Review: Fake Out

Fake Out by Eden Finley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Liar, liar, pants on fire. And Maddox’s pants are burnt to a crisp. To get out of a relationship with his high school sweetheart, he lies. He tells her that he’s gay. But he’s not…or is there some truth in that lie? After ex-girlfriend, Chastity outs him to his home town, the guilt he feels about his lie keeps him from going home very often. When he runs into Chastity at her bachelorette party, he has no real way of getting out of the invite to the wedding. Oh, and he must bring his boyfriend too. The one that is a figment of his imagination. As they say, ‘what a tangled web we weave’. What to do now? Can he get his best friend Stacy, to convince her brother Damon, to step into the role of fake boyfriend?

Damon’s major league baseball career ended before it began. So now he’s refiguring his life as an agent to athletes instead of being one. Right now, he has no clients, so when Maddox dangles a major client in front of him, maybe he can pretend to be Maddox’s boyfriend for a weekend. That Maddox checks all of his boxes for a real boyfriend makes the weekend much more interesting. As the weekend of the wedding goes on, the two of them click as more than pretend boyfriends. But since they’re together under false pretenses, Damon is reluctant to think it’s more than proximity.

Maddox isn’t sure what to think now. But he finds himself questioning the ‘pretend’ part of their relationship. Damon wants to keep things to a ‘friends’ because of Maddox and the lie. He also has a betrayal in his past that are still haunting him. Maddox has a past that he didn’t think much about with his college roommate. It’s making him rethink his sexuality and if he was ever as straight as he thought.

I absolutely loved this story. It’s a well written story of discovery, about yourself and your own truth. The characters are all engaging. The plot moves you through the pages. It’s a sweet and fun read. And I can’t wait for the next story. I’m hoping for a long series from this author.


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