{"id":13966,"date":"2021-02-13T08:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13966"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T15:23:04","slug":"fake-date-flip-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13966","title":{"rendered":"Fake Date Flip-Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fake Date Flip-Flop<\/a><\/em> (2021) Hank Edwards<\/p>\n

\"FAKE<\/a>Nash is looking forward to his niece’s wedding. He isn’t looking forward to all the questions and comments about his ex. Tobias is back in town for his 30th high school reunion, but isn’t looking forward to it, since he’s only there to support one of his friends who is helping organize it this year.<\/p>\n

This is fine. I like a fake-relationship story, but I was kinda disconcerted by Nash showing up with a fake date to his niece’s wedding. Does he not talk to any of his family?<\/p>\n

I also was a little weirded out by Tobias’ Gruff Daddy fixation. I mean, they weren’t very far apart in age, and both had gray hair. But that’s probably just a tic on my part.<\/p>\n

So aside from those two points, what were my issues with the story?<\/p>\n

First and foremost, Lottie, Nash’s niece felt a bit like a grown-up plot moppet. Running off with her soon-to-be husband to go bowling with her uncle is just an odd thing, when you’d think they’d be spending time with their bridal party, since in most cases they might not have seen their friends in months–or her cousins her own age.<\/p>\n

My second issue was unless they specifically named or talking about their events, I had had a difficult time keeping the two separate, forgetting which POV we were seeing. <\/p>\n

That’s not to say this was a bad story, because it was fun and an enjoyable distraction, but I don’t know if I’d go out of my way to read another book in this series.<\/p>\n

Publisher : Startled Monkeys Media<\/p>\n

Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fake Date Flip-Flop (2021) Hank Edwards Nash is looking forward to his niece’s wedding. He isn’t looking forward to all the questions and comments about his ex. Tobias is back in town for his 30th high school reunion, but isn’t looking forward to it, since he’s only there to support one of his friends who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[292,196,148,26,56],"tags":[50,544],"class_list":["post-13966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebook","category-novella","category-queer","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3Dg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12574,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12574","url_meta":{"origin":13966,"position":0},"title":"Dads with Benefits","author":"Michelle","date":"March 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Dads with Benefits (2019) Jason Collins (Fairview Single Dads) Ellis is pleased to meet the newest member of the single dad's group. He's hot, he owns his own business, and he's a great guy. What Ellis doesn't expect is that when he needs a fake boyfriend to get his boss\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Queer"","block_context":{"text":"Queer","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/queer"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dads with Benefits","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dads-with-Benefits.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4643,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4643","url_meta":{"origin":13966,"position":1},"title":"Legion","author":"Michelle","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Legion (2012) Brandon Sanderson Important note: this is a novella. I love novellas and short stories, but some people don't, so there's your heads up. Stephen Leeds has multiple aspects--full fledged personalities that he sees as distinct individuals, yet knows are hallucinations. These hallucinations allow him to solve mysteries and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"legion","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/legion.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13849,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13849","url_meta":{"origin":13966,"position":2},"title":"Mr. Right Now","author":"Michelle","date":"January 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mr. Right Now (2019) Annabeth Albert When Russ offered to make Thanksgiving dinner for his sister's family (including her mother-in-law who is also Russ' boss) his new boyfriend was going to help him. But when Soren dumps him the day before Thanksgiving, he decides to try it on his own,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mr Right Now","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mr-Right-Now.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21350,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21350","url_meta":{"origin":13966,"position":3},"title":"Make a Scene","author":"Michelle","date":"December 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Make a Scene (2020) Mimi Grace Besides battling with the new gym next to her bakery about staff parking, things have been going well for Retta. But when her cousin and ex-boyfriend announce their engagement, she decides something needs to be done--namely, finding a boyfriend to take to the wedding.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Make a Scene","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Make-a-Scene.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Make-a-Scene.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Make-a-Scene.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Make-a-Scene.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Make-a-Scene.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13564,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13564","url_meta":{"origin":13966,"position":4},"title":"Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection","author":"Michelle","date":"November 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection (2020) Ben Aaronovitch This is a collection of Rivers of London short stories. About half the stories are are Peter stories, the others features other characters from the world, including Abigail and Dominic Croft (from Foxglove Summer). PART ONE:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tales from the Folly","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tales-from-the-Folly.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":363,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/363","url_meta":{"origin":13966,"position":5},"title":"Ex Machina Vol 5: Smoke Smoke","author":"Michelle","date":"April 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Ex Machina Vol 5: Smoke Smoke (2007) Brian K Vaughan, Tony Harris, Tom Feister, JD Mettler Okay, I must be missing something somewhere, because this is the second volume in a row of Ex Machina that I found to be only so-so. Between the title and the cover, it should\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Ex-Machina-Smoke-Smoke.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}