When Men write the “one bad day” trope, we get Joker. When women write the “one bad day” trope, we get Ten Rules for Faking It. I think that this book had too much and not enough going on at once, but it was still an enjoyable read. 3.5 stars.

Slow-burn, soft, sweet, easy to read with likable characters and thankfully sweet, kind, adorable hero with great and realistic approach to the anxiety! It’s one of the feel-good romances but I wish it was shorter because way too much depictions and slow paced story-telling made me lose my interest about romantic involvement between characters.

So let’s get look at the blurb: Everly Dean has such a bad luck when it comes to her birthdays. At those days something always unexpected happens just like her thirtieth: she finds her boyfriend hooking up with his assistant. Ouch! The beginning of the story reminds me so many romcoms’ first acts. And of course when her DJ bestie Stacey forgets her mic open when she bickers about her ex-cheating asshole Simon the snake, her day gets even worse as like her growing anxiety attacks. But she doesn’t get humiliated reaction she expects, on contrary the fans want her find her own happiness. Some of them are so keen to date with her. So his sweet and sexy boss Chris sees an opportunity and turns these reactions into a dating contest radio format to boast the radio’s listenership numbers and helps Everly to focus on a new project to overcome her hurt feelings.

Everly finally accepts the conditions: she’s in but one thing she didn’t count before joining this faking date contest, she starts to have complex feelings about her boss and she slowly realizes her feelings are not unrequited.

Well, the story’s slow burning theme was a little bored me and I didn’t find anything original about the premise: I think I had a mash up too many romcoms at the same time. It was fun, entertaining and completely sweet read but I may forget the storyline a few months later. But at least characters are well-developed and the author’s intention to attract attention about the importance of anxiety attacks was remarkable. She drew an objective picture of the illness and conclusion about the story is also satisfying.

So I’m giving three solid stars. I didn’t enjoy too much but there are still concrete, well-written and effective parts kept my attention. As I admitted before if it was a little fast paced with less page numbers, it could be four starred read for me.

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for sharing this sweet ARC in exchange my honest review.

This book was good. Some parts were very good and funny. The main character has social anxiety, and the author was sensitive in portraying that. The main male lead was kind, handsome, and treated the female lead well. Honestly, there wasn't anything wrong with this book per se, but it seemed maybe like a lot of other books I have read? A pretty run of the mill romance, and if you like run of the mill romance, then this is one will do you just fine. I don't think I will particularly remember this book for being bolder or better than others, but it wasn't any worse. I think one way in which it set itself apart was the the best friend handled the anxiety poorly at times, and the main character was able to articulate why. That will help readers who have friends with anxiety.

3,75 stars
Sweet but slow romance. Every birthday Everly has is west than the last. This one she found her boyfriend heating on her. Now she has come up with a list to make her birthdays suck less in the future. In the meantime, her friend and DJ and boss, Chris come up with a bachelorette type radio show to bring ratings up and also help Everly.

But the only thing Chris and Everly really want is each other, but because they work together, they keep it secret.

Like I said, this one's sweet and very slow for the couple to get together.

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was a sweet, clean romance. Everly has had a bad day and her day gets worse when she discovers her boyfriend cheating on her on her birthday. One thing leads to another and she finds herself involved in a dating contest at her job. Chris, her boss, helps her through the process and they begin to develop feelings for each other.
Now while I prefer a little more heat in my novels, I did enjoy their easy interactions and slow burn romance.