to themselves that they liked the other person. I also appreciated that Cat was the one who initiated something instead of Alex because you rarely see a girl making the first move.