Super cute and a great quick read!
Romcoms are some of my favorite reads when I want to just relax and enjoy a good book. This one did not disappoint! 
The angst, the plot, and the overall romance was just what I needed during a stressful time to help me feel “at home”.

DNF @ ~40%: I'm sad to say that this book just did not work for me. It wasn't necessarily a terrible book, but even after 150 pages I really struggled to connect to or care at all about the characters or anything that was happening. I also found myself rolling my eyes a bit at the cheesiness of the way the dialogue / inner monologues were written and I just got to a point where I couldn't look past it any further. Overall, this book wasn't The Worst, but it just did absolutely nothing for me and I didn't want to force myself to finish when I knew I wouldn't have rated it more than 2 stars in the end. Womp.

I made it about 40% of the way through this book before I lost interest. The pacing was very slow and I struggled to feel invested in the Everly and Chris's romance. I did enjoy the characters and found them relatable and funny. Chris was stuck between a rock and a hard place with his dad controlling every aspect of his professional life. I wanted to shake him and say "branch out, find your own way!" I think I related to him more than Everly though. She found out her boyfriend was cheating on her birthday and inadvertently shared her frustrations to the live audience of the radio show she produced. She was shy, struggled with anxiety, and although good at her job didn't strive to expand or do more. She agrees to do a Bachelorette type dating show on their radio program which felt so wrong to this type of character. I just couldn't connect with her that much.

Overall, characters were cute and the plot was interesting but the pacing was too slow and I struggled to get into the book.

Never have I felt more seen or connected with a main character more than I did with Everly!!
Sophie Sullivan hit the nail on the head when she wrote about Everly and her struggles with anxiety and how she navigates dating and life. The whole story centers around the ten rules for faking it that Everly writes for herself after turning 30, as a way to get her life together. As someone with anxiety that can get out of hand at times THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. And I don’t mean this particular list, but lists in general are an anxiety-ridden person’s lifeline. The overall storyline for this one was so good and did I mention it’s a fricking DEBUT!! I didn’t realize this until after I was done reading and seriously it just made me love this one more. Solid characters and story for this one and gets 4.5 well deserved stars!!

As a thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced reader’s copy of Sophie Sullivan’s debut novel “Ten Rules for Faking it.” What is worse than seeing your boyfriend cheat on you than to see him cheating on you with his assistant?  For Everly Dean, this acts as a wake-up call to change her life.  This appears by addressing three main areas of her life her family, career, and relationships, and by creating ten rules to navigate them. This novel inserts known elements from Sleepless in Seattle, and  The Bachelorette in this romantic comedy. A highlight of the novel is its ability to depict social anxiety disorder. The mental health representation in this novel is everything. It follows the step by step process to which this disorder affects the individual ex. rapid and irrational thoughts, rumination,  feelings of discomfort when in social situations, and more. Overall I give this novel three out of five stars on Goodreads. I recommend it for those who enjoy light-hearted romance novels.

Everly struggles with bad luck on her birthdays, but this year topped them all. After discovering her cheating boyfriend, she then accidentally rants about her love life on the radio show she produces. As someone riddled with anxiety, there's nothing worse then having the entire town know about her personal life.

However, when the radio station decides to spin this into a Bachelorette-style dating show, she agrees in the hopes of overcoming some of her fears and finding the perfect guy to date. She slowly realizes she wants nothing more than her station manager, Chris though.

I had high hopes for this rom com since it features two of my favorite tropes - office romance and friends to lovers. However, I found myself struggling to connect with the characters and their budding relationship. It was eye-opening to read about someone who deals with anxiety and how it infiltrates her life. Ultimately though, there was something missing from Chris and Everly and their relationship.

This book was absolutely adorable.  The writing was fantastic and I was rooting for the characters so hard! I am absolutely obsessed! I have already recommended it to multiple friends and I purchased a final copy as soon as I was able to! The writing felt fresh, even though I read a lot of romance.  I was leery of the fact that Chris is Everly's boss.  I didn't feel like that was a romance trope that I would be interested in reading again, but I was so pleasantly surprised! I loved it! It was a sweet, soft story that was exactly what I needed.

There were some aspects that I loved about this book and others that made it hard for me to fully enjoy.  I love the representation of friendship and social anxiety. I also really liked how the couple loved each other. I didn’t like however how they came to love each other. It was Insta-love and I don’t ever find that credible. I also had some issues with the dialogue but that was relatively minor. Overall I liked this book and it was a great read for my holiday.

OMG! Everly Dean is me! I suffer from horrible anxiety, and to read a character like myself was so comforting. Like Everly, I found someone who understands all my anxieties and he loves me even more for them. This was a great representation of an anxiety disorder. Oh, and I really loved the story too! 

*Thank you to @stmartinspress and @netgalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review.*

I enjoyed "Ten Rules for Faking It" by Sophie Sullivan.  And would definitely recommend it.  It was a light, easy read, perfect for when you just want to drown out everything.  The main character, Everly" is easy to like.  She is sweet, but has huge anxiety issues.  Her best friend, Stacey, is a hoot and her parents are also something else.  The love interest in this book is her boss, Chris, but neither one of them wants to admit to the attraction.  This book should be placed on your reading list!

I loved the idea of this book - a Bachelor-style dating game with a radio personality sharing her experience with listeners. So cute. But unfortunately I never really clicked with our main characters or felt a spark in their relationship. The love connection was both too slow on Everly's end and immediate for Chris. I needed more pining, I needed more fun.

Following a bad breakup, radio producer Everly inadvertently spills the gruesome details on-air to her best friend/radio host. Callers are soon dialing-in to offer their support and some are even offering to date Everly. This sparks an idea: What if Everly has her own reality TV-like experience where she dates a handful of guys and shares the experience through on-air recaps? In addition to the dating premise, Everly creates a list of 10 rules to follow now that she's 30. These play a role in how she approaches the dating game and life in general (for example, trying something new once a month).

"Ten Rules for Faking It" was a quick, well-written novel. There were moments that were really enjoyable (such as when Chris helps Everly evaluate her potential suitors) and I loved the idea of her Bachelor dating experience. I also really appreciated how Sophie Sullivan handled Everly's anxieties.

I was rooting for Everly's growth on her own, but ultimately, "Ten Rules for Faking It" never met my expectations of how I thought it would play out.

This book is so delightfully funny and cute which is why I guess it's called ROM Com. 
There were just some places in this book that I simply couldn't help myself from laughing out loud that is.
Everyone has their good days and bad days especially me. 
I loved this new voice in the ROM com world. 
She's done an excellent job on bringing her characters to life and I loved the humorous side of this book as well.
You'll love this book and be rooting for the characters and at the same time while life dishes out some unexpected and hilarious happenings.
I will be looking forward to reading more by this new to me author.
My thanks for a copy of this book.
I was NOT required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

Thank you so much @SMPRomance & @NetGalley for giving me this eARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased review (Release Date | December 2020)

SYNOPSIS | Catching your boyfriend cheating on you with his assistant isn't the greatest, but it's even worse when it happens on your birthday AND it gets accidentally broadcast on radio. Everly is not having a good time and she doesn't expect the rallying support from their listeners. She & her boss (Chris) decide to use this as a marketing opportunity to try & save the radio station by setting up a Bachelorette-style dating extravaganza.

WHAT I LIKED:
- appreciated the rep for social anxiety

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
- didn't root for the romance. The chemistry was just not sizzling for me and it was all too instalove.
- Chris's POV were overly complimentary of Evelyn to the point of being obsessive
- i wasn't invested in the storylines outside of the romance
- that Everly referred to herself as a "spaz"

Ten Rules for Faking It is a fun contemporary workplace romance. I loved the unique hook of the radio dating show. Each character had a lot of character growth and development throughout the novel. I really appreciated the anxiety representation and the author realistically portrayed Everly's inner struggle. This one is definitely a slow burn, even to the point where I was wondering if the two main characters were going to end up together. Fans of Sophie Kinsella will enjoy this one

I like the premise of this story. A woman who has high anxiety and she finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her, so she goes on a mini bachelorette type game for her radio station. But her boss has been in love with her the entire time. 
I enjoyed the anxiety rep and the normalizing getting therapy as well as being aware of what is “good” anxiety moments and which ones are “bad”. 
However, the romance was lacking for me. I didn’t care if Everly and Chris got together or not.     I also did not root for her and any of the guys she went out with for the her radio station. All in all this was fine. 
Thank you NetGalley for the arc!

This was a delightfully sweet and heartfelt book about Everly, a woman with severe anxiety who works for a radio station. On her birthday, she walks in on her boyfriend with another woman. When she tells her co-worker and friend her woes live on air, she is mortified and worried her boss, Chris, will fire her. Instead, a mini radio version of the Bachelorette is created where she goes on two dates a week until she finds the one. What happens when she realizes the one might be in front of her all along?
Right off the bat, I appreciate how much social anxiety comes into play here. It's like the author really understands introverts and severe anxiety. Everly (not my favorite name but it works) gets embarrassed easily and is constantly taken out of her comfort zone throughout this book and I could feel her exhaustion. As someone with social anxiety, I could really relate to her feelings and constant second-guessing of everything. I really liked the friendship between her and Stacy because she took the time to respect her limitations but gently nudge her into happiness. Chris is a great but flawed love interest who seems cold at first but thaws out pretty quickly. I also loved how much he respected her comfort levels in setting up everything for the bachelorette and constantly making sure she is okay. As they get closer as friends, it feels genuine and enjoyable to read. Chris is there for her she needs him and understands how to help with panic attacks. Their attraction to each other is slow and simmering and it makes the reader want to devour the story to see how and when they finally give into their feelings. There is plenty of conflict, almosts, and missed opportunities that make you groan and wishing for them to get their act together already. I really liked the bachelorette aspect of the book as it brought laughs to the story. Chris's father was terrible but his brothers were funny, especially when teasing him about anything and everything. Everly's parents had issues and I felt sorry that she had to deal with that added stress. This book isn't a full five stars because while I thoroughly enjoyed Everly and Chris getting together, things sort of fizzled by the end. No real epilogue to see how they were doing in a few years so that was also disappointing. Still, I would recommend this for romcom readers as it's a lot of fun and is very sweet.

I truly adored this book.  This was my first book by Sophie Sullivan, but I certainly hope she writes more in the future because I will read them!  I found this book refreshing, drama free, and just an overall cute story.

Everly is having an AWFUL day - it's her birthday and she decides to go to her boyfriend's house to take him breakfast.  Well, she finds him in bed with his assistant so that sort of starts the bad vibes.  Then when she gets to work at the radio station, her best friend and DJ starts to sing "happy birthday" to her, but Everly loses it and goes on a rant about why this is not a good birthday - with spilling the details of what she found her ex-boyfriend doing that morning.  And as luck would have it, the radio was live.  So everyone in their area heard her humiliating story.

The station's manager had been looking for ways to increase listeners and profits so he came up with the idea that Everly could do sort of a "bachelorette" type deal by dating several listeners and eventually narrowing it down to just one.  What follows is comical, sweet, and quite entertaining.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.  The opinions stated above are mine without biases.

I read the final chapters several times and other readers will probably do the same. This is the wonderful romantic story and it was a joy getting Chris’ POV.  He is such a loving, thoughtful book boyfriend.  I like Everly but initially I had a difficult time understanding her crippling anxiety.  I never focused on anxiety and its impact so I am glad I read this book as it shreds a light on this issue. I highly recommend this book especially during this period in time.

If you enjoy a sweet hallmark version of the bachelor then this book is for you. Overall I enjoyed the story and appreciated having a main character who struggles with anxiety. I did find it a little hard to believe that a person with that bad of anxiety would be willing to do the dates no matter how much she wanted to save her program. I also found the chemistry lackluster but cute enough.

Quick easy rated G romance.

Ten Rules for Faking It was a breath of fresh air as far as realistic leading ladies goes! I loved the representation of a character with extreme anxiety, and that she found just the right guy for her who saw past her struggles to who she really is. The pacing was slower on the romance front, but it definitely worked for the sceneario here for me. It is a book that I would recommend to anyone that enjoys The Bachelor television show and is wanting a cleaner contemporary romance with a fresh twist.

I enjoyed the full cast of characters for this book! Everly was someone that I just wanted to stand behind and be her cheerleader to help her confront her anxiety issues head on. However, I do wish that there would have been more about her seeking help through therapy for her issues, and not just her relying on her self coping mechanisms. But I was very proud of her by the end and the work she did to learn to speak up for herself. Chris was such a good guy. He was so patient with Everly and really had genuine intentions with her. I enjoyed their slow burn attraction and sparks of undeniable chemistry, even when she was the Bachelorette in her own dating game. Stacey was the perfect BFF. She and Everly were a good pair and I would love to read more about her if she ever had her own book written about her! And I must say that I couldn't get enough of Noah, Chris' brother!

Thank you to St.Martin's press or my copy of Ten Rules For Faking It in exchange for my honest review.