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I love a rom com and this one was no exception! I love the upfront approach to anxiety in the book. I also really liked getting multiple view points. The bff was a great foil for the main character and gave some really funny moments.

I loved this book! Sophie Sullivan’s, Ten Rules For Faking It was such a raw feel-good book! The story follows Everly, an introverted radio show producer who’s just found her boyfriend cheating on her on the morning of her 30th birthday. From there, the story unfolds of how Everly moves on from that difficult morning and finds happiness, self-acceptance and love. Her friend, Stacy, is excellent comedic relief throughout the book and I loved how loyal of a friend she was. This is a light read that will make you smile and feel good.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. 5 stars :)

I can't wait for the movie to be made of this delightful rom com. Our poor protagonist, Everly, who's had the incredibly pitiful array of childhood birthdays, tries to change history and take control of this birthday, albeit the 30th birthday, right from the beginning. It was like taking the steering wheel of the Titanic! Catching her boyfriend in bed with his assistant was the tip of the iceberg. I adore Everly and her best friend, Stacey, who work together at a local radio station. Stacey's energy as a DJ and Everly's shy, conservatism as her producer, create a dynamic blend. Que the gorgeous new manager of the station, who seems to get along famously with everyone but Everly. The escapade of creating a Bachelorette-themed contest to find Everly a new boyfriend creates a frenzy of fear for this quiet introvert who can't seem to take her eyes or fantasies off the cute radio manager.

Oh my gosh. What do you get when you mix The Bachelorette and a radio show? This adorable romantic comedy! I loved being able to read from both Everly and Chris’s perspectives. Everly’s struggle with anxiety is very realistic and I really appreciated that. Chris was a very sweet romantic interest. The entire time I was reading this I kept imagining Everly being portrayed by Phoebe Tonkin and Chris being portrayed by Daniel Gillies. Their chemistry is amazing and watching them falling in love was great. This was a fun and heartwarming romantic comedy and I highly recommend it! I just couldn’t stop smiling while reading this book!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

I thought this book was a lot of fun. The friendship between Stacey and Everly was wonderful and so supportive. I enjoyed the struggles the hero and heroine had with their parents and how they were dealt with.I was a bit frustrated with the lack of detail in some of the subplots (for example, the dates in the dating contest and the relationships with the staff members). There were plenty of pages that dragged on that could have been better spent on those details. The anxiety and panic attack story lines were handled realistically with sensitivity. Overall, I enjoyed this book and look forward to other works by this author.

A sweet story with likeable characters and a loveable hero. I really enjoyed the way anxiety was dealt with and normalised.

I was fully expecting a 1 year later birthday epilogue but I'm actually glad we didn't get one!

I’m so conflicted about this book! I really enjoyed Sullivan’s writing style and wanted to throughly be invested in this book but I couldn’t get on board with the characters. It felt like the author would hint at some interesting narrative or conflict (like with Mari or the lists) and then it would just kind of disappear. The dates were skimmed over so it felt less rom com and more a novel about dealing with anxiety. But I enjoyed the writing enough that I would still give another book by this author a shot.

This book reminded me of some of my favorite Rom Com movies, and I stayed up into the wee hours of the morning reading!

Everly Dean has never had good luck on her birthday, and her 30th was no exception. After a bad start to her birthday and a mishap at the radio station she works at, Everly makes a list of ten rules. Her best friend Stacey helps her tweak them to make 30 the best year yet. Chris, Everly’s boss, has a plan to help her forget her lousy ex-boyfriend and help the radio station, but Everly finds love in an unexpected place.

What is it with workplace love stories that make them so good?? In Ten Rules for Faking It, Chris, a radio station manager, has been crushing on Everly for almost a year. But when a chance came to play matchmaker to save the station, Chris unexpectedly starts to let go of his feelings for Everly. This was a slow burn love story, that had me laughing out loud (when does speech to text ever work?) to sympathy, when Everly tries to face her anxiety head on. If you’re looking for a well thought out love story, that has you leaving for more, then this is the book for you.

"Ten Rules for Faking It" is clever and addicting novel in which we meet a cast of very likable, well-developed characters, yet also deals with the topic of social anxiety.

Everly is a radio producer who suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. Her character is believable, well-developed, and very sympathetic; Everly's best friend is a deejay at the same radio station and she, too, is well-developed and ... well, fun; you'd want her to be your best friend!

Without spoilers, let me just say that there is, of course, a love interest in the new station manager, a madcap dating contest, and wacky slightly dysfunctional parents. There are plenty of opportunities here for Everly to have meltdowns, and for me this is where the book bogged down just a bit.

Sophie Sullivan portrays these panic attacks in a very sensitive and accurate manner, but I felt like there was maybe just one too many of them, long after we got the point.

I loved the friendship between Everly and Stacey, and I think the anxiety story line is important and merits attention; many people suffer from this. The romance between Everly and Chris was sweet and so overall I really liked this book. Fun read.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review!

This book was the perfect romance read. It incorporated bits of reality with the touch of fantasy that people want in a read that warms their heart. Everly Dean lives with anxiety, and sometimes it is crippling. As she agrees to be the female in a Bachelorette type competition for the radio show she produces, she finds herself in close contact with the station manager, Chris. Sometimes I would read her in social situations and relate. Having anxiety myself, the thoughts that she had and the connections she made to situations that heightened her anxiety might seem like a far stretch for those who do not have anxiety, but I found incredibly relatable. The romance between these two was definitely a slow burn and I love the role that Chris played in it. The book is told from both of their perspectives, which added to the character development and how Everly's character evolved. Such a great read!

I am a big Bachelor fan, so the premise of this book stood out to me right away. When Everly makes an accidental announcement about her birthday break up on air at her radio station, her town goes bonkers with support and outrage. The station manager comes up with a Bachelorette style dating challenge to help boost ratings and also help Everly. The romance that comes out of this mess is so sweet and endearing. I loved the plot. I loved Stacey and Everly's friendship. I always love a story of growth and overcoming personal struggles. I really hope that this book is the start of a series because there is just so much potential here.

Everly's 30th birthday has officially taken the cake for being the worst ever. Not only does she walk in on her now ex-boyfriend sleeping with his assistant, but she also just announced what happened on live radio without knowing! So what does she do? Makes a list of ten rules for faking it. Will she be able to get the happily ever after she wants when her cute boss is setting her up for a bachelorette-style dates?

This was a super cute, fun, laugh out loud read. I really like how the author took Everly's character to the next level with showing how much social anxiety can effect someone. Hopefully we will see the secondary characters shine in their own books in the future since they were such a great part of this one!

This book was given to me an an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in an exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated in any way.

This was really sweet! I wasn’t always on board with some do the depictions of anxiety, but I did think he was thoughtful about how he could make her more comfortable with her anxiety was great.

After being publicly humiliated by her cheating boyfriend on her 30th birthday, Everly realizes that she needs to make some changes in her life. Everly, along with her best friend Stacey, pens a list of 10 "rules" that she plans to follow to have a happier life. She sets into action, while battling her anxiety, to create a happier, more peaceful life with herself. I enjoyed reading about how Everly pushed through her anxiety because she realized that she couldn't let it hold her back any more. I was also cheering for her when she told her parents she would no longer be part of their toxic relationship. The slowly budding relationship between Everly and Chris was sweet yet sparking with chemistry. This was a feel-good romance for anyone who is looking for an escape from the messy world we're living in!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

It was nice to see a romantic lead deal with anxiety in a real and tangible way. As a reader I wanted her to overcome the anxiety, which isn't realistic, but it seemed she took a step back for every step forward. It did drag a bit. Very enjoyable read.

Ten Rules for Faking It is a sweet, sensitive coworkers to lovers trope. It's predicatable and you know where it will end up, but you can't help but root for Everly and Chris. What I loved about this book is that Chris is a nice person: he sees past Everly's severe social anxiety disorder and genuinely acts in ways that he thinks will benefit Everly and make her happy. I also loved the friendship between Everly and her best friend, Stacey. There's so much support and love between the characters. I also think that Sophie Sullivan does an excellent job describing what it is like to live with social anxiety when she wrote Everly's characteristics (some call them quirks, I call them real life). I rated this one a 3 because I predicted 99% of what would happen in the book and because it was too sweet for my taste at times - we're talking primetime Hallmark Channel movie level of pure. It was an enjoyable, fast paced read and perfect if you want a sweet escape with moderate drama and mild steam.

Advanced readers' copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Available 2021.

It's all fun and games until someone suffers an anxiety attack. Poor Everly. She has a history of very bad birthdays, and her 30th starts out epically bad - finding her boyfriend in bed with his assistant. Then she airs her grievances and her feelings about dating on the air for all of her radio audience to hear. Lets just say Everly has a lot of baggage to weigh her down along with her generalized and social anxiety.

Chris is the radio station's manager. He is paying his dues and dancing to his father's tune in order to get where he really wants. Chris has a lot of strong ideas and is a natural leader. But he is struggling against the ever changing whims of his father. To be honest, hearing about his dad - I'm not sure how his dad stayed so successful.

Chris has been interested in Everly since the first time they met, but didn't want to approach her because (1) he wasn't planning on staying and (2) he's her boss and the radio station has a no fraternization policy. Everly didn't notice him and thought he actively didn't like her. After the unfortunate event - Chris comes up with an idea to help the station and save Everly's job - by running a bachelor like promotion. Its all very cute and CHris and Everly are very sweet together as they resist their attraction.

The thing was, there is a LOT going on in addition to the romance between Chris and Everly, dealing with Chris's dad, Everly's nutty parents, her friend Stacey, Chris's brothers, and Everly's anxiety (which is pretty much a third wheel to every interaction in the book) - I didn't really feel the connection between Chris and Everly all that much. I think it was because we spent most of our time with them apart - or in Everly's head worrying.

I appreciate the attention paid to Everly's anxiety - but think she really needs some therapy (like she recommends to her parents and Stacey suggests). I wasn't convinced of a happily ever after for her and Chris. More of a happy for now - but without therapy, I don't see it lasting or going the distance. Chris worked through his primary issues - but although Everly started - she didn't really make significant breakthroughs with herself. She starting standing up for herself - and showed a willingness to open up - but I'm not sure trusting others was really there even at the end.

With all that noise in the book - I just couldn't stay focused on it and found myself skimming to get to sections where Everly and Chris were doing something fun - or Stacey was there.

This was a good book - but not an amazing one!

I received it as an ARC from NetGalley, but these opinions are all my own.

Everly Dean works as a producer at a failing radio station, and on her birthday her best friend airs her dirty laundry, that she caught her boyfriend heating on her with his assistant on her 30th birthday, on air. She is completely mortified, and goes home to create then rules to push herself this year. She receives a tremendous amount of support from their listeners. Their boss, Chris, decides to use their new found popularity to boost their ratings and save the station. The network uses her as a sort of bachelorette, where she dates prospective bachelors who apply, but things aren't so simple because Everly suffers from extreme social anxiety. The whole book revolves around Everly pushing her boundaries during the date sand getting herself out of her comfort zone. The only problem is that she is falling for her boss, Chris, which was not part of the plan.

I received an ARC via Netgalley from the publisher. All opinion are my own. I LOVED this book so much. Beverly's anxiety was handled so well, and as someone who suffers from anxiety, it was refreshing to see this in a book. I have never read a book where the heroine has anxiety, and it was great to see someone with real thoughts and real feelings get overwhelmed in their every day life. Chris was a total cinnamon roll hero. He was so sweet and understanding of Everly's anxiety. Their relationship felt organic, and you really felt the push/pull of wanting to be together but knowing they couldn't. If you love boss/employee, anxiety, and reality show dating tropes then this book is for you. This was easily my second favorite book of the year, and it was a solid 5 star read!

I absolutely loved this novel and the fresh, heartwarming, and delightful plot. This romance felt different because of the irreverent humor of our protagonist, and the will they-won’t they kept me excited and rooting for this pair. Thanks so much to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for this ARC.