Review: The Real Deal by Alexandra Warren

Synopsis

“Reagan is living the dream.
She has a wonderful, fulfilling job working at the local community center. She has her own place and a comfortable lifestyle. The only thing she’s missing is someone to share it all with. Unfortunately, the second she thought she may have found the one was only a few short months before she found his fiancé. And now, the only way she can prove that she has really moved on from him is by showing off her new man. But there’s only one problem. The new man doesn’t actually exist.

Insert Gavin.
An innocent bystander and up-and-coming rapper caught in the chess match of Reagan’s game on his first day of community service. When she desperately needs him to fulfill the role as her boyfriend to save face, Gavin quickly finds ways to also benefit from their arrangement.

But what happens when the line between fulfilling a role and real companionship begins to blend? Can something that starts off as a deal between two strangers actually turn into something real?”

Review

The Real Deal by Alexandra Warren was such a cute book. Reagan is dealing with a horrible breakup…if you can even call it that. The man she thought she was in a relationship with has a whole fiancée and Reagan has just been  invited to the wedding. Determined to appear unbothered, Reagan enlists the help of up-and-coming rapper, Gavin aka G. Griffey aka #rapperbae, as her plus one. What starts off as a little fake dating soon has the potential to turn into the real deal.

  I’m really starting to enjoy this fake dating romance trope (friend to lovers, you’ve been warned). The Real Deal was an easy, cute read. The pacing was just right, and I loved how the first half was the real him and the second, the real her. At times Reagan was a bit insecure, but I had to remember what she had been through and why she was the way she was. I loved Gavin. I His mother was hilarious. I really enjoyed this story and the chemistry between these two characters.